Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Whether they’re legal advocates, entrepreneurs, activists, engineers-in-training or policy geeks, Corporate Knights’ 2022 Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders are using their collective skills to challenge the status quo and bend the arc of history toward a more just and sustainable future. They’re in good company.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Krisztina Tora, Chief Market Development Officer at the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, outlines three key areas that show great potential to improve outcomes at scale for people and the planet. 2022 was a landmark year for impact investing. billion overall in 2022, according to Tameo.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2022

Industry’s first publicly available, searchable resource of impact investing fund managers zeroes in on some of the industry’s most impactful managers.?. March 15, 2022 /3BL Media/ - ImpactAssets has released the?ImpactAssets?50 Homer, Chief Strategist, Impact Investing, RBC Global Asset Management (US) Inc.;

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3BL Media

JULY 6, 2022

New impact investing partnership bolsters Private Wealth’s innovative, client demand-driven strategy. June 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Leading global investment manager AllianceBernstein L.P. ("AB") Impact Engine is also recognized as an educator and field builder in the impact investing industry. “We

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“It’s hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle,” says Polo Leteka, founder and chairman of IDF Capital , a Johannesburg-based investment and advisory firm. And that’s what makes it prohibitive for a lot of fund managers, or potential fund managers, to get into this (impact investing) space.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Manulife Financials global wealth and asset management business Manulife Investment Management announced that it has raised $480 million in commitments at the final close of its Manulife Forest Climate Fund LP, focused on investing in sustainably managed forests, with carbon as the primary value driver.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

International savings and investments business M&G plc announced today that it will invest £200 million in two new investment strategies targeting global food challenges being launched by its recently acquired impact investment business responsAbility.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Long-term investment capital without collateral is even scarcer because of its risky nature, impeding the growth of many cooperatives and small businesses. Reverse-Engineering a New Model This is precisely where Kampani, a Belgian social impact investment fund with a purpose-built investment strategy, comes in.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

After muted early expectations, impact label under the UK’s green fund rules has outperformed expectations, amid the impact investing market’s global growth trend. Last month, the Global Impact Investing Network rated the worldwide market at US$1.6 trillion, an increase of more than US$400 billion from 2022.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2023

The report found a sharp rise in fundraising for private markets ESG funds over the past few years, with capital raised in 2022 surging more than 3x since 2020 to $92 billion from $29 billion, although fundraising activity appears to have slowed markedly in early 2023, reflecting broader alternatives trends. billion in 2019.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

.” Part of the Collective Impact: 10 Years Later series. ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG by Jaclyn Foroughi. Decolonize Data by Nithya Ramanathan, Jim Fruchterman, Amy Fowler & Gabriele Carotti-Sha. Data colonization has harmful consequences.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

Read the full MetLife 2022 Sustainability Report MetLife Creating Value as an Investor Our Approach MetLife’s General Account is a key to living up to our promises and our purpose. MetLife’s General Account, which totals over $400 billion dollars, is invested responsibly for the long term. 3 Annual investments in 2022.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2024

Vital Capital’s Head of Impact, Tamar Pashtan, talks about driving transformative change and delivering market-rate returns in emerging markets – particularly sub-Saharan Africa. For example, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) saw a 14% compound annual growth rate between 2017 and 2022, to US$25.1 Effectively, we’re creating our own deal flow.”

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As a scholar in sustainable finance, I believe that while these initiatives and discussions are important, we need more targeted and urgent investments in nature-friendly solutions to reverse biodiversity loss. The future lies in impact investing. Without nature, we are nothing”. Integrating nature in financial decisions.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 19, 2022

October 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has been named to Fortune’s 2022 Change the World list. The annual list recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy. SOURCE: Merck & Co.,

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 10, 2024

Sustainable investments soared in 2020 and 2021 , and that was certainly when the shine was on. They mostly outperformed traditional investments, and we also saw tons of new funds launch, giving sustainable investors more options. It was a different story in 2022. Tim Nash is the founder of Good Investing.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: MONTREAL, December 7, 2022 /3BL Media/ - A group of institutional investors will announce a new global engagement initiative to tackle nature and biodiversity loss. SOURCE: Ceres. Companies depend upon functioning natural ecosystems, which play a crucial role in sustaining operations and supply chains.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

Investors’ management, measurement and monitoring of impact investing strategies has been steadily improving. BlueMark identified significant improvement in how impact investors approached due diligence, with 65% conducting pre-investment assessments of impact-related risks and 42% establishing impact targets at the time of investment.

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3BL Media

MARCH 7, 2022

Private Equity International (PEI), the global publication that is best known for its focus on informing and connecting private markets, has released its 2022 Responsible Investment Special Report. We find talented people and develop their skills to ensure they make a true impact in ambitious, progressive organisations.

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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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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Tech Savvy Millennial Investors Positioned to Thrive in the “Roaring 2020s” by David Weinstein of Dana Investment Advisors. Socially Responsible Investing: A Global Perspective by Amy Domini of Domini Impact Investments.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They involve a wide range of subjects, including digital finance (and how it can reach lower-income segments); energy access (and the lack of funding that’s holding it back); and impact investing (and the measurement and gender equity challenges that have sparked criticism of the sector).

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

Co-operators puts more than 21% of their invested assets, more than $2.6 billion, into impact investments that aim to solve pressing environmental and social challenges.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Northern Trust announced today it has released its latest Sustainability Report, highlighting efforts to bolster inclusion in the workplace, engage in philanthropic and social impact investing, and minimize the environmental impact of business operations. billion as of the end of 2022.

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3BL Media

APRIL 5, 2022

DESCRIPTION: ATLANTA, April 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Today, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP) announced it received a $1 million grant from Truist to support its Closing the Gap initiative. Treasury funds, tax credits, impact investments and other sources. SOURCE: Truist.

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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. As of June 30, 2022, AIM’s assets under management were $1.01 About MetLife Investment Management. About MetLife.

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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 8, 2023

According to Morningstar data , 307 (40%) of Article 9 funds were downgraded to Article 8 in Q4 2022 due to regulatory changes and “uncertainty about how sustainable investments are defined”. The funds downgraded in Q4 2022 were worth a combined €171.1 Article 9 rebound?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In a recent episode of the 'Let’s Talk About ESG' podcast with Citywire, Acre's Ian Povey-Hall, Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing explains why investment firms are seeking a different kind of professional when hiring portfolio managers to run dark green Article 9 funds. About Acre.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Jack Mulloy, Principal Consultant - Sustainable & Impact Investing, Acre said : “It is wonderful to see such a well-coordinated and impactful multistakeholder partnership like this emerge that truly advances economic growth while delivering positive environmental and social impact at scale.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

December 6, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, today released Episode #43 of its Impact Minute video blog series.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Over the next five years, a third of impact investors plan to increase allocations to sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s 2023 GIINSIGHT series, which is based on data captured from 308 impact investors globally. Shiluba Mawela is a managing partner at Tshiamo Impact Partners.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission after it accused the German asset manager in 2022 of greenwashing by labelling its investments “ ESG-integrated ” while only a very small proportion of portfolio managers used ESG ratings. In a case that received a lot of attention, DWS agreed to pay $25 million to the U.S.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Cleveland, June 8, 2022 /3BL Media – KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investments (CDLI) provided a $20 million term loan to Enterprise Community Loan Fund Inc. SOURCE: KeyBank. Enterprise) to support Equitable Path Forward , a $3.5 billion nationwide initiative to help dismantle the legacy of racism in housing.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

March 29, 2022 /3BL Media/ - ImpactAssets , a leading impact investing firm, today announced the election of Liesel Pritzker Simmons as Chair of its Board of Directors. who served as Chair since 2017 and oversaw the organization’s transformative growth as an innovative leader in impact investing. Charly Kleissner.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 19, 2022

The post Institutional Shift: ‘Net-zero’ becomes ‘uh-oh’ and other sustainability trends to watch in 2022 (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is going to mean a deep re-engineering of every industry, every corporation, every community, Equilibrium Capital’s Dave.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Community-focused renewable energy carbon, and battery storage solutions provider Silicon Ranch Corporation announced today a $600 million equity raise, aimed at funding the company’s growth and supporting future capital investments in rural communities across the US. and Canada. and Canada.

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