Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

From 2021 to May this year, 22 investors, including banks and pension funds, have divested from JBS or its subsidiaries, citing its links to biodiversity loss and governance issues, according to the Financial Exclusion Tracker project. JBS is widely regarded as an ESG pariah.

Divestment 340

Divestment Sustainable Investment Supply Chains Supply Chain 340

Chris Hall

MARCH 19, 2024

Since 2017, the government has placed an estimated 1.8 Divestment has typically been used as a last resort by investors, as remaining invested in green energy is often critical to them. “By Earlier this year, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) paid €600 million (US$651.4

Supply Chains 69

Supply Chains Supply Chain Divestment Manufacturing 69

Chris Hall

MARCH 19, 2024

Since 2017, the government has placed an estimated 1.8 Divestment has typically been used as a last resort by investors, as remaining invested in green energy is often critical to them. “By Earlier this year, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) paid €600 million (US$651.4

Supply Chains 59

Supply Chains Supply Chain Divestment Manufacturing 59

Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Head of Sustainability at CDPQ Bertrand Millot highlights the pension fund’s focus on decarbonising the real economy, as well as comprehensively divesting from the oil industry. In addition, CDPQ has reduced the carbon intensity of its corporate portfolio by 59% compared to 2017, when it released its inaugural SI strategy.

Divestment 81

Divestment Net Zero Climate Change COP26 81

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2017, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) led a two-year collaborative engagement initiative on tax transparency.

Divestment 78

Divestment Banking Development 78

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

It has completely divested the fast fashion sector over its poor record on sustainability and the payment of decent wages but maintains engagement through PLWF. “We speak through the platform to several supply chain actors,” says Schmidt. In July, Inditex pledged a “phased and responsible” exit from the region under military rule.

Supply Chain 98

Supply Chain Supply Chains Banking Manufacturing 98

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change which co-founded CA100+, says “When CA100+ launched [in 2017], five focus companies had set net zero emission targets by 2050, now we are at three-quarters. Before GFANZ, not one bank had set or published an interim net-zero target.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Paris Agreement Climate Change Banking 52