Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

G100 Rank Company HQ Location Carbon Productivity % Non-Male Board Directors % Sustainable Revenue % Sustainable Investment Final Grade Climate Commitments. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. 56 75 CapitaLand Investment Ltd Singapore, Singapore $10,348 27% 38% 41% B- SBTi. G100 Rank 2022.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2022

The 80,000-member BCGEU is hoping to bring attention to the issue by filing shareholder resolutions this spring with Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the country’s largest bank. Brookfield AGM. More RBC scrutiny. KKR’s case.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2023

The statement said: “The proposed approach would limit investor access to the consistent, comparable and reliable information needed to inform decisions and allocate capital in line with sustainability goals, including those of the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU Climate Law.”

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report, The National Women’s Law Center found that over 1 million fewer women were in the labor force in January 2022 as compared to the beginning of the pandemic (February 2020), while men have largely recouped their labor force losses. 2 Further, the gender pay gap in the U.S.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The new fund is launching with $400 million in commitments at its first close, with initial investors including Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Tokyo Century Corporation, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Donor advised funds (DAFs) numbered roughly one million accounts hosted across 1,000 community foundation and nonprofit sponsors, with $160 billion in assets at the end of 2020. DESCRIPTION: by Timothy Freundlich, ImpactAssets . And, historically they grant more than 20% of assets each year. Read Tim's informative article here - [link].

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ESG Today

JULY 22, 2022

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today a new €550 million green loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help fund the development of a portfolio of wind farms and photovoltaic parks in Spain, with a projected capacity of 1.8 Iberdrola has also been actively scaling its clean energy capacity.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. In the beginning, most banks and large money management firms didn’t pay much attention. In the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

What switching to satellite offices could mean for sustainability. Mon, 08/10/2020 - 01:45. The most well-known ones become part of the pop culture ethos and get nicknames: The Apple Spaceship, The GooglePlex, The Salesforce Tower, The Amazon Biodomes, The Hearst Tower, The Bank of China Tower, Lloyd’s "Inside-Out Building.".

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Mon, 10/05/2020 - 02:00. Shareholder proposals provide an early warning signal of risks and opportunities for management and boards," said Heidi Welsh, executive director of the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2). SEC rule change stifles key risk signal, disenfranchises retail investors. Sara Murphy.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Following the ruling, Adfree Cities said in a social media post that “from today, banks are on notice over greenwashing.”. HSBC isn't the only bank with a lethal addiction to fossil fuels: @Barclays & others are also bankrolling the #ClimateCrisis.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, September 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ - On the heels of layered crises and big challenges for small business in the New York City region, JPMorgan Chase , M&T Bank , Principal Foundation , Santander Bank , and Surdna Foundation have come together to launch the NY Small Business Funders Collective (SBFC).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And, as said by Frank Elderson of the European Central Bank at the recent IUCN Leaders Forum in Geneva, if we destroy nature, we destroy the economy. A 2020 study estimated an average of US$711 billion per year in additional funding is needed from governments and business to meet 2030 goals.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

It was a painful decision, Lala says of closing the Evolve North American Gender Diversity Index ETF in 2020. Regulators and institutional investors (which includes banks, labour unions and pension funds) followed closely behind. Its a great way to discover what their values are, she says.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced €800 million in new financing for a series of projects to support climate action in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The announcement was made during the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 28, 2022

End of Week Notes It’s not a “craze” and sustainable investors aren’t naive I suppose it’s a sign of success when The Wall Street Journal sees fit to launch a weeklong critique of sustainable investing. Instead, it’s turning toward stakeholder capitalism, which is supported and enabled by sustainable investing.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A report published by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in September pointed to the Taxonomy, CSDDD, CSRD, as harmful to EU competitiveness, with the latter branded a “major source of regulatory burden”. “The The Draghi report says too many different reporting frameworks are burdensome to companies.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Credit Suisse announced today the publication of its Climate Action Plan for its investment businesses, outlining the strategies and actions to be taken by Credit Suisse Asset Management and Credit Suisse Wealth Management to achieve net zero across their portfolios by 2050.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The right to engage Sophie Demaré, Sustainability Investment Analyst for Fixed Income at Federated Hermes, echoes these sentiments. Thomas Coudert, Head of Sustainability, Core Investments at AXA Investment Managers, says discussions at roadshows have shifted focus, with more questions being asked today about ESG-related issues.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Solutions for Increasing Investment in African WS MEs Of course, one obvious solution to the problems of both bias and financial exclusion is to set up funds or design financial products that directly target women. For instance, in 2022 KCB Bank Kenya announced the creation of a KShs 250 billion (US $1.65

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

In their opinions, the ESAs, which include The European Banking Authority (EBA), The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), each broadly supported the standards, while highlighting several areas of improvement for the European Commissions to consider.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. Race to zero.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

If 2020 was the year sustainable investing went mainstream, then 2021 was the year it was tested. There was so much optimism at the end of 2020 as President Joe Biden was entering the White House and green stocks surged to all-time highs. Overall, 2021 was a mixed bag for sustainable investing.

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many of the difficulties stem from how multilateral development banks (MDBs) operate and interact with the private sector, but one channel for private investment flows was also flagged as problematic this week. Perhaps more significant was the African Development Bank’s US$750 million issuance, which attracted 275 investors.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. Deutsche Bundesbank, acted as lead central bank, but all other Eurosystem central banks have the opportunity to join the agreement.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new information papers on environmental risk management for banks , insurers and asset managers. Apart from climate-related risks, banks and insurers have yet to make meaningful progress to address other environmental risk factors, such as biodiversity loss.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In 2020, over 190,000 hectares of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon were lost due to illicit mono-cropping, illegal mining, mass deforestation, cattle ranching and unsustainable agriculture. In 2020, the amount of hectares of forest lost was 37% higher than the prior year, making it the highest loss ever measured.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

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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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Georgina Sell, Principal Consultant - Sustainable & Impact Investing at Acre, said: "It was exciting to see that there was a lot more participation at COP this year from corporates, particularly private and investment firms, and we have started to understand the impact of this on hiring trends.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. Investment is the catalyst in the ongoing growth of PV, and will be integral in ensuring solar is well-positioned to help meet our net zero targets.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Marco Folino 27, Vancouver manager of sustainable investing, BentallGreenOak When Marco Folino started working as a management consultant, he found that there were rarely enough sustainability experts to help companies considering integrating ESG into their strategic goals. “We trillion in coal.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Taxonomies define economic activities aligned with sustainability goals across multiple sectors and provide guidance to corporates and investors with an aim to mitigate greenwashing. The EU Taxonomy was among the first such tools, with its governing Regulation entering into force on 12 July 2020.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

ESMA has now declared that era to be over, with new guidelines and thresholds including a minimum of 80% of investments to meet funds’ environmental or social characteristics, or sustainable investment objectives.

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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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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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