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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. While the PE industry has been slow to dive into ESG, there are signs that PE investment is starting to align with global ambitions for a sustainable economy. But where to find those signs?

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. GRI now produces the most widely used sustainability reporting standards in the world. When I started, I had to explain to companies why they should care about ESG.

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This Week’s People Moves: Iggo to Chair AXA IM Investment Institute

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA IM, Macquarie AM, Pollination, Sphera, ISSB, and CDP. . AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has announced the launch of the AXA IM Investment Institute, with the appointment of Chris Iggo as Chair.

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This Week’s People Moves: UN Creates High-Level Group to Monitor Net Zero Pledges

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Tritax Group, Vortex Energy, Climate Impact Partners and WTW. . UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said: “Governments have the lion’s share of responsibility to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.

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This Week’s People Moves: Simpson Steps Down as CDP CEO

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CDP, Loomis Sayles, UKSIF, Built by Nature, Arcadian AM, London Pensions Fund Authority and PLSA. Prior to joining, Stevenson was Head of Business Development at Neuron Advisers, a boutique quantitative alternative investment firm.

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Policy Paramount in Driving DACCS Development

Chris Hall

The IPR DACCS 2050 forecast is roughly consistent with the growth trajectory of solar power between 2002 and 2022 from 2030 onwards. He stressed it is essential for policymakers to “act quickly“ and suggested that if they are faced with “society potentially disintegrating” they will procure, encourage, and massively subsidise DACCS.

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This Week’s People Moves: AXA IM Appoints Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Engagement

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Climate Solutions, Willis Towers Watson, Actis, and Persefoni.