Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2023

The good news in the second Canadian Pensions Dashboard for Responsible Investing, released March 22 and based on 2021 data, is that our pension funds are starting to embrace sustainability. The dashboard shows that sustainable investments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 79000 0.14

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While the divestment movement was largely born on campuses decades ago, some big names have finally joined the divestment deluge in the latter half of 2021 – including California State University, Loyola University in Chicago, Harvard and the University of Toronto. The findings should no doubt add fuel to the movement’s fire.

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ESG Today

MAY 23, 2023

David Helgerson, Managing Director and Co-Head of Impact at Hamilton Lane said: “Across our sustainable investment platform we are seeing a broad and diverse spectrum of investment opportunities in companies that offer compelling economic solutions to the problems of the world today.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

We will be focused not only on our corporate sustainability efforts, which include reducing the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing our reporting infrastructure, but also expanding our stewardship and sustainable investing practices across our global investment portfolios.” . Major 2021 CSR Achievements.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector. Mon, 02/15/2021 - 01:00. His ability to achieve his agenda will require action from key sectors across the country, including the investment and business community. The Office of Sustainable Finance and Business would develop a national strategy for U.S.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 trillion at December 31, 2021, nearly three times the pre-pandemic level, according to Morningstar. To be sure, the sustainable investing boom is not without risks.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BlackRock Global Head of Sustainable Investing Paul Bodnar announced that he will be departing the firm, to join the Bezos Earth Fund. BlackRock has changed the way the financial sector thinks about sustainability. The fund has provided over 100 grants to date, allocating more than $1.6

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A group of Japan-based financial and industrial companies, and France-based energy giant TotalEnergies announced the launch of the Japan Hydrogen Fund, dedicated to developing a low-carbon hydrogen value chain. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.

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3BL Media

JULY 21, 2022

1)Assets under management as of December 31, 2021. Tweet me: @NorthernTrust shares an open letter from Julie Moret, Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:NTRS, Northern Trust, esg investment. Read it here: [link].

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the organizations, the new resource follows significant growth in recent years in investor interest in ESG issues, driving a proliferation of investment products and practices, but also leading to new terminology that can be unclear or inconsistent.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

Shilpa Tiwari is executive vice-president of social impact and sustainability at Citizen Relations and the founder of Her Climb. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a blueprint of 17 ways to make the world a more just, inclusive and sustainable place.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

Socit de Transport de Montral The Socit de Transport de Montral has been a force for economic growth and sustainable development in Quebec. Network Rail Network Rail owns, operates and develops more than 20,000 miles of track; 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts; and thousands of transit stations across the United Kingdom.

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ESG Today

APRIL 22, 2025

billion to its Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions (SICS) Program through investments in three climate-focused investment funds. The New York pension fund previously allocated $2 billion to the index fund in 2021. announced the allocation of $2.4 State Comptroller Thomas P.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

DESCRIPTION: This article first appeared in Sustainable Investment: [link]. Sustainability disclosure and client demand is fundamentally changing how fund management teams operate. For Article 9 funds, investment teams rarely get away with outsourcing such activity. Here's how. Making companies ready for tomorrow.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

In a survey of 200 European and North American fund managers with social and environmental exclusions, 37% of funds reported having a nuclear energy screen in 2022, down from 43% in 2021. Is the nuclear industry using a smokescreen of net-zero to cover up its sustainability problems? congressional hearings in the 1980s.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

The law requires a minimum of one minority director by the end of 2021 and larger boards to have a minimum of 2-3 by the end of 2022. This proposal was passed in August 2021 and will require all companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. Incorporating Gender Diversity Into Investment Portfolios. 4, 2021, [link]. 14 US Pat.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Vanguard developed and promoted the Fund in response to market demand for investment funds having those characteristics. “By In the court’s ruling today, Justice O’Bryan said: “Vanguard’s contraventions should be regarded as serious. By its misleading conduct, Vanguard misrepresented the “ethical” characteristics of the Fund.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO, December 2, 2022 /3BL Media/ - United Airlines announced a strategic equity investment in Natron Energy, a battery manufacturer whose sodium-ion batteries have the potential to help United electrify its airport ground equipment like pushback tractors and operations at the gate.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Mon, 05/03/2021 - 02:00. It is the first time I have spoken in my capacity as chair of the advisory board of Imperial’s new Leonardo Centre , a research facility for sustainable business, which will formally launch in June. His credo was: "To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; study the art of science.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2022

Composed of senior representatives representing the firm’s diverse business functions — and, in turn, the breadth of our clients’ needs — the committee members include equity and bond research analysts, portfolio managers, and ESG and sustainable investing specialists. Additionally, risk professionals from EMEA and the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Tellingly, the 2023 list is dominated by renewable-energy players high in sustainable revenue. Topping the Best 50 this year (up from second place in 2022 and 20th in 2021) is a pure-play clean energy company: Innergex Renewable Energy. In third place is Hydro-Québec, which was the top company in 2022, 2021 and 2018.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

Drastic changes to the scope of sustainability reporting rules will limit investor access to comparable and reliable sustainability data, said Aleksandra Palinska, executive director at the European Sustainable Investment Forum, Europes umbrella network for sustainable finance, in a press release.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Publishes 2021-22 ESG Report. We are putting our 1 billion square foot portfolio to good use for our customers every day,” said Prologis Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer Susan Uthayakumar. Prologis is working with our customers to develop and implement advanced energy and climate solutions. SOURCE: Prologis.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 5, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Sustainable Investing Approach. We employ a rigorous analytical investment approach, leveraging quantitative and fundamental research and expertise to uncover financially relevant information that can impact a company’s performance. Four-Step Investment Approach. Collaborating with Investment Research.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The value of portfolios classified as responsible investments (RI) dropped from $3.2 trillion on December 31, 2019, to $3 trillion at the end of 2021, according to the 2022 Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report published last week by the Responsible Investment Association (RIA). .

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable solutions represented nearly two thirds of 2021 net sales. Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020. Sustainable investments : Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Bos joins the firm after holding a series of senior ESG investing positions, including most recently serving as Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Bos joined Credit Suisse , recently acquired by UBS, in 2021 as the firm’s first Global Head of Sustainable Investing.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has informed asset managers that it will be testing the ESG and sustainable investing claims made in their communications with investors, as part of its efforts to reduce greenwashing risk.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Private banking and asset management company Edmond de Rothschild announced today the appointment of Nathalie Wallace as Chief Sustainability Officer. She is a highly qualified professional who will strongly contribute to the further development of our ESG strategy, to which we have long been committed.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

And as many tech companies extend their work from home policies indefinitely , such as Google , which recently announced it will allow employees to work from home until July 2021, this migration could become permanent. . Sustainable cafeterias might be replaced with high-waste food delivery services. .

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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. 28 5 City Developments Ltd Singapore, Singapore $19,968 22% 73% 76% B+ 1.5°C, 2021 GLOBAL 100.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

He thought the carbon-neutral ETFs tracking the S&P 500 and S&P/TSX 60 launched in 2021 might have a better chance, but the market also told us that they werent interested in that either. Toronto-based Evolve is far from alone in its struggle to launch responsible investment (RI) funds that stick and for different reasons.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In November 2021, Nasdaq expanded its ESG derivative offering with the listing of options based on the OMXS30ESG Index. Others include the OMX Helsinki 25 ESG Responsible Index, the OMX Copenhagen 25 ESG Responsible Index and the Nasdaq Future Global Sustainability Leaders Index.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends. GSAM stated that the themes represent sectors where it has observed secular demand and growth opportunity for cost-effective solutions needed by organizations looking to achieve their sustainability goals.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

As an active manager, Franklin Templeton is proud to offer a wide range of sustainable solutions, and believes its scale allows it to invest in the critical technology that will help each of its boutique managers evaluate investments through an ESG lens. trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2021.

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

Progress on environmental, social and governance initiatives detailed in 2021 Annual Review & ESG Report and Regions’ latest Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report. The 2021 Annual Review & ESG Report , titled “A Strong Foundation,” combines details about the bank’s financial and ESG performance in one document.

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