Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

Investors must now apply a double materiality perspective to their sustainable investment process to ensure real economy impacts, according to Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Capital Management. What next for sustainable investing?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Tumelo, DSD Lab, Exabel, YoujiVest, R3 and Hope for Justice. . The EBA ESG Pillar 3 disclosure standards are a mandatory requirement for banks with securities traded on a regulated market of any EU member state.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

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. . In his new position, Kuh will be advancing Morningstar Indexes’ ESG strategy to accelerate growth in the market.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Ceres and the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) will co-lead the initiative's Secretariat and Corporate Engagement workstreams; the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and Planet Tracker will co-lead the Technical Advisory Group. By the end of the century, 50% or more is at risk.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Moody’s ESG Solutions, BlackRock, SDI AOP, MarketAxess, MSCI, Fitch Ratings and Euroclear. The implementation of SDG-aligned investment strategies requires quality data with specific analytical methodologies.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

While a focus on ESG has been prevalent for some time now, this surge in interest has been fueled by Canada’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and an increasing number of stakeholders who expect ESG considerations be integrated into their investment programs.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Shortcuts for nature Also speaking at the event, Maria Nazarova-Doyle, Head of Sustainable Investment at IFM Investors, said that policymakers’ and investors’ experience on climate can offer “shortcuts” to better nature integration.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Verisk Maplecroft, Fair Cost Index, Scope Ratings, LPA, Globalance, GoldenSource, FactSet, ClimateWorks and Higg. The product also will be listed on the Open:FactSet Marketplace.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Experts have backed United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) call to recognise the interconnectedness of environmental and social-related issues in tackling climate change. trillion between 27 March and 28 April this year, with these owners citing data challenges as the biggest barrier to sustainable investment adoption.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nasdaq Risk Modelling for Catastrophes provides access to models that combine science, engineering and probabilistic modelling to help clients quantify the financial impact of climate change in terms of the damage to property caused by natural catastrophe events.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2024

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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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2022

New report provides guidance to asset owners on closing net zero investment gap. . 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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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2022

Participants in the survey – conducted for ESG scoring analytics platform provider GaiaLens – were split equally across the two regions, overwhelmingly drawn from pension schemes. More than half held the position of chief investment officer (CIO), while around a quarter were heads of sustainability. “The had US$10-99 billion.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Sustainable Trading, Impact Cubed, BME, ClimateTrade, MSCI, GeoQuant, ELEVATE Insig AI, and Higg.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Climate TRACE, MSCI, EcoAct, Deloitte, Persefoni and Deepki. . Data, analytics and research services provider MSCI has expanded its Implied Temperature Rise (ITR) metrics to include funds and indexes.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Northern Trust, EDS, Nature4Climate, Capital for Climate, Qontigo, Verra, Pachama, Mubadala Investment Company, ACX and ACA Group. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FigBytes, Apex Group, L&G, Tumelo, Net Purpose, and Greenly. . FigBytes will provide enhanced analytical and visualisation features across key ESG focus areas to meet the current needs of the private equity industry.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Efficient, reliable and trusted benchmarks can cut the cost of sustainable investment, as they allow passive, index-based strategies to support sustainable investment objectives. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Carbon Tracker, Sustainable Fitch, Apex Group, ACA Group, Euroclear, and ISS ESG. . Climate and financial markets think tank Carbon Tracker has developed a Global Registry of Fossil Fuels.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Climate Solutions, Willis Towers Watson, Actis, and Persefoni. Based in London, he will lead the company’s climate analytics and exposure management activities.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

in 2021. However, one of the largest barriers to achieving gender equality beyond the boardroom happens to be one of the biggest existential threats facing humankind: climate change. Research forecasts that 80% of those displaced by climate change will be women. in 2022 from 22.6%

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

Oil and gas companies are inconsistent in their commitments to reducing their Scope 3 emissions, according to a separate report by Scope ESG, the sustainability analytics arm of Scope Ratings. Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5% a year on a constant revenue basis”. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

He said investors are doing so on the back of fewer barriers to such investment vehicles, while a rise in third-party services, such as ESG data and analytics support, is aiding trustees in venturing into non-traditional asset classes. For context, 2019’s survey had 68% of charities viewing climate change as a responsibility.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“We encourage international standard setters and regulatory authorities to consider how the [TNFD] framework can be rapidly adopted into corporate reporting requirements,” said James Alexander, Chief Executive of UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), adding that the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) should “turn (..)

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Broadridge, ESG Book, Ada Fintech, Redington, Greyparrot.ai, and Viridios.ai. . This is a huge missed opportunity. We are putting a monetary value on waste – something that is perceived to have a negative value.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

C without nature, and that climate change is one of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss. As Siga suggests, factoring climate change into investment decisions is more of a known quantity, if far from an exact science. Finding investible projects can be a challenge.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ? GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

To better inform their investment decisions and decarbonisation efforts, investors want visibility of companies’ interim milestones, as well as a comprehensive account of how each goal will be met. . Holding companies accountable will likely help to “substantially reduce” the level of anti-climate change lobbying, he adds. .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Investors are overcoming ‘known unknowns’ to address climate and nature risks, as reflected at a Boston roundtable hosted by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. When it comes to making sustainable investments, the future is uncertain, the tools are imperfect, and disclosures are far from complete.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

In February, UK-based Brunel Pension Partnership announced it is embarking on a pilot with S&P Trucost to develop a “biodiversity footprint” to enhance the asset owner’s analytics and disclosures across these themes.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including 2DII, RMI, Nasdaq, Clarity AI, ISSB, Integrum and Accenture. . 2DII first launched the PACTA framework in 2015, introducing the concept of measuring the alignment of financial portfolios with climate goals.

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is just as much a global priority as climate change,” says Alison Lee, Responsible Investment Manager at London CIV, one of eight UK local government pension schemes. . US large-cap companies with ethnically diverse boards logged an average 1.5%

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

Dana Sasarean, Associate Director of Mining Research at ESG research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics, is concerned about transparency. “Even if we get to the point where we figure out how to do DSM safely and sustainably, how do investors then verify that the mining process is happening in line with these expectations?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The parallels between the disclosure and risk management frameworks of the TNFD and its forerunner, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), are welcomed as easing the disclosure burden, but few under-estimate the challenge ahead.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including SDI AOP, UBS, Climeworks, AXA, Moody’s RMS, Fathom, Reask, Carbon Direct, Genpact and Climate Vault. . Swiss bank UBS has signed a ten-year agreement with Climeworks ,?a

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including ISS ESG, MSCI, Persefoni, PwC, Workiva, 9fin, Sphera, and Liquidnet. . Data, analytics and research services provider MSCI has launched Risk Insights, the first module of a new analytics platform, MSCI Insights.

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