Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

The task force also worked on a wide range of what we now call environmental, social and governance issues two decades before the ESG acronym became common in the investment world. That was very new in Canada. How does this history relate to our climate change crisis and the debate over fossil fuels?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Nasdaq ESG Indexes The OMX Stockholm 30 ESG Responsible Index (OMXS30ESG), introduced worldwide in June 2018, was the first ESG version of an established exchange benchmark. It was followed by the listing of ESG index futures contracts in November 2018. In 2022, we added functionality that helps customers meet their SFDR requirements.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Ten days earlier, seven Ontario youth appeared in court virtually to challenge the provincial government’s decision to gut its climate targets in 2018. “We In 2018, Watts co-founded an accelerator for young people in low-income, high-climate-risk countries working on climate start-ups. That’s the power of compounded action,” she says.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

In fact, volunteer market offset activity hit US$1 trillion for the first time in 2021, according to the World Bank. She holds a BS in international studies, magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University and an MS in sustainability management from Columbia University. Market Parameters and Rules Are Starting to Gel. Location: New York.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 3, 2018

On 24 September, 2018, the Thematic Network on Good Governance of Extractive & Land Resources convened a meeting on Renewable Energy and the SDGs: Exploring Links with Extractives, Agriculture, and Land Use.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In a case brought by investor Richard Tonetta, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the 2018 compensation deal – the biggest in US corporate history – did not satisfy its test of fair price and process, asserting that Tesla’s board had no need to offer the 21.9%

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The three papers recognized this year study three very different topics, but each represents an exemplary effort to deepen our understanding of sustainable investment,” says Lloyd Kurtz , founder of the Moskowitz Prize and again one of the judges this year. First presented in 1996 by the U.S.

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James Militzer

JUNE 21, 2024

This interest is driven by new climate science findings and the strong performance of sustainable investments: In 2023, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds , delivering an overall return of 12.6%, which is almost 50% higher than that of traditional funds. trillion in 2022, a 15% decrease from 2020.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Woehrmann, who had held the position since late 2018, will be replaced by Stefan Hoops, currently head of DWS parent Deutsche Bank’s corporate banking operations, from 10 June, according to a statement issued Wednesday. The officers reportedly held meetings with DWS and Deutsche Bank staff until lunchtime.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Tritax Group, Vortex Energy, Climate Impact Partners and WTW. . He joins WTW from the G20 Financial Stability Board (FSB) in Basel, where he led on climate financial regulation for the banking, investment and insurance sectors.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

trillion annually, has attracted just US$13 billion in sustainable investment during the past decade. This explainer looks at the calls for a ‘sustainable blue economy’ and the role investors can play. The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles are UNEP FI’s ‘foundational keystone’ to invest in the ocean economy.

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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. trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank and the SDSN published a special edition of the SDG Index focused on Uruguay. The report benchmarks Uruguay's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals against progress of OECD countries. Want to learn more? The report is available free of charge at [link]

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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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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

In this case, the consultation elicited a howl of frustration at the bureaucracy of Europe’s sustainable investment architecture, suggesting that efforts to streamline and simplify are due. But these exercises often tell us much else of interest beyond their core area of investigation.

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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. Sustainable infrastructure investment manager Actis has promoted six staff members to partnerships.

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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. . Hales has served as Chair of the SASB Standards Board since 2018. Their appointments make the ISSB quorate.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

Regulators took a while to catch up, but now authorities in the US, the UK , the EU, and Australia , among others, are cracking down on misleading or vague sustainability claims. In 2018, the Asset Management Association of China, a self-regulatory body set up by the sector, released Green Investment Guidelines for trial implementation.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Each of these developments helped to identify gaps in current low-carbon solutions – significant as stakeholders are tasked in 2018 with assessing how their collective emissions targets are impacting progress towards the 2-degree global warming limit. SDSN is especially grateful to Enel , for its support of the event.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

billion) by 2025.     According to S&P , the expected price of one CCER credit – which represents a tonne of CO2 reduction – will be over the US$5.56- US$8.34/mtCO2e

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Broadridge, ESG Book, Ada Fintech, Redington, Greyparrot.ai, and Viridios.ai. . ESG Book combines technology and research to provide sustainability data for the financial markets.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Rasmussen expects the scheme to meet its target – self-imposed, but in line with the protocol set by the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) – to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its listed equities and corporate bonds by 45% by the end of 2024, from a 2018 base.

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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Rabo Foundation's investments are spread over 22 countries, including seven in Asia. In 2018, the foundation invested $37 million in 369 organizations globally, including small and medium-sized enterprises. "We We invest in the growth and resiliency of smallholder farmers. "The

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MARCH 8, 2023

These types of funds made up 9% of fund votes on assessed shareholder proposals filed at US-based companies between 2003 to 2018. In 2019, just 15% of the US$16.9 billion in climate-related venture capital funding went to start-ups with at least one female founder, BCG said.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How long these climate-critical industries will remain in a slump is an open question, as central banks seem to be in no hurry to reduce interest rates. Central banks around the world launched a round of aggressive interest-rate increases in early 2022 after inflation started to rise sharply.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

“From steel for wind turbines to lithium and cobalt in electric vehicles (EVs), without mining we won’t be able to scale up renewable capacity,” says Harry Ashman, Vice President of Responsible Investment at BMO Global Asset Management (GAM).

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 4, 2024

“For goodness sake, the stuff that’s lying on our desks, get it done,” Chisholm said last week in a passionate call to action at the Sustainable Finance Forum in Ottawa. “We We don’t need new reports. We have libraries full of fabulous reports. Let’s just act on the ones that we’ve got.” But the range of activity narrowed over the years.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 30, 2025

Redemptions when investments are returned to the investor, usually as cash in Europe were US$1.2 billion in the quarter, the firstperiodof outflow since 2018. Asian sustainable funds also amassed net withdrawals in the same period. Whats left is a thinning core of funds committed to long-term responsible investing.

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