ESG Today

MAY 13, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced the launch of two new SDG-focused fixed income funds, including Fidelity Funds 2 – Sustainable Social Bond Fund, and Fidelity Funds 2 – Sustainable Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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ESG Today

JUNE 10, 2024

Sustainability-focused asset management firm Candriam announced today the launch of the Candriam Sustainable Equity Water Fund, a new actively managed fund aimed at investing in companies pursuing and developing solutions to reduce pressures on water resources caused by human activities.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2022

UK-based investment company abrdn announced today the transition of three SICAV funds, including its flagship Asia Pacific Equity Fund, to sustainable investment products classified as Article 8 (products promoting environmental or social characteristics) under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave? Amidst four concurrent crises — health, economic, race relations and climate — one stand-out 2020 development has been the rebound of major stock markets and, particularly, the growing performance and prominence of environment, social and governance (ESG) traded funds.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The dramatic growth of sustainable portfolios has raised big questions for investors. Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The European Commissions DG FISMA has emphasised the merits of replacing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations (SFDR) existing Article 8 and Article 9 labels with formal categories based on clearer criteria. Therefore, replacing this current framework with actual categories with clear criteria is a possibility.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2022

(pictured above) Over time and with much, sometimes painful, lived experience, we began to realize that not only should program and investment not exist separately but sometimes there were important learnings to be achieved when they were contemplated together. Read more about aobut the learnings in this article. .

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fidelity International said: “We welcome the introduction of SDR and see it as an important stage in the development of sustainable investing in the UK, giving investors greater confidence to allocate to sustainable funds.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 15, 2025

Amr Abdel-Aziz, Chairman of Integral Consult in Egypt, added, COP is where decisions impacting climate, development, and economies are made. Check out more from his perspective in an article here. While the figure sounds monumental, the real valueadjusted for inflation and contributions from developing nationsis more modest.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Financial flows are changing, with public and private funding gravitating towards net-zero, sustainable investments. His credo was: "To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art; study the art of science. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The new funds are classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicating that they have sustainable investment as their objective. As we work towards a more sustainable planet, Solactive is dedicated to the continued development of investment solutions that cater to that.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

institutional investors, and 91 percent across six global markets, expect their firm to increase prioritization of ESG as an investment criterion, according to a recent Edelman Trust Barometer survey of institutional investors. Finance & Investing. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Market participants flag importance of double materiality to enhance Article 8/9 definition alignment, stress need to recognise transition strategies. Risk of uncertainty French asset manager Mirova’s response said the current definition of Article 8 products is “too broad”, while the definition of Article 9 is “too narrow”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 3, 2024

Fidelity International has made revisions to its sustainable investing framework to adjust to a changing ESG regulatory landscape, aiming to provide investors with greater transparency on its funds. ESG Target’ is the most robust of the three categories, and applies Article 8 and Article 9-classified SFF funds.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Fabio Poli, Business Development Manager at RiverRock European Capital Partners, explains how innovative use of data and technology is supporting ESG integration. Article 8 of SFDR, which governs funds promoting ESG characteristics, represents one of the critical junctions for the sector. trillion (US$4.5

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

Sustainable cafeterias might be replaced with high-waste food delivery services. . Another factor that contributes to more sustainability investment on large corporate campuses is that they are either owned by the company or are in long-term lease agreements, sometimes up to 20 years. Sponsored Article. Built Environment.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2024

Re-categorisation marks latest shift to bolster sustainable investment and analytical resources, as focus on smaller firms offers greater impact for investors. The shift means Matthews’ funds now comprise 14 Article 8 funds, and one Article 9 fund, as designated under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

Nana Skari Maidugu has been named Personality of the year in Environmental Finance s Sustainable Investment Awards, for her role in embedding sustainability at the heart of one of Africas most influential sovereign wealth funds. billion core portfolio. We had always considered environmental and social factors," she says.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 3, 2024

A rebound in Article 8 and 9 products over past year leaves sustainable funds accounting for the majority of the German market, according to Scope Ratings. This means the number and assets under management (AUM) of light green (Article 8) and dark green (Article 9) products had increased again so far this year.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2022

Delays to corporate sustainability reporting legislation makes investor assessments more challenging, says Clarity AI. . Equity funds labelled as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are no more aligned with the environmental taxonomy than non-ESG funds, according to Clarity AI. .

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

RIA CEO Pat Fletcher sees this adjustment as a welcome development. . The growing trend to reclassify RI assets is happening around the world as regulators become more conscious of potential greenwashing and move against asset managers who cannot substantiate their responsible or sustainable investment claims. .

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Read Tim's informative article here - [link]. Tweet me: Tapping the Catalytic Capital Potential of Donor Advised Funds by Tim Freundlich of ImpactAssets -- [link] || #impinv #philanthropy #donoradvisedfunds #climatesolutions #socap22 @ImpactAssets.

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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3BL Media

AUGUST 3, 2022

Global urbanization offers a time-limited opportunity to work towards widespread climate-resilient development and transformational adaptation. Read Cynthia's full article, featuring JLL's latest research study and their new Global Sustainability Report, here - [link].

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Northern European financial services company SEB announced the launch of the SEB Global Sustainable Companies Fund, a new index-linked global fund investing only in companies that are classified as “sustainable,” while aiming to generate a return and risk profile in line with its underlying benchmark.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

ESG analytics and data science platform Clarity AI announced today a new partnership with financial markets data and infrastructure provider and LSEG company Refinitiv to develop a new tool to help LSEG customers comply with SFDR reporting requirements.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

After months of contentious debate, the EU agreed to add natural gas and nuclear to its EU taxonomy, the official list of acceptable sustainable investments to help Europe finance its ambitious climate goals. By 2022, the conversation around nuclear was shifting around the globe. congressional hearings in the 1980s.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Sustainable Index and EFT methodology enables index and ETF providers to build, define and/or market products that fall within the European Union’s definition of Sustainable Investment, outlined in Article 2(17) of the SFDR.

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 27, 2025

Lack of reliable data hindering investment in the Global South, says AXA 27 June 2025 A lack of reliable data is preventing asset managers from committing to sustainable investing in the developing markets, AXA has said.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends. GSAM stated that the themes represent sectors where it has observed secular demand and growth opportunity for cost-effective solutions needed by organizations looking to achieve their sustainability goals.

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ESG Today

JULY 4, 2024

The new ETF will track the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Green Low Carbon Target Select UCITS Capped Index. According to FTSE Russell, the index aims to support investors seeking to integrate sustainable investment considerations into their listed real estate portfolios.

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3BL Media

JUNE 6, 2022

Consumers in developed countries woke up to what was being degraded, ecologically and culturally, by the advent of highly-processed food. Then, Slow Money came on the scene to address the investing side of things. Read Woody's full article here - [link]. ==. Community supported agriculture and farmers’ markets expanded.

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3BL Media

MARCH 7, 2022

But, invest in what, exactly? . Find out more in their full article here - [link]. Tweet me: Navigating the Canals of Water Investing by Garvin Jabusch and Betsy Moszeter of Green Alpha Advisors -- [link] || #water #ESG #impinv #climatechange #nexteconomy @AlphaVerde.

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ESG Today

APRIL 11, 2024

Through our benchmark offering, we aim to unleash the power of data to increase transparency around the performance of ESG funds to enable more opportunities for capital to flow to sustainable investments”.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Many have cited the past year as an inflection point for sustainable investing. Finance & Investing. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Sustainable investment growth equity platform Planet First Partners announced today that it has raised €450 million at the second close of its second funding round, following the latest commitment to the fund by Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA parent Ingka Group.

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