ESG research including reports, articles and other materials
CBRE, an international real estate research institution, releases an ESG survey report of real estate industry. Through the survey of more than 500 industry experts, it shows the current development of ESG in the global real estate market and the challenges faced by implementing ESG strategy
Microsoft releases a supply chain decarbonization report for listed companies. Through analyzing the supply chain data of 400 companies, it studies the sustainable development of enterprises and the challenges of transition to a net zero ecosystem
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) releases global ESG disclosure report. The survey includes 1350 listed companies from 22 countries. IFAC obtained the ESG disclosure based on the public reports of these companies in the past three years
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) releases the net-zero report of listed companies in China. CDP analyzes the development of 70 companies listed in China and Hong Kong through questionnaires and interviews, and proposes the difficulties and solutions in net-zero transition
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and China Central Depository and Clearing (CCDC) jointly release a white paper on China ESG practice, summarizing the current development of China’s ESG from three perspectives: regulation policy, ESG practices by enterprises and ESG practices in financial markets
DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) is an important concept of ESG at the social level, which is usually applicable to companies and organizations implementing ESG strategy. The three elements of DEI are closely related to employees. Companies adopting DEI will assume more social responsibilities, gain advantages in improving creativity and work efficiency, and take the initiative in ESG development
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange releases a carbon market report, which analyzes the current development of the global and Chinese carbon markets in detail, and proposes the opportunity for Hong Kong to participate in the process
Pensions for Purpose is committed to promoting impact investment action of pension funds. This study shows the progress of pension funds in climate-related financial disclosure and their actions towards governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets of the TCFD framework
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom issued a discussion paper on sustainable governance for financial companies to solicit governance opinions related to sustainable development. FCA believes that the financial industry needs to play an important role in the process of net zero transition, and the sustainable governance of financial companies is becoming more important
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) released the ESG disclosure report of listed companies in China, taking 140 companies listed in the mainland China market and Hong Kong market as samples, to study their ESG information disclosure and climate related disclosure based on the TCFD framework
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) released the 2022 companies’ climate transition report, investigating more than 18600 enterprises from 13 industries in 135 countries, to obtain the progress of these enterprises in climate transition through using climate change questionnaires
Nuveen, an asset management company, recently released the seventh edition of the survey report on responsible investing, detailing investors’ views towards responsible investment last year. The sharp fluctuations in the global stock and debt markets in 2022 did not dampen investors’ enthusiasm for responsible investment, but rather hoped to reduce the volatility of the asset portfolio through this way
