A nearly 100-year-old consumer research organization is providing powerful, and sometimes strident, anti-ESG messages, many of which have been directed at some of America’s largest and most well-known corporations. Consumers’ Research is a conservativ…
This week’s 2-million-barrel OPEC cut, while generating ferocious political headlines, barely moved the needle in oil markets.
Lack of regulation takes vital climate strategies off priority lists.
Deforestation a focus for the world, not Brazilian voters.
Stuart Kirk, head of HSBC Asset Management’s responsible investing business, compared last May the current concerns about the climate crisis to the Y2K bug doomsday predictions. During a presentation at a conference sponsored by…
Florida and Texas, two of the country’s most populous states, have recently enacted anti-ESG regulations. These regulations forbid state investment and pension fund managers from doing business with asset management firms and banks that…
A new report this week has slapped a value estimate on natural markets such as agriculture, carbon credits and conservation projects for the first time — a whopping $7 trillion that underscores the economic…
In a press release last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed credit for eliminating environmental, social, and governance considerations from the state’s pension and investment funds. DeSantis is one of three Trustees of Florida’s…
The European Commission is stepping up its scrutiny of alleged “greenwashing” in its markets. Greenwashing is the conveying of a false impression or disseminating misleading information on how a company’s products, goals, and policies…
Remove the ideology by removing the special overlay of ESG status.
Also, renewables trends point to a coming surge in U.S. solar power.
If Republicans make gains in Congress, expect less heat on Big Oil and more scrutiny of clean tech subsidies.
Tire giant Michelin the focus of investigation as regulators look away.
Russian relations, China trade top similar challenges as global warming hits hard.
In today’s issue: — Big oil smells profit in offshore wind — Is Egypt the best place for a climate summit right now? — General Motors takes aim at EV mass market with a…
As Europe enters election season and a gas crunch this winter, the climate issue is largely a distant second or third to concerns about crime, foreign policy and even fascism.
Plus, the Liz Truss era in the UK starts with a dual fiscal and energy crisis.
The American Banking Association has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its climate risk disclosure proposal for public companies. The SEC proposal requires the measurement, disclosure, and auditing of the greenhouse…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took another big step this week toward locking himself in as the climate candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
Researchers said they were ‘shocked’ at the lack of predictability.
