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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

RIA CEO Pat Fletcher sees this adjustment as a welcome development. . While a $200-billion drop against $3.2 trillion seems like a modest decline, the fall in RI’s share of total Canadian assets under management (all assets professionally managed for clients) was significant, plunging from 62% of $5.1

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System change investing: High impact, high return

GreenBiz

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The process involves rating companies on system change performance, and then using this research for positive screening, negative screening, engagement and other ESG/SRI strategies. I developed several models, including introductory, action-focused and whole system approaches.

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SFDR Update “Does not Kill Innovation” – AllianzGI

Chris Hall

In the months leading up to Level 2, some asset managers opted to downgrade various funds to Article 8 to avoid accusations of greenwashing. The second binding element aims to more meaningfully connect sustainability to the manager’s product strategy.

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This Week’s Fund News: DWS Launches ESG Fund for Women, by Women

Chris Hall

The fund won’t be limited to green bonds, instead spanning across the corporate and credit universe, including renewable energy, not-for-profit hospitals and development banks. Classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), it closed at €300 million, over its original target size of €225 million.

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This Week’s Fund News: Invesco Rebadges UK Companies Fund as Sustainable

Chris Hall

The actively management equity portfolio will now incorporate sustainability factors to positive screen companies across a wide range of industries without solely relying on exclusions. “In Invesco has rebadged its Invesco UK Companies fund as the Invesco Sustainable UK Companies fund.