• January 17 2026
  Obituary

  David Webb, Hong Kong corporate governance activist, 1965-2026

  The polymath investor single-handedly took on the city’s financial establishment

  
• January 14 2026
  Nuclear weapons are now ESG compliant

  Boom times in EU sustainable finance

  
• December 19 2025
  Moral Money

  Ukraine’s wartime battery boom

  Grid-level storage takes off as energy system struggles to deal with Russian attacks

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• December 15 2025
  BlackRock Inc

  BlackRock loses second Dutch pension mandate over sustainable investing concerns

  €5bn in assets withdrawn by metal and tech workers’ group

  
• December 10 2025
  Moral Money

  Ben & Jerry’s governance crisis is a uniquely sticky situation

  Newly listed Magnum faces litigation from the directors of a flagship brand

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• December 9 2025
  EU business regulation

  EU cuts back sustainability law opposed by US

  Brussels cuts number of companies forced to comply and removes clause on climate plans for business

  
• December 7 2025
  Magnum Ice Cream Company

  Ben & Jerry’s founders told to ‘hand over to a new generation’ by Magnum boss

  Ben Cohen hits out at Peter ter Kulve as Unilever completes ice cream demerger

  
• December 1 2025
  Financial & markets regulation

  UK watchdog seeks to ‘clean up’ conflicts of interest in ESG ratings

  Financial Conduct Authority will start regulating providers in push to improve transparency

  
• November 27 2025
  Teresa Ribera

  Europe must be a rulemaker, not a rule-taker

  Outsourcing EU environmental and economic strategy would be an act of self-harm

  
• November 26 2025
  Moral Money

  DEI-linked pay awards drop sharply

  Political backlash cools support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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• November 21 2025
  Moral Money

  COP30 enters endgame with tensions on fossil fuels and finance

  Latest draft agreement prompts criticism from European and developing nations

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• November 13 2025
  Free LunchMartin Sandbu

  How Norway jeopardised its integrity overnight

  Oslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund

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• November 9 2025
  Work & Careers

  The reinvention of the chief sustainability officer

  ESG teams are having to adapt fast to survive the age of Trump

  
• November 8 2025
  BlackRock Inc

  BlackRock to wind down fund that invested in failed car lender Tricolor

  Asset manager’s move to close Impact Opportunities strategy comes amid broader pullback from ESG

  
• November 7 2025
  Moral Money

  What China’s clean energy push means for the developing world

  Electric vehicles are at the vanguard of this megatrend

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• November 5 2025
  Moral Money

  The green consulting gold rush loses its sparkle

  Consultancies have had to adapt to a changing political environment

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• November 5 2025
  Green bonds

  China’s green bond market races ahead of global peers

  Use of sustainable finance overtakes western rivals as ESG movement faces US backlash

  
• October 31 2025
  Moral Money

  Why adaptation funds can be harder to raise

  Developed countries are on track to break another promise

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• October 30 2025
  Net Zero Asset Managers

  State Street withdraws US money manager from global climate group

  Net Zero Asset Managers alliance drops 2050 net zero goals for signatories

  
• October 24 2025
  Moral Money

  Europe has become a risky place for corporate green claims

  Court ruling against TotalEnergies reflects wider EU crackdown on greenwashing

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• October 20 2025
  Oatly

  Oatly blames ‘doom and gloom’ climate talk for US sales slump

  Oat milk maker’s CEO says negative talk around climate change and greenwashing are putting consumers off sustainability

  
• October 17 2025
  Moral Money

  Proxy advisers grapple with ‘real risk’ from US ESG backlash

  Glass Lewis chief explains radical move to drop benchmark recommendations

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• October 16 2025
  UnhedgedRobert Armstrong

  ESG with Maga characteristics

  JPMorgan’s Security and Resilience Initiative

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• October 14 2025
  Corporate governance

  Glass Lewis to end benchmark voting recommendations on proxy issues

  Advisory firm will instead begin offering multiple perspectives after criticism over diversity and environmental criteria

  
• October 13 2025
  Nobel prizes

  Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt 

  Congratulations to the winners from FT Alphaville