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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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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

After receiving her designation as a chartered professional accountant (CPA) in 2013, Keyes entered the profession with one part trepidation, nine parts determination. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers.

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Rosner performed research for the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, where she worked on projects related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and renewable energy alternatives in the extractive industry.

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From Green to Blue

Chris Hall

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013.

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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. Green bonds can be issued by multilateral development banks (MDB) which issued the first ones. Of course, not all green bonds are necessarily green, or sustainable.

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This Week’s People Moves: Simpson Swaps CalPERS for Franklin Templeton

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Ninety One, Robeco, Mirova, Adam Street Partners, ThomasLloyd and NGFS. We are confident that Anne’s expertise will take our efforts on sustainable investing to the next level.”

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This Week’s People Moves: BTPS Creates New Roles to Deliver 2035 Net Zero Strategy

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Central Banking and Financial Stability in the Age of Climate Change”.