Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Last month, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) released its 2022 Report on Sustainable Investing , highlighting its commitment to be net-zero by 2050 and its engagement strategy to pressure companies to manage climate risks.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Competition barriers to collective sustainability initiatives by investors expected to be lowered. Regulators will soon provide investors with clearer guidance on the acceptable boundaries of collective action to achieve net zero and other sustainability objectives, according to competition lawyers.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. found that 90% of limited partners factor ESG into their investment decisions, and 77% use it as a criterion in selecting general partners. InBC Investment Corp.

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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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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 2, 2023

While most have set net-zero targets, nearly all of the equity fund portfolios that were assessed – some 95% – are “misaligned” with the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 that much of the world is chasing, as a tipping point in climate appears ever nearer. Canadian managers average a stewardship score of C.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

The results: the best investments of the past three to five years turn out to be the companies that jumped feet-first into the green economy. “As According to Bloomberg NEF , global investment in the energy transition surpassed US$1 trillion for the first time in 2022. The numbers tell the story. Talk about mega-trends.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 29, 2024

Ever since the chamber successfully lobbied to torpedo the biggest piece of climate legislation to reach Congress – the Build Back Better Act – in 2022, more and more members have indicated that if the organization doesn’t change its tune, they’ll be cutting ties. Ninety percent of the world has set a net-zero target.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 26, 2024

New figures showed that carbon emissions in 2022 fell to “significantly lower” than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, giving hope that Canada can meet its net-zero commitments. Crucially, the companies’ average sustainable investment (as a percentage of total investment) hit 58.9% Climate commitments legend 1.5°C:

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, December 6, 2022 /3BL Media/ - JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announces a science-based target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a coalition that defines and promotes best practices in emissions reduction targets. Charting a path to net zero. Reducing Fuel Burn.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2023

Our new report, produced in collaboration with the Ottawa-based Smart Prosperity Institute and funded by the Trottier Family Foundation, finds that pension managers’ support for the green transition is growing but still nowhere near the pace required to meet global net-zero-carbon targets. trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1 79000 0.14

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion. And in that short period, we have seen a tectonic shift of capital.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

-based financial publication The Banker to produce the world’s first list of green-ish banks ranked by the percentage of revenues they earn through sustainable lending, underwriting and investments. Ranked by total sustainable revenues, Intesa Sanpaolo places first on the list, with US $3.68

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

2022 was a transformative year for Nasdaq’s ESG Advisory practice as we more than doubled our headcount to meet client demand for our consultative ESG services. Headcount growth was focused on individuals with key skill sets including: banking, ESG investing, in-house corporate ESG, ESG rating agencies and ESG standard setters.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

DESCRIPTION: December 15, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Whirlpool Corporation announced that it has been named to the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) in recognition of the company’s ongoing focus on responsible and ethical business practices. SOURCE: Whirlpool Corporation. plant operations. View original content here.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Tellingly, the 2023 list is dominated by renewable-energy players high in sustainable revenue. Topping the Best 50 this year (up from second place in 2022 and 20th in 2021) is a pure-play clean energy company: Innergex Renewable Energy. In third place is Hydro-Québec, which was the top company in 2022, 2021 and 2018.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

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”.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

While b oth the Global 100 and ACWI fell somewhat in 2022, since its inception on February 1, 2005, the Global 100 Index has generated a total investment return of 270.7% G100 Rank 2022. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. NZAM Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative. compared to 222.1%

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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. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

And a breakdown of the Colorado pension fund’s total returns by sector shows that oil and gas stocks had the lowest returns during this period (even with high returns from 2021 to 2022 due to skyrocketing energy prices caused by the invasion of Ukraine).

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. Net-zero carbon goals are now expected, and the emphasis is on what companies are doing to get there.”. Continuing growth for sustainability bonds.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 14, 2024

trillion in financing for new fossil fuel expansion projects, investments that put the net-zero goal of the Paris Agreement in jeopardy. from 2022, and down more than 26% from the highest fossil financing recorded in 2019. billion in 2022. billion in 2022. billion) and CIBC (2022: US$1.1

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Since taking office in 2022, Anthony Albanese’s Labor government has released a raft of legislation to accelerate Australia’s green transition, many of which have been backed by investors. This has included legislating a 2050 net zero target and setting a legally-binding target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 below 2005 levels.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Set net-zero by 2050 goals at three private markets funds that are currently being raised. We regularly leverage our operational experts such as KKR Capstone and our Sustainable Investing subject-matter experts to help our portfolio companies develop, shape, and enhance their climate-focused strategies.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Nonetheless, like many in her profession and despite accolades – in 2022, Keyes was named a fellow by CPA Ontario, as a “trailblazer” in the worlds of ESG and sustainability – she doesn’t want to be called a warrior. For someone like Keyes, the work feels incredibly relevant and exciting.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In its 2022 TCFD Report , AIMCo estimated that the risk to the value of its public equity and bond portfolio is higher under a 1.5°C The reports concluded that climate tipping points will soon trigger much greater economic risk than previously forecast. C increase in global temperatures than in 2°C and 3°C scenarios.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

In 2022, however, there are many important new regulations and standards in development to bring clarity to this picture. Here is a taste of some of the upcoming ESG regulations and standards around sustainable finance we’ll see in 2022. 1, 2022, but fully integrated on Jan. Changing ESG Landscapes. Upcoming Regulations.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Global sustainable investment has passed US$30 trillion, but US excluded from majority of trend analysis figures due to “material change” in methodology. According to the GSIA’s data, the value of sustainable investments in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand has risen from US$18.2 trillion to US$21.9

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Alongside the new climate-related disclosure requirements, the government also introduced plans for a new sustainable investment taxonomy to help categorize green and transition economic activities.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LGPS Central has stressed that its new Net Zero Strategy for long-term emissions reductions will not be derailed by the UK government’s recent watering down of climate policy. C. “There would be peaks and troughs both in the emissions charts but also in terms of policy support and political will,” he added.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

DESCRIPTION: January 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Franklin Templeton announced the appointment of Anne Simpson as Global Head of Sustainability, a newly-created role charged with driving Franklin Templeton’s overall strategic direction on stewardship, sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategy globally.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2024

By: Priyanka Bawa , Senior Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice Despite more net zero targets being set than ever before, and more science-based targets being used to back them, 2022 research from South Pole shows that one in four businesses do not intend to talk about their science-aligned climate targets.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

He shared the stage with Teine Energy and Wolf Midstream, two Alberta-based fossil fuel companies owned by CPPIB – neither of which have committed to net-zero emissions. Already, investors with nearly US$41 trillion in assets have at least a partial investment exclusion on fossil fuels.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

After the UN Secretary-General called for developed economies to fast-track net zero commitments by ten years, Therese Niklasson, Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Newton Investment Management emphasises the need for a collective effort. in 2021, to a new record above the pre-pandemic peak.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Last week, I discussed the promising news about the net-zero commitments asset managers have been making. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has 220 signatories with $57 trillion in assets under management. The chief culprits in the failure to hit net zero targets are index funds.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The letter, signed by BlackRock Head of External Affairs Dalia Blass, was sent in response to a letter from the Attorneys General sent in August accusing BlackRock of acting with “mixed motives” in its pursuit of an anti-fossil fuel and pro-net zero agenda, indicating “rampant violations” of its fiduciary duty to the states’ pension investors.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

End of Week Notes And 4 ways that it’s having a positive impact on the world Sustainable investing had another successful year of growth, performance, and influence in 2021. Global sustainable funds attracted record inflows in just the first three quarters of the year, while their overall assets under management approached $4 trillion.

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