ESG Today

MAY 13, 2025

Impact investor Acumen announced the appointment of Carsten Stendevad as its new President and Chief Investment Officer. Established in 2001, New York-based Acumen is a global nonprofit impact investment firm, focusing on helping communities meet energy and food needs.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data provider appoints former Trucost CEO Richard Mattison to accelerate initiatives and develop fresh strategies for sustainable investing. Mattison has more than 20 years of sustainable finance experience and previously served as President of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 unit. million in Q3 , up from US$79.9

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. Sustainability standards have come a long way since then, an evolution that Alyson Slater has witnessed firsthand. When I started, I had to explain to companies why they should care about ESG.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Forum for Sustainable Finance is a nonprofit association established in 2001. It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The membership base is multi-stakeholder. An interesting ongoing trend is the growth of green bonds.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

The precedent made it easy for corporations to exclude almost any proposal from their proxy circulars until 2001, when this clause was eliminated as part of a broader set of Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) reforms. It wasn’t, however, the legal framework that was the biggest challenge.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Man Group, CalPERS, Triodos IM, Low Carbon and Bridges Fund Management. . Imane Kabbaj has been appointed as Responsible Investment (RI) Director, Portfolio Oversight, at active investment manager Man Group.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ThomasLloyd, MEAG, Alpha Real Capital, DLA Piper, and UKSIF. ThomasLloyd , the Zurich-headquartered global impact investment firm, has appointed Smita Nakhooda as its Head of Impact and ESG.

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