Ethical investment

EBA reports on outcome of 2021 EU-wide stress test

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Friday, July 30, 2021
Finance, Financial services, Money, Environmentalism, Ethical banking, Banking, Ethical investment, Governance, Sustainalytics, ING Group, ING Australia, MSCI

The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.

Key Points: 
  • The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.
  • ING Banks more than 57,000 employees oer retail and wholesale banking services to customers in over 40 countries.
  • Sustainability forms an integral part of INGs strategy, evidenced by INGs leading position in sector benchmarks by Sustainalytics and MSCI.
  • In January 2021, ING received an ESG evaluation score of 83 ('strong') from S&P Global Ratings.

RFE Investment Partners Fund IX Completes Third Platform Investment, Veransa Group, A New Organic Recycling Company

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Alternative investment management companies, Private-equity firm, Environmentalism, Ethical investment, Finance, Money, Service companies, Responsible Research, Environmental, social and corporate governance

NEW CANAAN, Conn. and SEFFNER, Fla., July 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veransa Group, Inc., a newly formed company that specializes in transforming urban wood and yard waste into valuable organic commodities on an industrial-scale, has acquired Consolidated Resource Recovery, Inc. (CRR) and Florida Organic Solutions, Inc. (FOS).

Key Points: 
  • Veransa vertically integrates green waste collection centers with organic commodities manufacturing facilities to achieve highest-value use, waste-to-organic organic commodities, production.
  • Veransa Group is an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners a Connecticut-based private equity firm.
  • Veransa is an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) portfolio company of RFE Investment Partners and is based in the Tampa Bay region of Florida.
  • RFE Investment Partners is a private equity firm focused on making control investments in established small market companies located in the United States.

Verdantix Benchmarks Forty-Five Climate and ESG Solutions for Financial Markets

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Technology, Manufacturing, Finance, Other Transport, Alternative energy, Energy, Professional services, Transport, Environment, Research, Software, Science, Other Manufacturing, Data management, Ethical investment, Environmentalism, Ethical banking, Finance, Governance, Articles, Environmental, social and corporate governance, Economy, Financial data vendors, Trackinsight

To support the ESG and climate strategies of buy-side financial institutions, independent research firm Verdantix has produced a world first benchmark of 45 ESG and climate solution providers.

Key Points: 
  • To support the ESG and climate strategies of buy-side financial institutions, independent research firm Verdantix has produced a world first benchmark of 45 ESG and climate solution providers.
  • The global market for climate and ESG financial data, analytics and indexes is expanding at breakneck speed.
  • Reflecting the growth in ESG ETFs, the boom in sustainable bonds and tougher scrutiny of sustainable finance products, buy-side financial institutions increasingly need investment-grade climate and ESG data and analytics.
  • There is a phenomenal range of innovation taking place in the market for financial climate and ESG solutions commented Verdantix Industry Analyst and author of the report Sam Renshaw.

Fitch Ratings ESG Relevance Scores Data Now Available on RIMES

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Professional services, Data management, Technology, Finance, Networks, Banking, Finance, Money, Financial services, Environmentalism, Credit rating agencies, Ethical investment, ESG, Fitch Ratings, Credit risk, RepRisk

RIMES has strengthened its market leading Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data Management service with Fitch Ratings ESG Relevance Scores Data, which is provided by Fitch Solutions.

Key Points: 
  • RIMES has strengthened its market leading Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Data Management service with Fitch Ratings ESG Relevance Scores Data, which is provided by Fitch Solutions.
  • The Scores provide clients of RIMES and Fitch Solutions with a neutral view on how different ESG factors impact creditworthiness, and which issues are material and relevant to credit assessments.
  • With Fitch Ratings ESG Relevance Scores, RIMES clients will be able to access more than 10,000 entities and transactions and over 140,000 ESG data points to support credit risk assessments, adding to the credit risk capabilities already available on RIMES.
  • Alessandro Ferrari, CMO at RIMES comments: RIMES ESG Data Management service is part of our industry leading Managed Data Services (MDS) platform and is the industrys broadest ESG data service.

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in Power Thematic Research Report 2021 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Alternative energy, Energy, Finance, Money, Environmentalism, Ethical investment, Economy, Ethical banking, ESG, Governance, Environmental, social and corporate governance, ESG Quant

The "ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in Power - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in Power - Thematic Research" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is critical for power companies in 2021.
  • Events in 2021 have shown that those power companies without a credible ESG plan will face a backlash in the courts, boardrooms, and the public arena.
  • Certain technologies are enabling power companies to improve their ESG credentials and macroeconomic forces are compelling them to rethink ESG strategy.

Equitrans Midstream Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Economy, Accounting, Sustainability metrics and indices, Articles, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, Sustainable business, Corporate social responsibility, Sustainability accounting, Global Reporting Initiative, Ethical investment, Corporate sustainability, ESG Quant

Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN) released its annual corporate sustainability report, which was produced in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Core option and also incorporated the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Oil & Gas Midstream Standards.

Key Points: 
  • Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN) released its annual corporate sustainability report, which was produced in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Core option and also incorporated the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Oil & Gas Midstream Standards.
  • The report can be viewed online: Equitrans' 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report .
  • Highlights of Equitrans Midstreams 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report:
    Equitrans Zero Is Possible Today platform is the manifestation of our overriding belief that success is only realized when every contributor is safe and unharmed.
  • Equitrans Board of Directors and, as applicable, its committees, review key ESG policies and commitments, and regularly receive updates regarding our sustainability program, corporate sustainability report, and pertinent ESG topics.

ForeSCITE, an AI-Powered Investing App Supporting Impact and ESG Investing

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Friday, July 30, 2021
Finance, Ethical investment, Ethical banking, Environmentalism, Environmental, social and corporate governance, Governance, Articles, Investment

The application's ForeSCITE ESG Dashboard ranks companies based on three pillars: environment, social and corporate governance.

Key Points: 
  • The application's ForeSCITE ESG Dashboard ranks companies based on three pillars: environment, social and corporate governance.
  • The basic version of the app, which guides on, self-directed investing, links all your financial accounts, stock price trend forecaster, and watch list, can be accessed free of charge.
  • Balkrishna Shagrithaya, the Chairman of ForeSCITE, expressed that the artificial intelligence behind the application's ESG investing feature goes beyond mere buying of stocks to offer quality fractional investing and tracking crypto investment.
  • With ForeSCITE, any investor on both iOS and Android-powered gadgets can access top-level ESG investing insight at their fingertips.

ManpowerGroup Introduces its Working to Change the World Plan - Reporting ESG Progress and Ambitions on People, Prosperity, Planet and Principles of Governance

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Service companies, Articles, ManpowerGroup, Governance, Ethical investment, Academic disciplines, Environmentalism

MILWAUKEE, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup today published its 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) plan Working to Change the World .

Key Points: 
  • MILWAUKEE, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup today published its 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) plan Working to Change the World .
  • Working to Change the World outlines progress made in the areas of People & Prosperity, Planet and Principles of Governance- focusing on those areas of highest impact to the people, clients and communities ManpowerGroup serves.
  • "What matters is measured, and our Working to Change the World plan is about collectively caring for People and Planet with new awareness and urgency.
  • We are proud to extend our commitment to ESG and to support common stakeholder capitalism metrics that focus on People, Prosperity, Planet and Principles of Governance."

S&P Global data shows ESG-related leveraged finance issuance has increased substantially in Europe

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Finance, Money, Environmentalism, Leveraged buyout, Private equity, Ethical investment, Economy, Ethical banking, Loans, RepRisk, Environmental, social and corporate governance

The analysis is based on a recently launched ESG Leveraged Finance dataset from Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD), an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Key Points: 
  • The analysis is based on a recently launched ESG Leveraged Finance dataset from Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD), an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence.
  • Marina Lukatsky, head of research for LCD, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: "ESG is gaining traction across leveraged finance.We can see the global leveraged finance markets are embracing the concept of ESG-linked transactions.
  • In Europe in particular, loan issuance linked to ESG-related KPIs has skyrocketed and the pricing mechanism has become more mainstream.
  • LCD is part of S&P Global Market Intelligence and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global.

Fitch Ventures Leads $6m Investment Into Diginex

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Software, Technology, Professional services, Finance, Fitch Ratings, Fitch, ESG, Finance, Money, Ethical investment, Environmentalism, Ethical banking, Service companies, Diginex, Fitch Ventures, DIGINEX, FITCH VENTURES

Diginex , the disruptive impact technology company helping to solve the worlds most pressing ESG and sustainability challenges, has closed a $6m Series A round led by Fitch Ventures , the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, bringing the total amount raised to over $8m.

Key Points: 
  • Diginex , the disruptive impact technology company helping to solve the worlds most pressing ESG and sustainability challenges, has closed a $6m Series A round led by Fitch Ventures , the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, bringing the total amount raised to over $8m.
  • Shea Wallon, Managing Director at Fitch Ventures said, Fitch is the only credit rating agency with a comprehensive, systematic & credit-focused approach showing how ESG factors affect credit ratings.
  • Miles Pelham, Founder and Chairman of Diginex added, We are delighted to have Fitch Ventures partner with us as Diginex continues to grow, sharing our vision to make ESG reporting effortless as it moves into the mainstream.
  • Fitch Ventures is the equity investment arm of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries.