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...Jason Reitman — son of series founding director Ivan Reitman — started again with a family-targeted agenda in 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and returns as co-writer with director Gil Kenan on Ghostbusters...
...One of 2024’s most ambitious docs is Yance Ford’s Power, part of a robust Premieres section....
...One good read Vanessa Friedman on the meaning of Kristen Stuart’s clothes....
...Ignoring the “S” of ESG will only “stall the movement”....
...(Kristen Talman) Smart read A couple of months ago, we highlighted some research about the flood risks that threaten Florida....
...Etsy put to the test over ‘S’ factor Ecommerce became an essential service during the Covid-19 pandemic....
...The TCFD was formed in 2015 by the G20’s Financial Stability Board. Responsible for its day-to-day work, Schapiro led the TCFD to release a framework for disclosure in 2017....
...And please read Kristen’s piece for context on the corporate world’s Russia retreat by looking back at decisions to withdraw from Myanmar....
...(Kristen Talman and Gillian Tett) Sustainability schism raises questions for the ISSB People rarely log on to LinkedIn for a fight, but that’s what broke out on Friday when Bob Eccles, a visiting professor...
...If the film it most closely resembles is 1999’s Existenz, there are also traces of the sinister sci-fi machinations in Scanners (1981) and the twisted eroticism of Crash (1996)....
...Simon shares how investors are turning their attention from the “E” to the “S” in ESG, and Kristen and Patrick report on Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s latest push for companies to disclose greenhouse...
...Joanna S KaoAnd when it comes to pay transparency?...
...Energy has, by far, been the best performing sector in the S&P 500 this year, and momentum trades will fuel stocks even higher....
...The big three rating agencies — Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch — have downgraded Sri Lanka since late last year, and analysts have warned that the war has increased the island country’s chance of default....
...S&P and the other credit rating firms need to keep up the ESG revenues to satisfy shareholders. But conflicts of interest have tripped up rating agencies before....
...Wong’s plan will raise the country’s carbon tax from the current level of S$5 per tonne ($3.7 a tonne) to S$25 per tonne ($18.4 a tonne) in 2024 and S$50-80 per tonne ($36.8-$58.9 a tonne) by 2030....
...The group writes that the frameworks must be overhauled and separated by ‘E’, ‘S’, and ‘G’ scores to evaluate a company holistically....
...That is, if insurers are allowed to raise prices, noted John Iten, an analyst at S&P Global Ratings. California, he pointed out, has regulated limits on insurance pricing....
...Second, activists are doing this not just in relation to “E” factors, but “S” topics too; the type of lateral vision associated with “scope 3” accounting systems for carbon emissions is being transposed...
...The ESG community had been happy for some time to discuss environmental issues, but “there has been a slow-building of awareness about the ‘S’,” he added....
...But energy has been the top-performing S&P 500 sector this year, marking a 50 per cent rise in 2021. ESG investing has also drawn unprecedented scrutiny in 2021....
...In this stimulating extract from his new book Davos Man, New York Times journalist Peter S....
...HSBC Asset Management, for example, voted for the entire board at 40 companies that failed to meet Climate Action 100+’s benchmark targets....
...James Guild, adjunct fellow at the S....
...(Kristen Talman) Letter in response to this article: Don’t let sustainability skew other ESG priorities / From Andrea Saldarriaga, Paris, France...
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