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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. We agree that this shift is overdue.

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Why Gender Diversity May Lead to Better Returns for Investors

3BL Media

From 2011-2019, an eight-year period, companies with more gender diversity enjoyed a one-year return on equity that was 2% better than companies with low gender diversity. For example, investing in companies providing products and services that benefit women and girls. 1 " Some gender disparities widened in the U.S. 4, 2021, [link].

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Can the World Bank Show the Way Forward for Impact?

Chris Hall

The new President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, recently spoke about investment’s role in delivering positive change. Sustainable investing of every kind is to some degree geared towards addressing the biggest threats facing our planet and its inhabitants, which means our collective response must itself be monumental.

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Creating New Pathways in Retail to Support People with Disabilities in India

James Militzer

According to the World Bank , 15% of the world’s population has a disability. After moving out of the executive role at Shoppers Stop, he founded TRRAIN in 2011. In India, only 36% of the over 26 million people with disabilities are employed. of the country’s population to have disabilities. Photo courtesy of TRRAIN.

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This Week’s People Moves: Ex-PGGM CIO Takes AustralianSuper Role

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AustralianSuper, Morningstar, Tikehau Capital, Oak Hill Advisors and Guinness Global Investors. . He has also previously held roles at the Global Impact Investing Net work and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank initiative.

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On the Cusp of a New Era

Chris Hall

Productivity: only 74% of the Latin American population (over 15 years old) has access to bank accounts, versus 97% in OECD countries. Climate: 60% of Latin American cities experienced heatwaves between 2011-2020, with 28% considered extreme events. In addition, GDP per worker is ~three times lower versus OECD countries.