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January, 2021

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Top 2020 ESG Insights: What We Heard From You

During many of our 2020 ESG-focused webinars, we asked for the audience’s insights on key topics, like what drives you to conduct ESG investing, where are you on your journey to TCFD reporting, and what are the key challenges facing the ESG realm in 2021. View our infographic to discover insights findings from these polling questions.

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Latest Research & Insights

Reimagining Accounting To Measure Climate Change Risks
This S&P Global Ratings report explores the benefits of greater balance-sheet recognition of actual and potential climate-related liabilities. This would enable users of financial statements to shift qualitative measures of climate exposures to more quantitative assessments.

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The Evolution Of ESG Factors In Credit Risk Assessment: Corporate Governance
Monitoring corporate governance is particularly important as companies may change their strategic direction, risk appetite, senior management, and/or board membership. Read our blog to discover how we incorporate governance in our analysis of credit risk, when using S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Credit Assessment Scorecards.

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The ESG trends that will drive 2021 – podcast
ESG investing gained huge momentum in 2020 and appears poised to continue growing in 2021. We talked to experts from across the sustainability world about the ESG trends to look for in 2021.

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Top Stories: Governance

Bank regulator races to enact lending rule that would deal a blow to ESG

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Investors face data gaps as they adjust portfolios to EU taxonomy
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Blue Congress will still face hurdles to passing climate, energy bills
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Essential ESG Intelligence

I need to align with the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Clear your view with transparent insights. Uncover your exposure to climate risk and capture mission-critical insights to inform your strategy, aligned with the recommendations of TCFD. Find out more >

I need to assess credit risks under multiple Climate Scenarios

As the effects of climate change and the importance of mitigating activities becomes more widely known, do you understand the financial risks and implications? Now you can assess the climate exposure of your portfolios with Climate Credit Analytics. Find out more >

I need insights to manage Climate Risk

Our Essential Climate Analytics set the bar on climate intelligence. With a uniquely deep and comprehensive lens on rapidly evolving climate risks, our datasets and analytics provide insights to turn climate risk into climate opportunity. Find out more >

Upcoming and On-demand Webinars

Green Competition and Asset Valuation – Implications of Recent Movements in Renewable Energy Credits and the Long Term Impact
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M&A in Focus: Sustainable Corporate Development Trends
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More ESG Data, Deeper ESG Intelligence – and New Insights for Portfolio Performance
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Unveiling Distro Energy
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Navigating Climate Risk as a Financial Risk
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ESG Data Signals: Informing Differentiated ESG Portfolios
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ESG, Credit Risk, and Covid-19 impact
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