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In digital age, here is why the Indian consumer should care about ESG

In recent years, you must have heard of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and how companies are embracing ESG principles. If you think this trend is just a corporate one, think again. ESG has direct implications for consumers, moulding purchasing decisions and creating a more sustainable and ethical marketplace. Moreover, in this digital age with all information at our fingertips, ESG principles are converging with technology to transform the consumer landscape in India.Recent reports show that ESG investments…

Exxon Sues Two ESG Investors

The oil giant says Arjuna Capital and Follow This want Exxon’s oil-and-gas business to shrink, putting them at odds with shareholders. The oil giant says Arjuna Capital and Follow This want Exxon’s oil-and-gas business to shrink, putting them at odds with shareholders. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their…

The Latest Dirty Word in Corporate America: ESG

Executives come up with new ways to describe corporate initiatives; “responsible business” as an alternative. Executives come up with new ways to describe corporate initiatives; “responsible business” as an alternative. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors.…

Responsible ESG investing in the Global South requires overcoming the Global North’s savior complex

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain ESG standards (Environment, Social and Governance) are metrics designed to guide responsible investing. The "S" in ESG has evolved into the financial innovation of social impact investing (SII), which promotes social benefits such as environmental protection, gender equality and human development, and also generates profits for beneficiaries and investors.…

Who decides what ESG is and how to make investments greener?

ESG investment should go much further than reducing exposure to oil & gas producers in an investment portfolio. Credit: Oil and Gas Photographer/Shutterstock More than 30 US states have proposed or implemented legislation in recent years to stop the government and its pension funds from investing in environmental social and governance (ESG) funds. These products integrate ESG issues into their investment strategies, which…

infosys: ESG Report: Renewables see big jump in energy consumption mix at Infosys’ India operations

Infosys has come a long way in building renewable energy assets, with the share of renewables in its electricity consumption surging to 57.9% at the end of 2022-23 from 43.7% five years ago and 22% a decade ago.The company’s latest ESG Report 2022-23 throws light on the company’s various initiatives and its progress on environment, social and governance in the past year.The company has a total installed capacity of 60 MW in solar, including the 40 MW captive plant at Sira in Tumakuru district. It also has 14.4 MW of…

AI hype starting to ‘smell like dot-com era’ to ESG veteran

The exuberance surrounding artificial intelligence has driven a lot of capital into a small corner of the market in a very short space of time, and that has implications for tech-heavy ESG funds.According to James Penny, the chief investment officer of TAM Asset Management and a veteran ESG investor, the current mood is reminiscent of the early days of the tech bubble that burst in 2000 and wiped more than 70% off the Nasdaq. “Companies that even mention the word AI in their earnings are seeing boosts to their share…

ESG investing has made little impact on the green energy transition so far. Why is that?

Many organizations have started divesting from fossil fuels and re-directing their funds toward ethical and sustainable investing. Credit: (Shutterstock As the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ramps up its dire warnings about climate change and its subsequent impact on biodiversity, environment, food and health-care systems, the same reports also point out that we have solutions available in the form of…

How CFOs Can Prepare for Ramped Up ESG Requirements

Finance chiefs should focus on three areas when building climate-reporting systems—collecting data, tracking regulation and coordinating with ESG raters. Finance chiefs should focus on three areas when building climate-reporting systems—collecting data, tracking regulation and coordinating with ESG raters. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

ESG Blowback: Exxon, Chevron Investors Reject Climate Measures

The shareholders’ votes, along with others in Europe, deal a blow to activists. The shareholders’ votes, along with others in Europe, deal a blow to activists. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to…