Rising climate premiums on commercial real estate insurance and the limitations of shareholder-driven corporate social responsibility are analysed in the latest research. Legal developments include New Zealand’s legislation protecting emitters from climate lawsuits and a Nigerian court order regarding oil spill remediation. The collection also covers the ASEAN sustainable finance market, a playbook for blended finance, and the implications of the ACCR v Santos greenwashing ruling.

This research investigates AI-managed household portfolios, finding that large language models recommend undiversified portfolios concentrated in high-momentum, large-cap technology stocks. While returns may exceed market benchmarks, they do not provide abnormal returns when adjusted for risk characteristics. Recommendations are primarily driven by media attention rather than investment skill.

Research demonstrates that Large Language Models exhibit purpose-conditioned bias when informed of downstream tasks. Goal-aware prompting leads to in-sample overfitting and inflated performance before knowledge cutoffs. Results indicate that disclosing objectives compromises neutrality, necessitating the separation of measurement and evaluation in AI-assisted workflows to ensure statistical validity.

An addendum to the Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities, this tool helps local governments assess and strengthen extreme heat risk management. It uses 18 indicators to evaluate governance, infrastructure, and financial planning to build long-term urban resilience against rising temperatures.

United for Wildlife is a global initiative created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation to tackle environmental crime and end the illegal wildlife trade. It convenes powerful coalitions across the financial and transport sectors, governments, and NGOs to disrupt criminal networks and support nature's protectors.

ISS STOXX is a global provider of corporate governance, responsible investment, and market intelligence solutions. Owned by Deutsche Börse Group, the organisation serves institutional clients through a range of research, data, and index products.

Fair Finance Asia (FFA) is a regional network of over 90 civil society organizations committed to ensuring that financial institutions' funding decisions in Asia respect social and environmental standards. It works to advocate for sustainable finance policies and greater transparency across the region's financial sector.