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Consistency Key to Achieving GBF Goals – FfB

Chris Hall

” Subsequent versions of the framework are set for publication in 2024, featuring specific KPIs for ten priority sectors and expanding coverage to include more asset classes and positive impact targets. trillion in AUM.

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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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Investors, Banks Push Back on EU Plan to Ease Sustainability Reporting Rules

ESG Today

The statement said: “The proposed approach would limit investor access to the consistent, comparable and reliable information needed to inform decisions and allocate capital in line with sustainability goals, including those of the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU Climate Law.”

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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. UNEP did at least try to change the mood by also examining solutions, specifically traditional, land-based and less-proven newer forms of carbon removal.

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The B in ESG – Part 1: Frameworks for Action

Chris Hall

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.

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TNFD Vital to “Operationalise” GBF’s Target 15

Chris Hall

“We encourage international standard setters and regulatory authorities to consider how the [TNFD] framework can be rapidly adopted into corporate reporting requirements,” said James Alexander, Chief Executive of UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), adding that the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) should “turn (..)

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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 ?