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. million kroner in 2022 from 9.03 billion kroner in 2022. Here are a handful leading the pack on six key indicators. It pumped €8.6

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 22, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As 2022 comes to a close, certain events are shaping up in the U.S. There are challenges being mounted to investment managers openly embracing ESG / sustainability investment principles. This is just the introduction of G&A's Sustainability Highlights newsletter this week. In the U.S.,

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance (FDF) announced today that it will proceed with plans to propose regulations to address greenwashing in the financial sector, including investment and disclosure rules for financial products using labels such as ‘sustainable,’ green,’ or ‘ESG.’

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

of Ford’s revenue came from manufacturing electric vehicles in 2022, it poured more than US$2.1 billion into EV production last year and says it plans to invest US$50 billion by the end of 2026, with hopes of producing two million EVs a year. of its revenue from sustainable products in 2022. Though just 3.5%

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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. View original content here.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps. Talk about mega-trends.

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3BL Media

APRIL 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: EarthX invites you to apply to participate in our 2022 E-Capital Summit—an industry-leading sustainability investment summit taking place in Dallas, Texas in April! SOURCE: EarthX. Visit www.EarthX.org or follow us @earthxorg on Instagram , Twitter , and Facebook. . April 20-22: [link] #Earthx2022.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

Worldwide, there are more than 95,000 private companies with annual revenues over US$100 million, compared to only 10,000 public companies over that threshold, according to a 2023 report from investment management firm Hamilton Lane. But with sustainability, there are reasons to be more forthcoming. Private market assets grew to US$9.7

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ESG Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

The survey found that sustainability was one of several areas anticipated to see increased investment in 2024, as business leaders feel increasingly confident about future growth, with 56% of respondents reporting optimism about the outlook for their organizations, compared to only 42% in the prior year’s survey.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3 trillion. “We

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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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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: AllianceBernstein has been named the winner of the Environmental Fund of the Year in the Global category at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2022. As of May 2022, AllianceBernstein had $687B in assets under management. SOURCE: AllianceBernstein. AB won amongst more than 350 entries.

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ESG Today

MAY 15, 2023

The study, in which Clarity AI examined data from over 18,000 funds across Europe, follows the launch of a consultation by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in November 2022 for proposed rules on the use of ESG or sustainability-related terms in the names of investment funds.

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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. trillion.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

The companys updated Energy Transition Strategy highlighted its view of LNG as playing a critical role in the energy transition, including through replacing coal in heavy industry and in power generation, and includes plans by the company to grow its LNG business by 20% – 30% by 2030, on a 2022 basis.

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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

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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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Digital transformation is increasingly a global engine of sustainable economic growth, with over 60% of GDP expected to depend on digital technologies by 2022. Erik Ekudden is CTO of Ericsson, returning deputy co-chair of the Business 20 (B20) Digitalization Taskforce 2022 in Indonesia and a UN Broadband Commissioner.

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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. The current list has been updated with data through January 31, 2022.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps. Talk about mega-trends.

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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

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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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% for the average large Canadian corporation.

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

DESCRIPTION: July 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) announced the 2022 NACD Directorship 100™ — the most influential peer-nominated leaders in the boardroom and corporate governance community. The complete list of the 2022 NACD Directorship 100 is available at [link].

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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. Sustainable Revenue. % Sustainable Investment. %

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

Toronto Hydro estimatesit will invest $10 billion in climate infrastructure across the city EV charging, equipment renewal, etc. before 2050, and 75% of the citys net-zero strategy relies on these investments. winemakers whose vines were destroyed by the 2022 winter, to Alberta farmers affected by record-breaking wildfires.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report, The National Women’s Law Center found that over 1 million fewer women were in the labor force in January 2022 as compared to the beginning of the pandemic (February 2020), while men have largely recouped their labor force losses. 2 Further, the gender pay gap in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When the planets align, the sustainability investments yield meaningful emission reductions and a payoff for the owner. Investors are shopping for rental buildings In fact, there’s good evidence in both Canada and the United States that investment capital is now flowing into rental apartments at a pace not seen in decades.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

The G7 leaders welcomed the International Sustainability Standards Board which is a strong signal to all reporting standards to refer to the ISSB as the global baseline. The post We Mean Business Coalition statement on the G7 Summit 2022 appeared first on We Mean Business Coalition. With power comes responsibility. .

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3BL Media

MAY 10, 2022

DESCRIPTION: From April 20-22, 2022, EarthX hosted the 6th Annual E-Capital Summit which convened more than 230 leading investors, innovators, dealmakers, industry and innovation ecosystem leaders to help catalyze action and impact related to sustainability investing and business innovation. SOURCE: EarthX.

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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 This sum includes US$3.3

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