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ISS ESG, Qontigo, Launch Biodiversity-Focused Index Suite

ESG Today

Institutional Shareholder Services’ (ISS) responsible investment arm, ISS ESG and risk, analytics and index solutions provider Qontigo announced today the launch of the ISS STOXX Biodiversity Index Suite, aimed at helping investors to align their portfolios with biodiversity impact reduction goals.

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Zerolytics to Track CA100+ Firms’ Transitions

Chris Hall

CA100+ was established in 2017 as an investor-led initiative aiming to collectively support the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to take action on climate change. A total of 170 firms representing a total market capitalisation of US$10.3

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An Integrated Transition

Chris Hall

As global momentum builds behind transition planning, Mark Manning, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, makes the case for a systemic response to the challenges of climate change. Arguably, we need to be thinking about transition planning as a system response to the challenges of climate change.”

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IIGCC Offers Ratios to Track Portfolios’ Climate Impact

Chris Hall

Asset owners should track their contributions to climate change mitigation by calculating the green investment ratio of portfolios and assets, according to a recent report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: NatureAlpha Joins UN Biodiversity Data Initiative

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. German index provider Solactive has acquired ESG research, stewardship support and proxy voting agency Minerva Analytics.

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This Week’s People Moves: Ex-PGGM CIO Takes AustralianSuper Role

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AustralianSuper, Morningstar, Tikehau Capital, Oak Hill Advisors and Guinness Global Investors. . The unit aims to support the goals of the Paris Agreement by providing equity capital to companies focused on energy transition.

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New Metrics Needed to Track Oil and Gas Transition

Chris Hall

As a high-emitting sector, oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from investors and regulators to set decarbonisation targets that align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5% Reducing emissions across all scopes .