archiveDecember 22, 2022

ESG investment is threatened by political pressure in America that could derail efforts to tackle climate change, warns the ceo of one of the world’s largest financial organisations. The warning from deVere Group’s Nigel Green comes as it is revealed that the world’s second-largest global asset manager is resigning from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, whose members are committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. “Republicans in the U.S. appear to be stepping up their attacks on financial institutions that they say are hostile to fossil fuels,”...

IT infrastructure and reduction of its energy use is the key to meeting net zero targets, according to a new survey of sustainability managers. IT infrastructure sustainability is the number one priority among sustainability program directors with 90 per cent agreeing that companies cannot reach their net zero goals without significantly reducing their technology infrastructure energy usage. This problem will grow worse as 76 per cent predict the impact of technology infrastructure on a company’s carbon footprint will increase in the next 12 months. A new report by Pure Storage...