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Most Canadians want their investments to align with climate action

Corporate Knights

Yet many Canadian banks, pension funds, insurers and large companies still underinvest in clean energy and disproportionately invest in oil, gas and coal. Earlier this year, Canada was recognized as a “low-regulation jurisdiction” on sustainable finance by a UN sustainable investment group.

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SDSN Supports Academic Conference on Growth, Resilience and Sustainability in Asia

Sustainable Development Network

It began with a keynote address by Professor Mari Pangestu , Managing Director of World Bank of Development Policy and Partnership. To conclude the days’ event, participants attended networking dinners sponsored by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Asian Development Bank.

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Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress

GreenBiz

Chouinard and his coauthors highlighted the many efforts to dollarize ecosystem services (including efforts by The Nature Conservancy plus PwC, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, The World Bank and Puma/Kering plus Trucost and their environmental profit and loss, or EP&L). ESG funds were invested in oil and gas companies.

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Focus on “Practicalities” of Sustainable Finance under New Institute Director 

Chris Hall

Ex-Invesco Research Director Hazra to Lead First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, with research planned on engagement, human rights, biodiversity and diversity beyond gender. Other recent reports covered microplastics, microfibres and the challenges of the “rapid evolution” of sustainable investment for fund governance.

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This Week’s People Moves: ISSB Completes Board with Vice-Chair Hua

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ISSB, Calvert, GLP Europe, Metzler AM, and KGAL. . Former World Bank Vice President Jingdong Hua has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Oppenheim Jr. &

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Take Five: Greenhushing is Over

Chris Hall

On sustainable development, climate and financing for development, much ink was spilled on reform and repurposing of the international financial architecture, covering democratisation, debt sustainability, use of metrics beyond GDP to capture “human and planetary wellbeing ”, and increased climate finance.

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2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

3BL Media

The three papers recognized this year study three very different topics, but each represents an exemplary effort to deepen our understanding of sustainable investment,” says Lloyd Kurtz , founder of the Moskowitz Prize and again one of the judges this year. First presented in 1996 by the U.S.