January Issue, 2022 – “Financing the Future”
The third issue of the ESG Insights initiative contains December 2021’s most noteworthy developments in the ESG ecosystem in Greece and abroad. In this issue, the supranational, institutional and corporate developments which aspire to achieve a sustainable economy and society are examined. 13 unique topics from the international and domestic arena are covered, ranging from the president of the United States, Joe Biden, signing an executive order to make the US federal government achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, to other institutions’ bold steps towards developing tools that will help to monitor ESG initiatives.
Some key developments of the January Issue include the divestiture of UBS Asset Management from 5 energy companies, due to their unresponsiveness to their engagement program, the announcement of Alibaba that aims to eliminate 1.5 gigatons of emission by 2035, the announced ESG Deposit solution by Eurobank and the distinction of TITAN for the quality of its disclosures by CDP.