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Global banks are increasingly embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their risk-management frameworks, Fitch Ratings says in a new report...
The significant increase in Amazon rainforest wildfires in 2019 and international backlash highlights potential trade risk caused by environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for...
Fitch Ratings has launched an ESG 'heat map' for Public Finance/Infrastructure to provide further insight into the relevance of ESG factors to credit ratings...
Fitch Ratings has launched an ESG 'heat map' covering 29 different sub-sectors for Financial Institutions to provide further insight into the relevance of ESG factors to credit ratings...
Environmental, societal and governance (ESG) investment considerations have become more integrated into money market funds (MMF) in Europe and the US, with governance...
Fitch Ratings' assessment of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks for the US non-life insurance and reinsurance sector reveals a very low direct impact on ratings...
Nearly 20% of global financial institution ratings are currently influenced by governance risk according to an analysis of new Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Relevance Scores...
The U.S. government's withdrawal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) will not change the long-term pressure on most public power utilities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, Fitch Ratings says...
The intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement will not change the prevailing pressure on public power utilities...
Environmental compliance costs for US public power utilities will be lowered, if President-elect Trump's threats to dismantle the Clean Power Plan (CPP) are realized, Fitch Ratings says. The decline in prospective costs would lower revenue requirements...
