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M&G Appoints Kathy Ryan as its First Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

International savings and investments business M&G plc today announced the appointment of Kathy Ryan to the newly created role of Chief Sustainability Officer. She will join in November and report to Chief Financial Officer, Kathryn McLeland. McLeland said: “I’m delighted to welcome Kathy to M&G.

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Fidelity Hires Phil Cliff, Aaron Hay as Sustainable Investing Directors

ESG Today

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today the expansion of its sustainability team with two new senior hires, including Phil Cliff, joining from M&G Investments, and Aaron Hay, from Federated Hermes, as Directors, Sustainable Investing.

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Fidelity Drafts in Climate, Private Credit Expertise

Chris Hall

“I don’t think it’s possible to stand still in the sustainability landscape,” Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at Fidelity, told ESG Investor. “The evolution is tremendous year on year, new skills are being asked for, new regulatory requirements.

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This Week’s People Moves: CPP Investments Promotes Manley to CSO

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CPP Investments, CCLA, Vontobel, LeapFrog, Low Carbon, and Brown Advisory. . Richard Manley is the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPP Investments) new Chief Sustainability Officer.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: FTSE Russell Launches Sustainable Fixed Income Indexes

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, GRESB, GI Hub, MAS, Google Cloud, Apex, Clarity AI, Blackrock eFront and Normative. . This will be used to facilitate the deployment of climate fintech solutions and their adoption by the financial sector.

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Firms Face Double Trouble from Disclosure Rules

Chris Hall

The ability of corporates to comply is critical to investors, who will increasingly rely on the new standards to make sustainable investments. After decades as a ‘nice to have’, it has gradually grown in ubiquity and today – with mandatory disclosures on the horizon – is well on its way to a ‘must have’.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

This week in ESG news: Vanguard launches its first impact fund; Biden considers declaration of climate change emergency; Deutsche Bank appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer; UK government given 8 months by high court to come up with a climate plan; BlackRock acquires waste-to-renewable gas company for $700 million; PepsiCo issues $1.25