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La Caisse Targets $400 Billion in Climate Investments by 2030

ESG Today

Canadian institutional investor, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse, formerly CDPQ), announced a new sustainable investing target, aiming to reach $400 billion in “climate action” investments by the end of this decade.

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ESG funds pouring millions into meat company linked to Brazil deforestation

Corporate Knights

Ashley Thomson, Global Witness’s US Senior Policy Advisor Similar concerns have also been raised by Tariq Fancy, BlackRock’s former sustainable investment chief, who criticised the firm for “misleading investors” by using the ESG label, calling it a “dangerous placebo”.

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Three Steps for Corporations to Actually Achieve Net-Zero Emissions 

Sustainable Development Network

Spotlight blog by members of SDSN USA Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The corporate world has shown tremendous enthusiasm in pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. With a new major company joining the list almost daily, net-zero has become a new benchmark for corporate climate leadership. It will not!

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JPMorgan AM Exits Climate Action 100+

ESG Today

Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is not renewing its membership in Climate Action 100+in recognition of the significant investment it has made in its investment stewardship team and engagement capabilities, as well as the development of its own climate risk engagement framework over the past couple of years.” degrees Celsius.

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Trust, but Verify

Chris Hall

Last year, a report from the Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative (NZICI) highlighted progress on the development and delivery of internal training programmes as well as net zero-focused client-facing materials and tools.

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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. Terence Nahar joins as Head of Investment Research and Emma Douglas as Senior Stewardship Analyst.

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Zerolytics to Track CA100+ Firms’ Transitions

Chris Hall

Norwegian tech company Zerolytics is preparing to launch a platform offering forward-looking indicators to assess the credibility of Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) focus companies ’ net zero transition plans. They can also offer an evaluation of the financial effects of various scenarios and decisions.