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Vast Majority of Investors Sticking with Sustainable Investing, But Quietly, BNP Paribas Survey Finds

ESG Today

Overall, thematic investing has increased over the past few years, with half of investors now citing using it as a sustainable investing approach, behind only negative screening at 62%, and energy transition investments at 52%.

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Take Five: Immediately and Gradually

Chris Hall

Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. 0.25% of GDP growth and an additional 0.1-0.4%

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

Finally, we had COP15 on Biological Diversity with the agreement to Protect and Conserve at least 30% of the World’s Land and Ocean by 2030 (30×30). Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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These 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023

Corporate Knights

The Clean200 uses negative screens. For the first time, global investment in renewables rose above $1 trillion in 2022. The data set is developed through assessment of a company’s revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the  Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy , primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research.

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ESG Investing Needs to Expand Its Definition of Materiality

Stanford Social Innovation

ESG is so hot, it will be a $1 trillion market by 2030. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing—an approach to investing designed to consider a wider set of factors that influence financial returns—is everywhere. Finally, it seems, finance is thinking seriously about social factors in investment.