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SFDR 2.0: Navigating the Shift from Complexity to Clarity in Sustainable Investing

This article highlights the potential implications changes to SFDR 2.0 could create for asset managers and institutional investors as well as the growing role of high-quality, independent data in navigating this regulatory transition.

ESG Risk and Market Structure: What the Data Shows

Understanding how markets and regulation shape the way that risk is reflected in asset prices.

Looking Ahead: How ESG Data Needs are Adapting With the Sustainable Investing Market

Exploring changing ESG data needs using Sustainalytics' 2025 State of ESG Data report.

Assessing Decarbonization Signals in Canada’s Oil and Gas Sector

Examining the emissions trajectory of Canada's oil and gas sector.

Data Centers and Water Scarcity: Assessing Corporate Risk Management

Explore water risk management associated with AI data centers.

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Managing Risk Through Responsible Engagement

Explore risk management within artisanal and small-scale mining.

Raising the Bar: How CSRD Emissions Reporting Rules Will Reshape Packaged Food Companies

Exploring the impact of CSRD emissions reporting rules on packaged food companies.

Understanding Portfolio Alignment Approaches with NZIF 2.0

Examining NZIF 2.0 and understanding how it might impact investors.

Artificial Intelligence Versus Reality: The ESG Risks Behind the AI Boom

Exploring the environmental, social and governance risks associated with rising AI demands.

Climate Risk Management Among Major Global Banks: Readiness and Gaps

Looking at the climate risk management of global systemically important banks.

Oil and the ESG Questions Shaping Norway’s Arctic Future

Examining Norway's Arctic oil expansion through an ESG lens.

ESG Risks Amid Deregulation Uncertainties: The Case of US Utilities

Examining the potential challenges and risks environmental deregulation may pose to utilities companies.

Climate Transition Funds: Regional Trends, Flows, and Growth Drivers

Examining the trends, flows and growth drivers in Climate Transition funds for the first half of 2025.

Eyes on Asia: How the Region Is Advancing on Human Rights Due Diligence

Understanding the move towards human rights due diligence in Asia.

Can Big Tech Keep Its Climate Commitments as Data Centers Scale?

The 2025 proxy season saw big tech faced tough questions from shareholders about the credibility of meeting climate commitments while also expanding the adoption of energy-intensive AI.

SFDR 2.0 in Figures: Impact Analysis

Following the European Commission’s release of plans to overhaul the SFDR, we examine what the new landscape of EU sustainability-related funds (Article 7, 8, and 9) could look like under the new rules.

Integrating Nature into Finance: Key Challenges Facing the Financial Sector

Understanding the challenges facing financial institutions and considering the potential next steps investors can take to address nature-related risks and opportunities.

Controversial Weapons: Reassessing the Red Lines

Understanding recent developments involving countries and companies linked to prohibited and controversial weapons.

The French SRI Label: A Practical Approach to Climate Transition Plan Assessments

Assessing climate transition plans and understanding changes and approaches to the French Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) label.

Exploring Climate-Related Systemic Risks: Possible Ways Forward for Asset Owners

Exploring actions asset owners may take to address climate-related systemic risks.

ESG Research and Resource Center

Close the Loop Between Insight and Action

ESG Resilience in Focus: What the US-EU Divergence Means for Portfolio Performance

Water Risk Exposure Climbs With Data Center Cooling Activities