The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published the fourth edition of its global professional standard addressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and sustainability considerations in commercial property valuation. The updated framework, which becomes mandatory from 30 April 2026, establishes comprehensive guidelines for how ESG and sustainability metrics should be integrated into valuation […]

Governments worldwide face mounting exposure to climate-related risks and increasingly frequent extreme weather events, yet until now have operated without clear, standardized guidance on disclosing these impacts in ways that support accountability and informed decision-making. This gap has left stakeholders—from citizens to capital market participants—without consistent, comparable information about how governments are managing climate challenges. […]

Fitch Solutions’ market intelligence provider BMI has unveiled a significantly expanded ESG Country and Physical Climate Risk service designed to help investors and corporations quantify the financial impact of environmental, social and governance issues on economies and industries through the strategic use of alternative data and advanced modeling techniques. The enhanced platform, announced January 28, […]

India faces a monumental challenge in mobilizing the estimated $10 trillion (₹883 lakh crore) in cumulative investments required to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070, with a new analysis revealing that fragmented and compliance-driven corporate transition planning threatens the country’s ability to attract this capital. A comprehensive report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]

India’s infrastructure spending has surpassed three percent of gross domestic product, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s development trajectory, yet this ambitious expansion is increasingly colliding with the harsh realities of climate change as floods, cyclones, landslides, and extreme heat systematically damage highways, ports, urban assets, and hydropower projects across climatevulnerable regions. A comprehensive […]

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has published a comprehensive assessment examining how India’s Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting framework measures against the International Sustainability Standards Board’s climate disclosure standards, revealing significant disparities that could affect Indian corporations’ ability to access global sustainable finance. The analysis arrives at a pivotal moment when climate […]

The European Union’s Joint Bank Reporting Committee has unveiled an ambitious 2026 Work Programme designed to eliminate fragmentation in environmental, social, and governance disclosures across the continent’s banking sector. The initiative, accompanied by detailed recommendations on ESG semantic integration, represents a critical step toward creating a cohesive data infrastructure that can support supervisory oversight, statistical […]

The European Central Bank has announced a significant expansion of its climate and nature risk oversight framework, signaling a decisive shift from policy development to rigorous supervisory enforcement. Following the successful conclusion of its Climate and Nature Plan 2024-2025, the central bank has outlined three strategic priorities that will define its environmental risk agenda through […]

The Canadian Institute of Actuaries has launched a groundbreaking climate risk modeling partnership with Université du Québec à Montréal, securing nearly $1.6 million in funding to develop sophisticated statistical and climate models specifically designed to protect Canadian financial institutions from the escalating threats posed by floods, wildfires, and transition risks associated with the shift to […]

Wipro Limited received an ESG rating of 74 from ESG Risk Assessments & Insights Limited on January 15, 2026, providing independent validation of the IT services major’s environmental, social, and governance performance based on publicly available information. The disclosure, made pursuant to SEBI listing obligations, came just one day before Wipro announced its third-quarter financial […]