ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

ESG Reporting EU Council Approves Delay to CSRD and CSDDD Sustainability Reporting Regulations ISSB Launches New Roadmap Tool to Help Jurisdictions Adopt Sustainability Reporting Standards Guest Post Interoperability: The Missing Link in Global Sustainability Efforts Government & Regulators SEC Drops its Defense of Climate Reporting Rules ESG (..)

Green Bonds

Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

This turnabout has been most pronounced in the green bond market, where power utilities have, controversially, been adding nuclear energy as an option for green bonds. With this in mind, nuclear green bonds promise to help fund decades of net-zero energy for the public and years of clean financial returns for investors.

Green Bonds

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from.

Sustainable Investment

ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2024

Billion in Financing Tied to Sustainability Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 Billion in Financing Tied to Sustainability Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 to Fund Clean Energy Buildout EdgeConneX Secures $1.9

Net Zero

ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Partners with Pivot Energy to Develop Community Solar Projects to Help Tackle Scope 3 Emissions JERA Nex Enters U.S.

Supply Chains

3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Sets interim targets of 1 GW solar by 2025 and net zero for operations by 2030. Builds on company’s leadership in green building, solar and more. Net zero for operations by 2030. SOURCE: Prologis. Publishes 2021-22 ESG Report. These include: 1 GW of solar generation capacity (supported by storage) by 2025.

Net Zero

ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The HKMA’s Sustainable Finance Action Agenda is organized across four priorities, including “Banking for net zero,” “Investing in a sustainable future,” “Financing net zero,” and “Making sustainability more inclusive,” with the central bank outlining goals and planned actions for each.

Net Zero

ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5 Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5

Supply Chains

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Shell Board of Directors Sued over “Flawed” Climate Strategy Wendy’s Commits to Slash Emissions Across Operations, Franchisees and Supply Chain HVAC Giant Carrier Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across Value Chain (..)

Net Zero

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She cited the massive growth of ESG initiatives as a great achievement but was wary of the lack of democratized data that can clearly define certain ESG investments as sustainable. Right now] ESG is basically a box of chocolates; you don’t know what you are going to get,” said Pretorius.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

ESMA has now declared that era to be over, with new guidelines and thresholds including a minimum of 80% of investments to meet funds’ environmental or social characteristics, or sustainable investment objectives. gigawatts of renewable energy capacity to support its plans to rely solely on clean power sources by 2030.

Greenwashing

Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . PIPV also contributes to NN Group’s target to increase investments in climate solutions by a minimum of €6 billion by 2030.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The plan outlines the Munich-headquartered firm’s strategy across key business lines, with the investment arm targeting a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 by imposing ambitious decarbonisation targets for select carbon-intensive sectors and investing €20 billion (US$21.8

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

New Zealand has also made commitments on climate including a pledge to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as well as reaching net zero by 2050.

Net Zero

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Consistent data on sovereign climate risks is crucial, says Victoria Barron, ASCOR Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme. Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 In Q4 2021 , EU Member State and UK bonds and bills issuance was €624 billion. billion in sustainable bonds.

Green Bonds

Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

As part of its commitment to the 2030 Agenda, Uruguay has already submitted four voluntary national reviews to the UN High Level Political Forum: in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Uruguay has already started to move in this direction, initiating the country’s first private issuance of green bonds to finance sustainable investment portfolios.

Development

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, Morgan Stanley IM, GMPF, Impax AM, Orchard Street IM and Nuveen. . Protecting biodiversity is therefore not just a means of saving nature, it is also one of the largest investment opportunities of our times.” .

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

billion by 2030, thus increasing pressure on existing resources, India has huge incentive to transition to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as fast as it can. . India certainly isn’t resting on its laurels,” Nick Parsons, Head of Research and ESG at specialist infrastructure investment firm ThomasLloyd, tells ESG Investor. .

Net Zero

Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Martindale says that recognition of the need for severe emissions cuts by 2030 may encourage pension funds to move beyond net zero 2050 targets. Once trustees start to consider target setting, it would seem logical to align with the Paris Agreement and set interim targets based on emissions reduction by 2030 from 2019 levels.

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

There have also been longstanding concerns on the human rights risks of investing in China – though foreign investors with exposure tell ESG Investor it is unfair to single out the country, pointing to human rights violations happening in the US and Europe too. The largest share of that will be in Asia,” she says.

Banking

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Discussions will continue about whether its headline 30% by 2030 targets for restoration and conservation are sufficient, but the inclusion of “terrestrial, inland water, and coastal and marine areas” was welcomed for its comprehensive reach. “We Disappointment tempered.

Development

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2023

Mind the gap The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2023 finds that developing countries face a widening annual investment deficit as they work to achieve the SDGs by 2030. The gap has grown to approximately US$4 trillion per year, up from $2.5

Banking

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2 Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2 Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

billion) in capital towards the SDGs by 2030. Investors, especially private institutional investors, are looking to invest in the strategies addressing these topics. The initiative aims to unlock up to CHF 1 billion (US$1.1

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