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The B in ESG – Part 1: Frameworks for Action

Chris Hall

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) was founded in June 2021 to provide a framework for corporations and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature beyond climate change. The TNFD formally launched its final recommendations on 18 September 2023.

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ESG Explainer: The Blue Economy

Chris Hall

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). trillion annually, has attracted just US$13 billion in sustainable investment during the past decade.

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From Green to Blue

Chris Hall

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 we combine this so the guidance draws on that ”.

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Take Five: Autumn Mist

Chris Hall

There were mixed signals and missed opportunities on sustainable investment in the UK’s latest fiscal statement. And beyond its headline conclusion that we’re on track for only limiting climate change to 2.9°C, A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. 

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TNFD Vital to “Operationalise” GBF’s Target 15

Chris Hall

To encourage uptake and implementation a selection of companies has been invited to join the inaugural cohort of TNFD Adopters, which will be announced at the World Economic Forum at Davos in January 2024.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. . ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ?