Corporate Knights
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). The reports show that assets rose steadily but incrementally between 1995 and 2012 to US$3.7
Corporate Knights
DECEMBER 1, 2023
As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. trillion. “We Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.
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Chris Hall
APRIL 29, 2022
The 2021 Benchmark, released this year, revealed that of the 150 companies evaluated, 134 (89%) now acknowledge farm animal welfare as a business issue (compared to 71% of the 68 companies evaluated in 2012). The post Is Farm Animal Welfare a Sustainable Investment Blind Spot? appeared first on ESG Investor.
Corporate Knights
OCTOBER 11, 2022
As a group, over the course of the past decade (2012 to 2021) these 20 companies slashed their net GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 43%, from 862 million tonnes to 489 million tonnes. In terms of sustainable capital expenditures, as a whole the 20 companies projected total sustainable investments of $528 billion (all figures in U.S.
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 27, 2023
And Corporate Knights research revealed in 2015 that the University of Toronto lost more than $550 million by not divesting. But a growing number of pension funds are now adopting sustainable investing strategies. billion in returns over the last 10 years by not divesting from fossil fuels.
Chris Hall
APRIL 11, 2024
“We think that’s a sensible idea, but we feel we there is also a real opportunity to create a fund in parallel that could be linked to it that focuses on the smaller, more local investment needed by communities across the country.” the social impact investment market is currently worth approximately £8 billion. “We’re
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