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Divesting works: Study finds ditching fossil stocks lowers corporate footprints

Corporate Knights

For the leaders of the divestment movement, which encourages institutional investors to sell off their shares in fossil fuel companies, winning isn’t everything. But after a decade of determined lobbying, the divest side is suddenly doing a lot of winning. That tally, they noted, is bigger than the combined GDP of the U.S.

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Colorado pension fund loses US$2.7 billion by not divesting from fossil fuels

Corporate Knights

Divesting from fossil fuels isn’t just good for the planet. billion in returns over the last 10 years by not divesting from fossil fuels. In 2021, Corporate Knights found that 12 of Canada’s biggest pension funds had quietly unloaded fossil fuel stocks over the previous 10 years. It can be good for financial returns, too.

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Despite appearances, sustainable investments have quietly had a great year. Given the poor performance of green energy stocks and the chorus of opposition against anything viewed as “woke,” it’s easy to get lost in the narrative that the shine has worn off sustainable investing. But that’s not what I’m seeing.

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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

As a group, over the course of the past decade (2012 to 2021) these 20 companies slashed their net GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 43%, from 862 million tonnes to 489 million tonnes. During this period, it bet the farm on renewables (wind and solar) and grid modernization, building some 70 renewable power plants in 2021 alone.

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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”. JBS is widely regarded as an ESG pariah.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00. If successfully on stream by summer 2021 as its designers hope, the service should drive not only increased transparency but also increased accountability. Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. Ian Kearney.

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2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

3BL Media

The award, which recognizes high-impact research in sustainable finance, was presented to Stefano Giglio (Yale School of Management), Theresa Kuchler (NYU Stern), Johannes Stroebel (NYU Stern), and Xuran Zeng (NYU Stern).