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A New Frontier for Green Investment

Chris Hall

According to Eurostat, circular economy activities increased by 6% between 2012 and 2016 within the EU. However, this is the perfect opportunity for investors to lock in real long-term returns on their investments by turning their attention to companies that are looking to make consumption more sustainable and circular.

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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

The reports serve as an industry accounting, tallying the size of assets invested under sustainable and responsible guidelines and describing strategies to incorporate ESG criteria and detail investor advocacy on ESG issues in the U.S. The reports show that assets rose steadily but incrementally between 1995 and 2012 to US$3.7

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Cutting-edge innovation celebrated at Scottish Green Energy Awards

Envirotec Magazine

The Lord Deben, Chair of the Climate Change Committee 2012-2023, gave a keynote address where he highlighted how Scotland’s renewable energy industry is playing a major role in helping the UK reach it’s net-zero targets. A performer at the event.

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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

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. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3 trillion.

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EU ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear sparks sustainable investing crisis

Corporate Knights

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.