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Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

Corporate Knights

The amount of these pension funds’ actual investments labelled as “sustainable” rose to $276 billion in 2021, up from just $163 billion a year earlier. The dashboard shows that sustainable investments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 trillion at the end of 2020.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

While some investments are neutral (deemed neither “clean” nor “dirty”), in many cases these companies are still investing most of their capital into assets that will either lock in further GHG emissions or become stranded assets as the energy transition takes shape. dollars) through 2030. Whereas just 2.7%

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New Singapore Guidance for FIs on Environmental Risks

Chris Hall

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new information papers on environmental risk management for banks , insurers and asset managers. Many asset managers have also made public commitments to sustainable investing, and a few have pledged to achieve net zero emissions for their investment portfolios by 2050.

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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In an interview with Private Equity International (PEI), Tania Carnegie, the Global Private Equity and Asset Management Leader for KPMG Impact, said she is confident about the future of impact investing. In 2020, U.S.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. Investing in these companies also allows us to engage with management as the firms navigate climate change, giving us better insight into their strategies and potential risks.

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No Quick Fix to Europe’s Gas Dependency

Chris Hall

In 2020, Eurostat reported that renewable energy made up 22.1% of the EU’s gross electricity consumption in 2020, said Eurostat, of which two thirds was produced by wind and hydropower. Increasing gas infrastructure must be avoided to avert dangerous climate impacts and stranded assets.”. Investing in a renewable future.

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JUST Capital’s New Head of Investor Strategies Says It’s ‘Increasingly Irresponsible’ to Ignore ESG

Just Capital

Fast forward to 2020 – already, before everything shut down due to the pandemic, we’re now at 90%. you’re looking at companies where nearly the entire value of the company comes from intangible assets. It’s like, “OK, companies, are you going to have stranded assets in the future? So what’s the issue? I don’t know.