The contract offers the market a way to access and hedge a global price for carbon.
Year-to-date ESG bond and loan volumes have surpassed the 2020 total despite quarterly decline.
A record number of ESG shareholder proposals passed this year.
New platform will help the financial community crowdsource best practices, benchmarks, and technology for ESG.
Net inflows are 49% higher than in the record full year 2020.
The market for ESG ratings and data has grown due to a lack of consistent disclosures.
Three priority areas can facilitate the flow of capital to help achieve sustainability objectives.
Asset managers are applying more rigorous ESG-related analysis and seeking to provide greater transparency.
The exchange's ESG reference data coverage now includes two million fixed income instruments.