Corporate Knights

JANUARY 10, 2024

Despite appearances, sustainable investments have quietly had a great year. Given the poor performance of green energy stocks and the chorus of opposition against anything viewed as “woke,” it’s easy to get lost in the narrative that the shine has worn off sustainable investing. But that’s not what I’m seeing.

Sustainable Investment

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sacha Sadan, Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, FCA, said: “We’re putting in place a simple, easy to understand regime so investors can judge whether funds meet their investment needs – this is a crucial step for consumer protection as sustainable investment grows in popularity.”

Greenwashing

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Morgan EMU Investment Grade Index as a benchmark. Lorraine Sereyjol-Garros, Global Head of Development for ETFs & Index Funds at BNPP AM said: “Fixed income will be a big focus for investors looking to navigate a challenging market environment in 2024.

Sustainable Investment

Sustainability Update

MARCH 20, 2024

March 2024 by Hank Boerner – Chair & Chief Strategist, G&A Institute. What immediate and then the longer-term trends could we be monitoring to identify sustainable investment opportunities in 2024 and 2025, and well beyond? in individual states along the Red and Blue divide).

Sustainable Investment

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 5, 2024

Global investor interest in sustainable investments has continued to rise in the past few years, with 54% of investors anticipating increasing their sustainable investments portfolio in 2024, according to a Morgan Stanley survey. Read the full story at ESG Dive.

Sustainable Investment

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Investors are increasingly considering sustainability beyond the risk management lens, with the global impact investing market reaching an estimated US$1.64 These would require EU-domiciled funds with impact-related labels to meet an 80% sustainable investment threshold.

Impact Investing

Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. This marks the culmination of the acquisition by Schroders of impact-investing expert group BlueOrchard , which also resulted in the development of its impact framework.

Impact Investing

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

As You Sow-led Proxy Preview 2024 shows companies will face requests on a widening range of issues this AGM season, despite recent falls in support for ESG resolutions. Shareholder proposals on biodiversity and AI are among the key themes highlighted in shareholder advocacy NGO As You Sow’s (AYS) newly launched Proxy Preview 2024.

Sustainable Investment

Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. This marks the culmination of the acquisition by Schroders of impact-investing expert group BlueOrchard , which also resulted in the development of its impact framework.

Impact Investing

Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. This marks the culmination of the acquisition by Schroders of impact-investing expert group BlueOrchard , which also resulted in the development of its impact framework.

Impact Investing

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

Shareholder proposals demanding transparency have been filed for the 2024 proxy season, with a strong emphasis on lobbying alignment. Shareholder proposals on biodiversity and AI are among the key themes highlighted in shareholder advocacy NGO As You Sow’s (AYS) newly launched Proxy Preview 2024.

Sustainable Investment

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Coinciding with her speech, the UK government published an interim review of UK pensions investment, which Reeves said sets out our plans to create Canadian and Australian style-megafunds to power growth in our economy. But Canadian pension schemes are increasingly channeling capital into sustainability. trillion in assets.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

At the time of speaking to EIOPA, 21 NCAs had not identified occurrences of greenwashing “due to resourcing constraints, low supply of products with sustainability features, and because the relevant sustainable finance requirements are new or not fully in force”.

Greenwashing

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Anti-greenwashing guidance proposed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as the promise of extending the finalised Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) to pension products, has been welcomed by the investment industry.

Greenwashing

Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

Although TNFD reporting is not yet mandatory for most countries which have published ESG taxonomies, investors could start 2024 by asking for more corporate disclosures on their impact on nature, thus assessing their own exposures to a range of biodiversity risks overlapping with climate, pollution on land and pollution in water.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investment industry bodies have underscored the need for double materiality in response to the UK government’s consultation on non-financial reporting. The authority had already pushed the release back to Q3 earlier in the year and the rules are now not expected to arrive until H2 2024.

Impact Investing

Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Given the potential reputational and workload impact of these requirements, companies in 2023 will focus on assessing what to report. On top of that, they will be creating plans to comply as soon as by the 2024 reporting cycle (e.g. In this context, the case to demonstrate impact has gained in popularity.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

In comparison, the ESRSs support multiple pieces of EU sustainable investment legislation. . The ESRSs are designed to specify the information corporates will need to be disclosed under CSRD, providing an essential input to fuel Europe’s sustainable investment framework. . “ appeared first on ESG Investor.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2024

Many investors also have weapons-focused exclusions enshrined in their investment policies. Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s 2024 statement on sustainable investing, for instance, alluded to its exclusionary framework – which included civilian firearms and controversial weapons.

Divestment

Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2025

In the case of Alphabet today, the use of technology in CAHRA presents material risks and impacts to our investment, Marcela Pinilla, Director of Sustainable Investing at Zevin Asset Management, told ESG Investor. We also believe in transparency and third-party audits to keep these companies accountable.

Digital Transformation

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Subject to multiple delays and adjustments , it now seems likely the rule will not be published in its final form until the first quarter of 2024. Much of this is inevitable in such a dynamic and innovative environment, but the problems can be significant, not least when seeking to accurately track fund performance, impact and demand.

Sustainable Investment

Sustainability Update

APRIL 11, 2023

Now ESG is seen in some quarters as “a threat” to the citizens and especially the well-being of public finance (at least in the Republican-led states), Alas, also in the halls of Congress where we see frequent and heated “pro and con” debates about ESG, climate change, sustainable investing, corporate sustainability…and more.

Climate Change