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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion at the end of 2021 from US$17.1

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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking of the worlds most sustainable firms, now in its 21st year, shows that the top firms continue to increase their investment in the green transition. Were finding that growth in sustainable revenues is outpacing all other revenues, says Toby Heaps, co-founder and CEO of Corporate Knights.

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Proposed EU Financial Services Commissioner to Push for Sustainable Investment Product Labels, Reduced Reporting Burdens

ESG Today

In her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Albuquerque expressed her position that the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) could more effectively address greenwashing risk with the introduction of a labelling regime that communicated clearly the sustainability attributes of investment products.

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Canada is falling behind in global race to attract sustainable investments: Guilbeault

Corporate Knights

Canada is lagging in its efforts to drive private capital into sustainable investments to finance solutions on climate change and other environmental challenges. We are interested in sustainability not because we are environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients.” Who said that?

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

Skip to ranking BY Shawn McCarthy January 17, 2024 As 2023 came to a close, the World Meteorological Organization declared it to be the hottest year on record. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Releases Proposals to Reduce EU Taxonomy Reporting Burden by a Third

ESG Today

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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PSF Spotlights 34% Green Capex Growth

Chris Hall

Taxonomy-aligned capital expenditures (capex) from large listed European companies grew 34% in 2023, reaching 250 billion (US$271 billion) by year end, according to a new report from the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF). Outstanding green loans stood at 908 billion in 2023 while green bond volumes reached 781 billion.