Financial Services Sustainability

Fidelity International promotes Jenn-Hui Tan to chief sustainability officer (CSO). Here are net zero emissions, scope 1, scope 2 & scope 3 goals.

Here are four steps that banks can take to ramp up sustainable finance, according to Accenture.

Apple executive Lisa P. Jackson joins Galvanize Climate Solutions, a climate-focused global investment firm, as strategic advisor. To be clear: Jackson also remains VP of environmental, policy & social initiatives at Apple.

OCBC (Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp), one of Singapore's largest banks, names Mike Ng as group chief sustainability officer (CSO). Here are four things to know.

Private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners, a sustainable food chain & agribusiness investor, hires Blackstone veteran Rachel Hurley as head of sustainability. Here's why.

Financial services firm State Street names Jessica Donohue as head of global investment insights, sustainability & impact. Here are Donohue's priorities.

International banking firm Standard Chartered hires Credit Suisse veteran Dana Barsky as global head of sustainability strategy & net zero.

Rabobank hires Persefoni veteran Terryn Lawrence as chief sustainability officer (CSO) for North America. Here are four things for technology partners to know.

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, acquires the Data & Analytics Division of MJ Hudson Plc. Apex gains ESG, SaaS & analytics expertise.

Global IT consulting firm Wipro expands partnership with workflow automation software provider ServiceNow. The effort increasingly involves ESG (Environmental, Social and Government) standards across such vertical markets as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy & utilities.

Before the SEC climate rule is finalized, you can (1) build your company’s GHG emissions inventory, (2) engage with internal finance and audit teams, (3) aligning with TCFD recommendations, and (4) establish governance. Ernst & Young explains how.

ERM & Novata partnership may help private equity firms & financial services firms to collect, analyze, benchmark & report relevant ESG information.

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), the first Islamic commercial bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, names Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim as chief strategy & sustainability officer. 

Disclosure of nature-related risk is yet to become mandatory. However, regulators and government agencies are likely to require such disclosure soon, Accenture asserts.

IBM offers Envizi ESG Suite software discounts to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member companies. IBM VP Christina Shim explains why.