Impact Alpha

MARCH 23, 2020

It has been nearly four years since I wrote about my process to align my investment portfolio with my values. Back then, in May of 2016, sustainable investing was gaining ground but was a relatively niche topic among believers (see the eye-popping chart below).

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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

The green loan was provided by a consortium including 23 commercial banks, in addition to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), who are both supported by the European Commission’s InvestEU programme , which mobilizes investment towards sustainable investment, innovation and job creation in Europe.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Japanese investors push to take impact investing mainstream. Japan is staking out a leadership position in sustainable investing. Sustainable investing assets under management quadrupled from 2016 to 2018 to 18% of managed assets.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2016, Corporate Knights analysis showed that the New York State Common Retirement Fund lost at least US$5.3 billion from its investments in coal, oil and gas. And in 2018, Ireland became the first country to divest its national investment fund completely from fossil fuel companies.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced plans to build a new gigafactory near Montreal, Canada, with investment in the first phase of the project to begin operations in 2026 anticipated to reach US$5 billion. The project marks Northvolt’s first gigafactory outside of Europe.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 14, 2024

But the new data contained in the report enables the annual comparisons since 2016. Of note, it looks at fossil fuel financing and does not address the financing of renewable energy. Eight climate advocacy organizations jointly wrote the report coordinated by RAN.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

The announcement marks a major coup for the PCAF and is a landmark green move for Morgan Stanley, one of the world's largest and most recognizable private banking groups, which from 2016 to 2019 invested more than $91 billion n fossil fuels, according to the Rainforest Action Network.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Martin Currie was previously awarded the highest possible ratings by PRI across Strategy & Governance, Incorporation and Active Ownership activity for the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 years. Martin Currie’s Assessment Report and Transparency Report are available online.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Planned to roll out in Q4 2022, the actively managed RobecoSAM Biodiversity Equities strategy will invest in companies supporting the sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystem services, and providers of technologies, products and services that help to reduce biodiversity threats or contribute to restoring natural habitats.

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2023

Companies must meet extensive environmental, social and governance requirements, make sustainable investments to support vulnerable communities and adhere to twelve core ESG principles. As of July 2022, it has been Germany's first jewelry label to offer lab-grown diamonds with independent SCS sustainability certification.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The KKR Eco-Innovation Award, launched in 2016, catalyzed and recognized portfolio company projects that provide innovative, environmentally beneficial solutions while creating business value. More recently, we conducted a four-part Climate Action webinar series with related resources to build capacity and spur action.

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Jon Hale

JULY 29, 2022

Despite the poor year-to-date comparison with peer funds, sustainable funds’ average trailing three-year and five-year category rankings, which include the first half of 2022, are an impressive 41 and 39, respectively.) Third, sustainable investing has been getting more criticism than it has since its real ascent began in 2016.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

After launching the business in 2016, she’s grown it to encompass states as far south as Florida and as far west as Indiana. In 2009, we formed our Global Sustainable Finance Group to work across our businesses and incorporate sustainability into everything we do. That’s essentially what my customers are doing but with power.”.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, Brunel, Jupiter, Mirova, ECBF, EQT, Actis and AlbaCore. . Dutch asset manager Robeco ’s new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Low-Carbon Indices aim to invest in companies making a positive contribution to the SDGs.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Invested $150 million in nearly 40 companies through Prologis Ventures since 2016, including those focused on innovation in ESG and sustainability. ESG now represents 10% of the bonus scorecard, a percentage similar to that of other core business functions.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, Hymans Robertson, 2DII, ACA Group, Edison, UKSIF and Util. . D’Ath has nearly 30 years of experience in investments and international equity markets, working as Barclays Wealth, ING and ICAP.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2023

billion between 2016-18 to US$14 billion between 2019-21. Last year, global network Convergence warned that climate-oriented blended finance transactions are in decline, from U$36.5

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3BL Media

APRIL 2, 2022

Marcie Frost Marcie Frost joined CalPERS as chief executive officer (CEO) in October 2016. billion, an experienced team of 2,800 professionals, and three lines of business for the fund: pensions, health benefits, and investments. She is the ninth CEO and second woman to head America's largest pension fund. As CEO, Ms.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more.

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James Militzer

APRIL 19, 2023

Today, a massive climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap still persists — and even after the SDGs and Paris Agreement laid out a critical role for the private sector in 2016, the subsequent years have brought only modest increases in private investment mobilization. trillion — up from $2.5

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Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 12, 2022

A sister of responsible investment is Impact Investing , which is a more proactive approach in investing with the ‘ intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial return.’ Differences in Interpretation The question of responsible investing is defined differently across cultures.

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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. Lisa Pinsley , who joined Actis in 2016 is Head of Middle East & Africa for Energy.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, AllianzGI, EQT, PGIM and KPMG. . Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have appointed Sue Lloyd as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2022

As further growth opportunities emerge, investors still need to exercise due diligence when accessing green revenues through fund solutions, said report author Lee Clements, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at FTSE Russell. Different funds have different definitions of ‘green products and services’.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Pacifists may choose not to invest in companies that manufacture weapons. Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity. In the U.S.,

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The first strategy Ossiam switched to sustainable was the Ossiam Minimum Variance strategy in 2016, says Lacroix. If there’s no available information about the sustainable strategy online or within the fund documents, then that makes us question whether the changes made are actually significant,” Bioy says.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG portfolios not only have outperformed traditional financial assets this year, but also a data analysis prepared by Morningstar, a financial advisory research firm, concluded that almost 60 percent of sustainable investments delivered higher returns than comparable funds over the past decade. billion and Total’s cancellation of $9.3

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

The World Economic Forum noted that India’s net zero transition will unlock US$1 trillion in sustainable investment opportunities by 2030 and as much as US$15 trillion by 2070, creating over 50 million jobs. . Given the pace of change, it’s entirely possible India will achieve net zero earlier than its 2070 target. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2024

According to the Economics Observatory , while homeownership among 25 to 34 year-olds peaked during the late 1970s, it fell by half between 1989 and 2016. In addition to the £250 million invested across Greater London, the LPFA has invested £150 million through the London Fund – a collaboration between LGPS Pools London CIV and LPPI. “As

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 24, 2015

Contact: Eve de la Mothe Karoubi The SDGs and Mining: Challenges and Opportunities September 27, 9:00am-11:00am Together with the World Economic Forum, UNDP, and the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, SDSN is preparing an atlas of how the SDGs will affect corporations in the mining sector.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Stephanie Maier, Chief Sustainability Officer at GAM Investments, considers the opportunities that AI could enable in the sustainable investing space, and the risks that must be mitigated.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

In this MOOC platform experts from all around the globe create and deliver educational content on critical issues (health, education, climate change, agriculture and food systems, sustainable investments). 2016) ‘The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP): insights and emerging issues’, Climate Policy 16 , pp. Colombier M.,

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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. As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Laura Bosch Ferrete, Sustainable Investing Specialist at Robeco, said: “Indonesia works constructively with and supports relevant government authorities and other stakeholders. It engages with government departments, foreign embassies and civil society organisations.”. in 1990 to 30.7%

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

In 2016, I attended COP13 as part of the WHC delegation of two people. This year, for the first time, a company was excluded from an investment fund on the basis of biodiversity. The framework sets out an ambitious pathway to reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050.

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