Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

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. He also contributed to the drafting of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy and the upcoming UK Government Green Finance Strategy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2022

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments at Phoenix Group, explains how the asset owner is holding managers to account. If the UK stands any chance of minimising further dangerous heatwaves, it must take the necessary steps to realise its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050; an ambition that needs £2.7

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A decade ago only a handful of companies, primarily in the energy sector, were measuring their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and planning for net zero. In recent years sustainable investment funds began demonstrating superior performance and decreased investment risks to conventional funds.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This year, Canada introduced its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan , which aims to achieve 40-45% emissions reductions below 2005 levels by 2030. Since 2019, every jurisdiction in Canada has imposed a price on carbon pollution. The result, according to Trudeau, is “not, as some foretold, the end of the Canadian economy as we know it.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C is rapidly falling out of reach , despite the fact most net zero commitments set by governments, investors and companies target a 1.5°C What investors can do instead is continue to demand net zero transition plans aligned with 1.5°C “This summer is giving us a mere taste of our future, and we’re still only at 1.3°C

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

That’s three times better than the average large publicly traded company with more than US$1 billion in overall revenue, which earned 16% of its revenue from sustainable sources. When it comes to sustainable investments, it’s the same story.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

Despite causing short-term supply issues, the IRA is set to have far-reaching implications for net zero transition strategies, domestically and globally. Other asset managers like BlackRock have also been challenged by Republican-run states on their climate policies.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Despite this, however, social issues (including migration) are not receiving enough attention from investors, according to Jakob Thom, a sustainable investment expert and Founder of Theia Finance Labs. The first portfolio carbon footprint was run in 2005. Indeed, throughout the world similar debates have been playing out.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

Jason Mitchell, the n ew Chair of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association, outlines the organisation’s role as a “ convening space ” , the need to reconcile regulatory fragmentation, and calls for greater collaboration on climate from across the financial ecosystem. trillion) in AuM.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

“The passing of the IRA sends a long-term signal to the investment market that the US is unambiguously committed to moving towards a clean energy future,” Bryan McGannon, Director of Policy and Programmes for the US Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF), tells ESG Investor. . International credibility .

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