Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Venture capital firms struggling to define and measure impact, but integrating sustainable investment principles. . Despite rising private markets interest in impact investing solutions, adoption of standardised impact measurement frameworks remains low, according to specialist data and research provider PitchBook. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In November 2021, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) said there is need for the global investment industry to “develop common sustainable finance-related terms and definitions” to ensure consistency.

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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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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

Assets in European impact funds increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, as demand for the classification increases in the wake of greenwashing claims against funds elsewhere in the sustainable investment universe. of total European funds’ net assets currently follow an impact investing approach.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 4, 2024

Latin America’s next phase of impact investing must embrace the region’s specific challenges and opportunities, says Ahmad El Jurdi, Principal at Lightrock. In recent years, Latin America has been at the core of a paradox within the global investment landscape.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 trillion in 2021. trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2023

With regulation increasingly promoting transparency and ambition across sustainable investment strategies, Chair outlines plans to update how it measures the market. The rapid evolution of the sustainable investment market in Europe is forcing changes to the methods used to capture its size and growth.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

The report , published alongside the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) and Proxy Impact, reviewed at least 527 shareholder resolutions filed on ESG issues for the current proxy season. in 2021 The report stated this was “largely because the biggest asset managers have stopped supporting as many proposals”.

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In recent years, impact investing has become mainstream and private equity (PE) firms are playing a key role. Despite being dismissed by some as “woke capitalism”, impact investing is a trend that is here to stay. PE firms have helped to grow the popularity of impact investing.

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Christopher Mercer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Monday, October 11, 2021, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Monaghan Ballroom, Alumni Memorial Union In 2019, Marquette Business held its first ever Responsible Investment Symposium, a successful event that brought together experts on sustainable investment practices from across the country. Conference at Marquette University!".

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Inconsistent, limited corporate disclosures continue to frustrate investors’ efforts to secure decision-useful data on social impact, according to panellists during a webinar hosted by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF) this week.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

The report , published alongside the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) and Proxy Impact, reviewed at least 527 shareholder resolutions filed on ESG issues for the current proxy season. in 2021 The report stated this was “largely because the biggest asset managers have stopped supporting as many proposals”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Investing Institute, ESG Book, SIX, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, Marsh, Deutsche Börse and AirCarbon Exchange. The package includes a practical handbook, an explanatory legal paper and a set of case studies.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Jessica Pilz, Head of Sustainable Investing for Private Markets at independent asset management firm Fiera Capital, called it a “double-edged sword” for real estate funds. It’s not easy to classify these strategies as either ‘impact’, ‘improver’ or ‘focus’ funds,” she told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, AllianzGI, EQT, PGIM and KPMG. . Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have appointed Sue Lloyd as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Impact investing is fast-growing out of its niche.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Krisztina Tora, Chief Market Development Officer, The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, says the finance sector can act today while pushing for policy that will scale up impact investing. for increasing impact investment and ensuring that it reaches the people and places that need it?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

At the time of speaking to EIOPA, 21 NCAs had not identified occurrences of greenwashing “due to resourcing constraints, low supply of products with sustainability features, and because the relevant sustainable finance requirements are new or not fully in force”.

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Jon Hale

MAY 6, 2022

Your investment returns may be struggling today, but your portfolio is still helping create positive ESG outcomes. Keep this in mind, too: While sustainable investing includes a range of specific approaches, no sustainable fund is going to outperform all the time. funds market dipped by 65%. funds market dropped 6%.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Research predicts new demands on asset managers, as clients’ sustainable investment priorities mature. Institutional and intermediary clients’ sustainable investment demands are growing increasingly sophisticated, requiring managers to reappraise their skills and budget levels.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sustainable investing of every kind is to some degree geared towards addressing the biggest threats facing our planet and its inhabitants, which means our collective response must itself be monumental. In the absence of such a paradigm, ‘impact-washing’ is fast becoming the most duplicitous form of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The proportion of charities that would consider the use of alternative investments in the future has also declined. Only 35% of charities that do not currently use alternatives would consider including them in their portfolios in the future – a 5% fall compared to 2021. Engagement to the fore.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including AXA IM, Neuberger Berman, BlackRock, Man GLG and Hy2gen AG. It is classified as an Article 9 product under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). “In

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investment industry bodies have underscored the need for double materiality in response to the UK government’s consultation on non-financial reporting. Additionally, the PRI’s response noted there are currently “no plans in place to implement a UK social taxonomy”.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) was founded in June 2021 to provide a framework for corporations and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature beyond climate change.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Investing in equality for women can potentially increase a company’s—and your portfolio’s—bottom line. DESCRIPTION: By Lily Trager, Wealth Management, Director of Impact Investing. While COVID-19 has impacted all of us, it has disproportionately affected women, especially women of color. Our expert explains.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

“My role is to oversee the sustainability approach we take across all this: what our priorities and principles should be, which actions to take, which data to collect, and how to message that to our stakeholders,” he said, reflecting on his incumbent role.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2022

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments at Phoenix Group, explains how the asset owner is holding managers to account. Krishna says: “We need to scrutinise [managers’] claims of impact investing thoroughly to ask how they define impact because there’s a range of definitions, and how they measure and report it.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 22, 2022

By Alison Fenton-Willock | Director, Sustainable Investing. I’m excited about the potential that the Private Equity industry has to take a lead in sustainable investing. Q: Sustainability is often referred to as the new digital revolution for business. SOURCE: KKR. This would put U.S.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Anti-greenwashing guidance proposed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as the promise of extending the finalised Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) to pension products, has been welcomed by the investment industry.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Cubed, NatureAlpha, Sylvera, Carbon Trust, Themis, Manifest Climate and AirCarbon Exchange.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BlackRock, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, SUSI Partners, AXA IM Alts, Octopus, KGAL and M&G. . SUSI Partners , a Swiss fund management firm with €1.7

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance. Mon, 05/10/2021 - 01:30. Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Many have cited the past year as an inflection point for sustainable investing. Impact Investing and returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Church Commissioners for England, Morgan Stanley Investment Management , Newday, Gresham House, and T Rowe Price. trillion AUM as of December 2021. “A NZAM had 236 signatories with a collective US$57.5

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

People are really interested in the idea of standardisation because there are so many different [sustainable investment] frameworks.”. Informing investment strategy. The SDI AOP is increasingly informing how BCI’s sustainable investment strategy, graduating from being a reporting tool to one used by the investment team.

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

May 17 2021. The P/E world: Private equity firms often have a pool of companies wholly owned or invested in and managed and advised by them in portfolio …this is the ambitious domain of the private equity (P/E) universe. For information on The Blackstone Group’s sustainability journey: [link] org/.

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