ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Capital markets technology and exchange company Nasdaq announced today the launch of two new ESG data offerings for corporates and investors, including sustainability data collection, measurement and reporting platform Nasdaq Metrio, and portfolio impact transparency solution eVestment ESG Analytics.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Lee, who heads sustainable and impact investing in the Americas for UBS Global Wealth Management, will join ImpactAlpha editor David Bank at an exclusive Agents of Impact gathering next week. Paul’s creativity economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Cisco CSR

JUNE 4, 2025

Supported by Cisco, this initiative uses data analytics and NFC technology to maximize impact. Food4Education's Tap2Eat system uses wearable tech to provide nutritious meals to over 500,000 Kenyan school children, improving academic attendance and performance.

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ESG Today

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2020, New York-based BlueMark was launched as a spinoff from women-owned impact investing consultancy Tideline, in order to help bring accountability and trust in the impact investment process. This investment represents a step forward in enhancing market participants’ access to impact-focused insights.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 12, 2025

The experience of funds over the next few months could shape the discussion about whether a more precise impact label needs to be included in the EUs revised rules. Funds data and analytics provider Morningstar Sustainalytics predicts that between 30% and 50% of in-scope funds will change name as a result of ESMAs new guidelines.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The market for impact investing surpassed USD $1 trillion in assets worldwide in 2021, according to the Global Impact Investing Network. UNEP FI works with the finance industry to mainstream impact analysis and management in business and finance, to help close the SDG funding gap. “We

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Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2025

Ben Howard-Cooper, Head of ESG Analytics and Research at Infranity, explains how the emerging impact in infrastructure space is delivering impact alongside returns. The global impact investing market has experienced remarkable growth, with assets under management surpassing US$1.5

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2023

“A ton of climate tech companies are working on solutions that leverage AI,” says Ariel Sharir, an impact investing analyst at The Atmospheric Fund. “It Ariel Sharir, impact investing analyst, The Atmospheric Fund In architecture, some firms are incorporating analytics and AI into their computer-aided design platforms.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2024, we implemented a new Meter Data Management system, centralizing and validating meter data for billing, analytics, and customer use. Finally, we introduced an advanced data and analytics platform that unifies customer and meter data, making advanced analytics faster and more efficient. per share.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We are delighted the available resources are being used to help to mainstream impact management, and to accelerate the transition to an economy that helps deliver the SDGs.”

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

We look for partners who are developing tools and platforms to help us deliver the experience our clients need, want and deserve; who are shaping the future of health and wellness; and who are bringing new technologies and enhanced analytics to market.

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3BL Media

JUNE 27, 2024

There was an even spread of use-cases including focusing on using third-party ratings, scores or related research (20%), focusing on impact investing (19%), and focusing on building quantitative strategies that utilize ESG data alongside other financial considerations (18%).

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2022

Accenture Invests in ESG Measurement Platform PulsESG. Allfunds Acquires ESG Investment Services and Analytics Provider Mainstreet Partners. Amundi Expands “ESG Improvers” Investment Range with New Emerging Markets Fund. Schroders Launches Natural Capital Impact Investment Manager with Conservation International.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

“Family offices are seeing an increasing demand, given their ingrained culture around philanthropy combined with generational change and a more sophisticated approach to impact investing,” said Paddy Balfour, executive director at Acre, a specialised recruitment firm for sustainability-related roles.

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3BL Media

MAY 6, 2024

A selection of highlights from the 2023 Impact Report include: Environmental Impact Reducing emissions in line with a 1.5°C A selection of highlights from the 2023 Impact Report include: Environmental Impact Reducing emissions in line with a 1.5°C

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The new platform is being launched with backing from global alternative asset firm TPG, with a $300 million capital commitment from its climate-focused investment strategy TPG Climate Rise , and its impact investing strategy, The Rise Fund.

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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2023

I feel very fortunate because the role requires me to collaborate with so many groups across Engineering, Data, UX, News & Research, Sales, Analytics, Marketing, Communications and also with many other Product teams. What’s changed is that the majority of our customers now integrate ESG factors into their investment process.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Terence Nahar joins as Head of Investment Research and Emma Douglas as Senior Stewardship Analyst.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Building Intelligence Company Infogrid Acquires ESG Analytics Provider Aquicore. ESG Investing. Vanguard Launches Fund Investing in Low-Carbon Transition Opportunities. LeapFrog Investments Launches Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Investment Strategy. ESG Services and Tools. Exec Moves. Trillion.

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3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2024

A selection of highlights from the 2023 Impact Report include: Environmental Impact Reducing emissions in line with a 1.5°C A selection of highlights from the 2023 Impact Report include: Environmental Impact Reducing emissions in line with a 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Narina Mnatsakanian has been appointed in the newly created role of Head of Impact Investing at UBS Asset Management. In her new role, Mnatsakanian will be responsible for expanding the firm’s impact investing offering, research and impact measurement capabilities.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2024

Growing pains – Fund data and analytics firm Morningstar marked the 20 th anniversary of the coining of the term ‘ESG’ this week, with an extended essay describing its evolution and pondering its future. Meanwhile, the country once known for its bacon and bloody royal successions is likely to see a further decline in pork exports.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 18, 2023

October 18, 2023 /3BL/ - Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, has released the latest round of company assessments against its newly updated Net Zero Company Benchmark, drawing on distinct analytical methodologies and datasets from public and self-disclosed data from companies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

Net Purpose, a data analytics platform for impact investors, is expanding its team and capabilities, while looking at new technologies to help align investments to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Net Purpose expands capabilities, views AI as essential to handle proliferation of sustainability data.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

What do entities need to be prioritising to best inform investment and lending decisions?

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Liudmila Strakodonskaya, Responsible Investment Analyst, AXA IM, said: "Nature protection is a challenge that needs to be addressed to preserve the existence of our societies and global economies. Columbia Threadneedle is pleased to be a founding member of this important initiative.”.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The final frontier of impact science is not just structured data, it’s how you use it. Structured data supercharges analytics such as meta-analysis, predictive analytics, benchmarking, and matching. We’ve also been working on this at Impact Genome Project. Prediction, Matching, and Benchmarking.

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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.

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Chris Hall

MAY 23, 2023

The European Commission’s (EC) responses to questions raised by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) on SFDR do not “kill our ability to innovate”, but asset managers must develop more “proof points” with analytics and KPIs to demonstrate the strength of their products, said Thomas Roulland, Head of Sustainability Standards and Analytics at (..)

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

Led by Matt Christensen , Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, the unit will combine existing equity and debt investing expertise with a newly created impact measurement and management capability. Impact investing is fast-growing out of its niche.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

He has also previously held roles at the Global Impact Investing Net work and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank initiative. With over 30 years’ experience in sustainable investing, Kuh has previously held roles at KLD Research and Analytics, RiskMetrics Group and Benchmark ESG Consulting.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

Aquaculture offers investors “something rare: uncorrelated, persistent, green risk-adjusted returns”, says Grant Cavanaugh, CIO of Scoot Science , an ocean analytics and forecasting company focused on creating the first transparent, comprehensive, data-driven tools for measuring the impact and risk of ocean conditions on salmon farms globally.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2022

There is no clear global market consensus or regulatory guidance on how short positions should be treated when aggregating the ESG attributes of long-short portfolios, said analytics and research company MSCI.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

The end-to-end solution provides portfolio level analytics with full transparency to underlying holdings’ ESG, impact, and UN SDG performance. “Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

Ortec Finance, a provider of risk and return management technology and solutions, develops a broad range of scenarios and long-range projections on how the climate crisis could impact investments. Scoot Science , a specialist developer of ocean analytics and related risk and finance tools, has closed a US$4.1

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It found in its Global Not-for-Profit Investment Survey that charitable investors view private markets as the biggest opportunity for higher returns over the coming years, alongside the ability to embed ESG factors, with diversification away from traditional asset classes being high on the agenda for trustees.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Prior to joining Fidelity, Cliff was Head of Climate at global investment manager M&G Investments, where he led its climate strategy and transition plan. This included the creation of the firm’s net zero investment framework, portfolio analytics tool, scenario modelling and climate reporting.

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