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Fund management
JPMorgan and State Street quit climate group as BlackRock scales back
...“Potential unlawful co-ordination appears throughout Climate Action 100+’s documents,” the attorneys-general said last year....
February 15, 2024
Executive Pay
Investors warn ‘fluffy’ ESG metrics are being gamed to boost bonuses
...About 190 executives at S&P 500 companies have an employee engagement pay metric, the Esgauge data shows....
August 27, 2023
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Moral Money
The climate credit trap Premium content
...S&P Global warned in November of a “poverty trap” in low-income countries hit by climate change....
April 17, 2024
Moral Money
BP’s outback adventure Premium content
...It costs less than $3 per kilogramme for “grey” hydrogen production from fossil fuels, S&P said in a report this year....
March 6, 2024
Moral Money
ESG indices under fire over Myanmar Premium content
.... — Patrick Temple-West What does a responsible approach to artificial intelligence look like in business and finance?...
February 16, 2024
FT Wealth Management
Emerging markets investors brace for historic election year
...could see a worsening debt situation, especially if pre-election spending on public sector wages, social grants, lower tariffs are accelerated,” warns Thea Fourie, head of Sub-Saharan Africa research at S&...
February 5, 2024
FT Live
Moral Money Summit Europe
Unlocking opportunities for a greener and fairer world
Wednesday, 22 MayThe Biltmore Mayfair, LXR Hotels & Resorts, Grosvenor Square, London, UK
Moral Money
New York’s green troublemaker Premium content
...Speaking at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston yesterday, Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said the energy transition was “visibly failing on most fronts”, according to S&P....
March 20, 2024
US tax
US tax agency targets executives’ personal use of corporate jets
...Meta, Facebook’s parent company, spent the most of any S&P 500 company for a chief executive’s personal air travel that year, reporting $2.3mn on private flights for Mark Zuckerberg....
February 21, 2024
Moral Money
How to make green incentives pay Premium content
...Three-quarters of S&P 500 companies have disclosed that ESG metrics contributed to executives’ pay in 2023, up from two-thirds of companies in 2021....
January 29, 2024
Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
How Meloni’s new ‘Capital Bill’ could backfire on corporate Italy
...patrick.jenkins@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Meloni government swims against the tide of history / From Jon Johannessen, Venice, CA, US...
January 8, 2024
LexCorporate governance
Concentrated power at the top of businesses remains a red flag Premium content
...One is energy giant TotalEnergies, where Patrick Pouyanné’s dual role is being challenged by investors wanting a faster shift away from fossil fuels....
April 19, 2024
ReviewFilm
Road House — Jake Gyllenhaal slums it in slugfest remake
...But he gives Dalton a wry reticence far more engaging than 1989’s cod-spiritual beefcake....
March 21, 2024
Plastic pollution
World Bank and Citi launch $100mn plastic credits bond
...The bond’s guaranteed principal payment is expected to be AAA-rated by S&P, according to the World Bank. The bond will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange....
January 26, 2024
Moral Money
What’s next on John Kerry’s green agenda? Premium content
...Lululemon’s shares have surged 49 per cent over the past 12 months — easily beating a 4.6 per cent rise for the S&P Retail Select Industry index....
January 17, 2024
Moral Money
BP wins approval to revamp oil refinery for biofuel production Premium content
...Global production of lower-carbon jet fuel is expected to double this year, according to S&P. Europe accounts for about 50 per cent of global SAF production....
January 5, 2024
FT Live
Moral Money Summit Americas
Unlocking opportunities for a greener and fairer world
Tuesday, 15 OctoberNew York, USA
Moral Money
Japan’s unrealised ESG potential Premium content
.... — Patrick Temple-West Amid stock market boom, can Japan lure ESG investors? Japan’s stock market has been on a tear this year....
December 15, 2023
The Big Read
How unions are fighting a boardroom battle at Starbucks
...But several advisers cautioned that it would be too soon to say a victory would unleash a wave of similar campaigns, citing Engine No. 1’s success at Exxon....
January 24, 2024
Moral Money
What the drive for cleaner capitalism will look like in 2024 Premium content
...But if these DEI attacks accelerate, companies could soon find themselves in trouble in the “S” category as well as the “E”. (Patrick Temple-West) 4....
January 3, 2024
Moral Money
Is carbon insetting the next big thing? Premium content
.... — Patrick Temple-West Carbon offsets are out One of the big themes at the cocktail parties and luncheons during last month’s Climate Week NYC was the souring mood towards the voluntary carbon market....
October 2, 2023
Altice Europe NV
Altice sells chunk of data centre business to Morgan Stanley
...[Drahi]’s basically admitted that everything’s for sale, but you have all of this distressed debt that’s going to mature or go into default if it has covenants.”...
November 21, 2023
Special ReportManaging Climate Change
Global tangle of climate disclosure rules risks causing ‘reporting fatigue’
...The CDP (a non-profit formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) said last year that 400 companies from the S&P 500 had disclosed data on their climate response in 2021....
November 30, 2023
Live news updates from August 4: Moscow hands Navalny 19-year prison, US jobs growth lower than expected
S&P drops ESG ratings from credit scores
...In 2021, S&P started publishing numbered scores from 1 to 5 for the three E, S and G categories as part of corporate credit scores....
August 4, 2023
Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
Catastrophe bond returns rebound as hurricanes miss US east coast
...This year’s hurricane season has been “benign”, says Charles-Marie Delpuech, an associate director at S&P. “We did not really have a major hurricane this season,” he observes....
November 6, 2023
ESG investing
S&P drops ESG scores from debt ratings amid scrutiny
...The U-turn puts S&P at odds with debt rating rival Moody’s, which still rates ESG criteria on a one to five scale. S&P is influential, with debt ratings that can affect a company’s borrowing cost....
August 8, 2023
Moral Money
Solar faces ‘capital crunch’ risk Premium content
...The S&P Global Clean Energy index has dropped 38 per cent from a recent peak in January 2023 to its lowest level since July 2020 and is down 30 per cent over the past 12 months....
October 27, 2023

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