The role of a robust second-hand market to increase the useful lifetime of clothing has become a central tenet of circular fashion. Who will be the winners of the resale boom?
A revision of the Japanese Corporate Governance Code has been proposed and includes a greater focus on sustainability. Yet Japanese companies already have a high rate of sustainability reporting. The opposite is true for biodiversity though. Excluding biodiversity is a missed opportunity.
An analysis of the Plastic Containers and Packaging sector: the companies, their investors and the financial risks they face.
Twofold environmental and concentration risk is an investor opportunity to incite the sector to transition towards sustainable products and processes, says new report by financial think tank.
Although BlackRock has become increasing vocal about climate change in recent years, natural capital impacts are now on its engagement menu. We applaud them for this move.
February saw H&M jump on fashion’s latest trend, as they issued a €500m sustainability-linked bond which they will use to meet their 2025 sustainability targets.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are booming, synthetic ETFs are re-surfacing and semi-transparent ETFs have recently emerged – but their structures hide entrenched deforestation risk from investors. Planet Tracker identifies the key decision makers for each instrument in the growing ETF universe and calls for specific actions from index providers, ETF sponsors and investors to eliminate hidden deforestation risk in their holdings or indices.
Despite the market’s rising share and significance, ETF sponsors to date have not acted on sustainability statements by structuring instruments to explicitly exclude deforestation-linked equities.
A focus on the financial risks arising from the extensive use and misuse of water in the wet processing stage of clothing production.
Overcapacity and climate risk are increasing stranded asset risk in the U.S. Plastics Production Corridor.
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