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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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Martin Currie, specialist investment manager of Franklin Templeton and steward of $18.8 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2022, received strong ratings under the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) 2021 reporting framework.

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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.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. The multinational IT corporation is already well on its way to diversifying its leadership, as 58% of its executives are racially diverse, up from 43% in 2021. It pumped €8.6

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Jon Hale

MARCH 13, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a lot of discussion about sustainable investing, highlighting the growing influence of sustainability concepts on investing in general. Financial Materiality First, while “ESG” is often used as the umbrella term for what we call sustainable investing, it has a narrower meaning.

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GreenBiz

MAY 6, 2021

John Davies, Senior Vice President & Analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Karina Funk, Portfolio Manager & Chair of Sustainable Investing at Brown Advisory, during GreenFin 21 (April 13-14, 2021). Thu, 05/06/2021 - 14:55. View archived videos from the conference here: [link]. taylor flores.

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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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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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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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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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

The 2021 Benchmark, released this year, revealed that of the 150 companies evaluated, 134 (89%) now acknowledge farm animal welfare as a business issue (compared to 71% of the 68 companies evaluated in 2012). The 2021 BBFAW Benchmark reported an average overall score of 12% for its 10 performance impact questions.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The original intent of the company was to help make protein affordable,” current CEO Roberto Guidetti told Well magazine in May 2021. Vitasoy has extensive guidelines for suppliers, covering sustainable farming and fair labour practices, among others. billion Hong Kong dollars from 2011 to 2021. Annual revenues doubled to 7.52

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDG Academy The SDG Academy opened its second office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 2021.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus. DESCRIPTION: by Lana Khabarova, founder of SustainFi .

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 14, 2022

End of Week Notes Further bolstering the case that using ESG ratings and metrics can deliver competitive returns ESG index funds continued to deliver strong returns in 2021, both in absolute and relative terms. This is good news for anyone interested in sustainable investing. The 13 ESG index funds available to U.S.

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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

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?

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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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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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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 01:00. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. For more great analysis of ESG and sustainable finance, sign up for GreenFin Weekly , our free email newsletter.). percent) in 2018.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 2, 2023

Since FinanceMap’s 2021 report, asset managers’ portfolios are still misaligned with net zero targets, environmental stewardship efforts have stagnated, and asset managers are not supporting effective sustainable finance policy,” said Daan Van Acker, program manager for FinanceMap, an online, publicly available platform produced by InfluenceMap.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

As part of its commitment to the 2030 Agenda, Uruguay has already submitted four voluntary national reviews to the UN High Level Political Forum: in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Uruguay has already started to move in this direction, initiating the country’s first private issuance of green bonds to finance sustainable investment portfolios.

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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. Collaborating with Investment Research. SOURCE: Northern Trust.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

.” Wallace joins Edmond de Rothschild from asset manager Natixis Investment Managers, where she has served as Global Head of Sustainable Investing since 2021, after serving as Head of ESG Strategy and Development at Natixis’ sustainable investing-focused subsidiary Mirova US.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2023

There is a growing divide between private market investors adopting sustainable investing strategies and those choosing to distance themselves from sustainability-related themes and considerations due to the anti-ESG movement.

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2022

MIM to expand sustainable investing solutions for institutional clients. December 15, 2022 /3BL Media/ MetLife Investment Management (MIM) , the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. Goulart, president of MIM and executive vice president and chief investment officer for MetLife. SOURCE: MetLife, Inc.

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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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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

JANUARY 10, 2023

billion at the final close of its inaugural direct private markets strategy dedicated to investing in climate and environmental solutions, the Horizon Environment & Climate Solutions I. GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends.

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ESG Today

MARCH 29, 2023

Morgan Private Capital announced the appointment of Alex Bell as a Partner of its Sustainable Growth Equity (SGE) platform, in a move that will deepen the team’s climate solutions expertise and expand its reach in European markets, according to the firm. Launched with a $150 million commitment in 2021 , SGE is J.P.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In this article, I’ll do a quick summary of 2020 and then present four sustainable business trends that could finally explode in 2021. 2020 Sustainability Summary. Sustainable business trend 2 – ESG Investment. The post 4 Sustainable Business Trends to watch in 2021 appeared first on Carlos Sanchez.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tan added: “We seek to make a difference not only through direct corporate dialogue but in collaboration with the industry through system-wide stewardship, helping to shape an enabling policy and regulatory environment which places a fair value on natural capital and the ecosystem services from which we all benefit.” ”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The questionnaire asks for feedback on the current requirements of SFDR, its interactions with other sustainable finance legislation, and potential changes to the disclosure requirements for financial market participants.

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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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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. Advancing policies that support the growth of a sustainable American economy also supports U.S.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2024

Launched in 2021, the Canadian Sustainable Finance Action Council delivered a roadmap report detailing the taxonomy’s approach and governance structure the following year – setting the path for further progress. “If The government needs to set guidelines that clear up the waters instead of mudding them further,” said Segal.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

1 Seventy percent of investors in full- or part-time jobs would probably or definitely include sustainable funds in their 401(k)s if offered by their employers’ plans. assets was either in sustainable investments or tied to ESG practices, 3 with assets set to surge from $35 trillion to $50 trillion in the next three years.

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