The Long Game

Mar 23, 2023 View in browser By Allison Prang THE BIG PICTURE More than 60% of financial professionals surveyed expect ESG to become mainstream within the next 10 years.| HSBC ESG Sentiment Survey ESG could very well be here to stay, if the views of financial services professionals are any gauge.Mo

Mar 22, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman VERBATIM Rep.Sean Casten says he wants to work across the aisle to craft ESG policies that work for investors and companies.Sean Castens desire to help create rules of the road for the massive and rapidly expanding world of environmental, social and gov

Mar 21, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn THE BIG IDEA Carbon-cutting firms are seizing on the latest UN climate report to bolster their business cases.| AP ALL-INCLUSIVE IPCC The "synthesis report" released by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday puts a thumb firmly on th

Mar 17, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn THE WEEK THAT WAS Anti-ESG crusaders may be costing red-state retirees.| Spencer Platt/Getty Images THE COSTS OF INTRANSIGENCE Anti-ESG advocates argue that paying attention to environmental, social and governance issues is turning capitalism on its head.

Mar 16, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman THE BIG PICTURE Courtesy of Workiva and PwC Companies are planning to comply with the SEC's climate disclosure rule when it comes out, but they're worried about it.Eighty-five percent of executives in a recent survey said they worry that they dont have

Mar 15, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn VERBATIM Shopify's head of sustainability, Stacy Kauk, is pioneering a new carbon market.| Courtesy Shopify Stacy Kauk thinks carbon offsets are so 2019.Kauk is in charge of getting the e-commerce platform Shopify to carbon neutrality, which the company fi

Mar 14, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman and Debra Kahn THE BIG IDEA Riley Moore is leading the anti-ESG charge.| Photo Courtesy of West Virginia State Treasury DISPROVING MOORE'S LAW Red-state regulators have the financial sector on the defensive over ESG, but they may be overstating their s

Mar 10, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn THE WEEK THAT WAS Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is bringing oil and climate together.| AP/Courtesy of Ceraweek AWKWARRRDDD The halting courtship of the fossil and renewable energy industries is feeling a bit more natural these days.Demand for oil and gas remains

Mar 09, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman THE BIG PICTURE Carbon dioxide is getting more valuable.Last year was the costliest yet to buy emissions permits in carbon markets, a new report finds.Increased carbon prices in Europe and North America drove a 13 percent rise in the value of CO2 in 202

Mar 08, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn VERBATIM Parag Khanna is trying to get us to adapt more intelligently to climate change.| Courtesy Parag Khanna Parag Khanna thinks things will be OK.He has faith in humanity's ability to adapt to climate-juiced natural disasters, as long as the market is

Mar 07, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman and Debra Kahn THE BIG IDEA Insurance companies are worried the anti-ESG movement could make it riskier to do business.| Noah Berger/AP Photo RISKY BUSINESS Insurers are already on the front lines of climate change.Now they're getting their turn on the

Presented by Panasonic: Mar 03, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn Presented by Panasonic THE WEEK THAT WAS Biden's promised veto gives moderate Democrats a free pass to oppose ESG investing.| Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO DOL REPEAL DOA The anti-ESG movement is set to produce the first veto of

Presented by Panasonic: Mar 02, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman Presented by Panasonic THE BIG PICTURE Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Business Council for Sustainable Energy Investment in the energy transition surged last year despite geopolitical and economic headwinds, a new report finds.

Presented by Panasonic: Mar 01, 2023 View in browser By Allison Prang Presented by Panasonic VERBATIM Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ is tasked with implementing a state law that asks him to come up with a list of financial firms that boycott fossil-fuel companies.| Oklahoma Treasurer's Office Oklahom

Presented by Panasonic: Feb 28, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn and Jordan Wolman Presented by Panasonic THE BIG IDEA Ohio is one of the states welcoming chemical recycling facilities.| Jordan Wolman/POLITICO RED AND BLUE MAKE GREEN Both red and blue states are getting into plastics recycling f

Feb 24, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn THE WEEK THAT WAS Green jobs are the same manufacturing jobs that are facing worker shortages.| David McNew/Getty Images WHITHER WORKERS Green jobs are here.Where are the workers.The same booming labor market that has given President Joe Biden the lowest

Feb 23, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman THE BIG PICTURE As global institutions prepare to compel companies to disclose their carbon footprints, new findings underscore the point that voluntary disclosure just isnt getting it done.Data released this month from Morningstars Sustainalytics ESG r

Feb 22, 2023 View in browser By Emma Dumain and Kelsey Brugger VERBATIM Rep.Scott Peters (D-Calif.) isn't afraid to take NEPA's name in vain.| Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press As the fight over infrastructure permitting resurfaces on Capitol Hill, one California Democrat is sticking his neck out in t

Feb 21, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn and Allison Prang THE BIG IDEA Climeworks' direct air capture facility in Iceland is definitely beyond business as usual.| Climeworks THE BIG SUCK Carbon removal is heating up along with the planet, but it's got a long way to go to becoming a mainstream t

Presented by Panasonic: Feb 17, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn Presented by Panasonic THE WEEK THAT WAS Malpass leaves the stage.| Andrew Harnik/AP Photo PASSING ON MALPASS World Bank President David Malpass said five months ago that he "wasn't a scientist." Now he's on his way to not being pr

Presented by Panasonic: Feb 16, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn Presented by Panasonic The big picture InfluenceMap evaluated 39 of the U.Chamber of Commerce's climate policy statements.| Courtesy InfluenceMap STIRRING THE CHAMBER POT The U.Chamber of Commerce represents a diverse group of busi

Presented by Panasonic: Feb 15, 2023 View in browser By Marcia Brown Presented by Panasonic VERBATIM Rep.Chellie Pingree is trying to get more money for farmers whose land is contaminated by PFAS.| Kris Connor/Getty Images Rep.Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), a former small-scale organic farmer, is worri

Presented by Panasonic: Feb 14, 2023 View in browser By Jordan Wolman and Debra Kahn Presented by Panasonic THE BIG IDEA State lawmakers are surrounded by ESG noise.| Courtesy of Consumers Defense HOMEGROWN ANTI-ESG Yes, Republicans' "woke wars" are intensifying on some fronts.Ron DeSantis wants t

Feb 10, 2023 View in browser By Debra Kahn THE WEEK THAT WAS Is this stressful enough.| Spencer Platt/Getty Images NO STRESS Expectations are low for the Federal Reserve's first foray into assessing the financial risks of climate change.central bank is in the process of gauging six major banks app

Feb 09, 2023 View in browser By Allison Prang THE BIG PICTURE Companies that took part in Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index overall on average performed the best on inclusive culture, but worst on leadership and talent pipeline.| Bloomberg PARITY PUSH Corporate America is getting closer to gender