State-level political pressure is increasingly poised to shape the boundaries of “acceptable” financial risk analysis in the US, with direct implications for the consistency and independence of credit ratings.

Indiana’s recently ratified House Bill (HB) 1273 arrives at a moment when several US states are testing how far they can go in shaping the information that underpins stewardship information and shareholder voting.

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM) has been formally relaunched with more than 250 signatories just over year after the project was paused following the exit of several major institutional investors.

A challenge to US President Donald Trump’s high-profile executive orders against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes has been rejected by an appeals court.

A Texas federal judge has struck down one of the US’ most prominent anti-environment, social and governance (ESG) laws, ruling that prohibiting state investment in companies avoiding financing fossil fuels is unconstitutional.