Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

The regulation has “spurred product development and innovation”, it says. Many employ a best-in-class approach and/or focus on specific sustainability themes such as climate transition, ocean finance, or a focus on one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What impact has SFDR had? The jury is very much out for now.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

The rules were issued for consultation in January 2022, with the aim to enhance the transparency of disclosures on sustainability-related products, improve product comparability, and guard against greenwashing. . It must also appropriately reflect this focus in its investment objectives or strategy in its registration statement. .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

They are open to public comment until 2 February, 2022. The draft rules specify that SRI funds may consider nationally or globally accepted ESG or sustainability principles or criteria, such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Compact Principles.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Energy think tank Ember revealed that global growth in electricity demand (389 TWh) was met entirely by renewable sources in H1 2022. This week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. .

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Last year we had great hopes that 2022 would be the year to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19. In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Investment managers can expect to be grilled in future by their clients on a widening range of ESG topics from public policy engagement to work towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to behavioural benchmark company Accomplish. Further, 35% could not evidence an ESG-motivated buy decision, up from 26% last year.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2023

In the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, flows into the European sustainable fund universe rebounded after a three-consecutive-quarter decline and stood at almost US$40 billion, the report said. Passive funds make perfect sense for investors that want to screen out unethical stocks.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report said financial services businesses require specialist software to track data and estimate Scope 3 carbon emissions stemming from their portfolio firms, with the 2022 Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures status report finding 43% of financial institutions rating Scope 3 GHG emissions as a ‘very difficult’ recommended disclosure.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

of the capital expenditure, acquisitions, and research and development expenses among the Clean200 companies were defined as sustainable by the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, compared to only 7% among MSCI ACWI constituents. “It For the first time, global investment in renewables rose above $1 trillion in 2022.

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