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UK Pushed to Catch up with Europe on ESG Ratings

Chris Hall

Industry experts suggest UK requirements would need to be finalised and in effect from mid-2026. The draft legislation proposed by HM Treasury is a response to investor concerns over the quality, transparency and comparability of the ESG ratings they use to inform investment decisions. “It

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

Sustainable investment opportunities and risks are slowly beginning to emerge as Europe outlines its plans to rearm. But some called for a more fundamental reboot of investment in European innovation especially in clean technologies to pursue trajectories that are compatible with its climate transition targets.

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Show Your Working

Chris Hall

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4 trillion in 2021.

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Lack of funding top barrier to sustainability action for 38% of UK businesses

Envirotec Magazine

The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026.

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Decarbonisation Culture

Chris Hall

This achievement was one of several high points in the pension fund’s 2023 sustainable investing (SI) report , published in April. It has dedicated a C$2 billion envelope to sustainable land management in forest and agricultural land sectors by 2026.