Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Finance is still an overlooked frontier for climate policy in Canada. But she adds: “That’s only for climate disclosures.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Two major topics of discussion on the agenda for COP27’s Finance Day were ‘Mobilising Finance for Climate Action’ and ‘From Ambition to Action: Mobilising Finance for Climate Solutions, Adaptation and Resilience’. It explains why activists and the public demand that the finance sector does more to address climate change.

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