Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Within the SFDR, Article 9 funds represent a significant opportunity for investors that look for rapid abatement and sustainable land use practices combined with strong returns on investment in the medium to long term. SFDR offers three main classifications: Article 6, Article 8, and Article 9.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 18, 2023

Pension and private wealth fund managers would have incentive to divest from carbon-polluting investments out of a fiduciary duty to their clients. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Jared Starr is a sustainability scientist at UMass Amherst.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Nordea’s divestment, along with pressure from other institutions, such as Norwegian pension fund KPL, led to a pledge from JBS to use blockchain to monitor its entire supply chain by 2025, including the problematic "indirect suppliers" that have been linked to illegal deforestation. Sponsored Article. Finance & Investing. Biodiversity.

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Tobias Webb

MARCH 22, 2022

In recent times, the blog has become more of an outlet for longer form writing (700 word plus articles, is that long form these days?) with articles co-authored by my friend and colleague Peter Stanbury. We’ll also post links to podcasts, given they are pretty popular format.

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B the Change

APRIL 3, 2023

In this article, I describe what I learned about how investors react to regulation and what that means for companies, regulators, and investors. When environmental regulations, such as the NAAQS, come into effect, investors know it means their companies will take a hit — so, they divest. I’ve focused my Ph.D. This sell-off can be big.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

Indeed, nearly half (49%) of investors globally would divest from companies that are not taking sufficient action on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. For example, when customers visit Trilogy Fashion’s website, they can view the carbon emissions associated with the production of each article of clothing.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Invesco Energy Transition Fund, an Article 9 fund previously known as Invesco Energy Fund, stands out for its largest in class fossil fuel exposure reduction (down 87%), in the report. Say for example a [rebranded fund] is divesting from a certain sector, but that sector has a transitional focus, then the fund cannot divest radically.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

billion in divestment from banks backing the project and nearly $1.4 This article originally appeared in Grist. One analysis from researchers at First Peoples Worldwide at the University of Colorado at Boulder estimated that resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline drove the project cost upwards of $7.5 That includes more than $4.3

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Disputing divestment. We cannot just divest from fossil fuels; we need a fair and just transition to the net zero economy.”. And McMurdo’s caution about divestment is not limited to the energy sectors. For me to divest from any sector, I have to be clear that I am able to fulfil completely on the principle.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Labelled as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the fund is targeting fixed income and other similar securities issued by emerging markets-based companies that are contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2023

“This means that [energy renovations in buildings] is not yet classified as wholly sustainable and – as stated by both the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – cannot be included in Article 9 funds [under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) ],” she said.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Other states have passed or introduced legislation designed to divest from industries like fossil fuels. ESG states has passed or introduced laws requiring divestment from companies that “boycott” the fossil fuel industry. 4] Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies , ABC News (Dec.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

This step will help you identify the riskiest physical locations and products to divest from and access public incentives. You can also divest from risky assets and manage risk within the supply chain. Investments from the community can be made in a way that benefits everybody.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

However, as we highlight in this article, given the urgency and based on historical evidence , this requires evolving practices from investors to make it more powerful and effective. engagement, divestment & exclusions, climate solution financing, and (within) sector reallocation. It’s time to evolve. Mitigation strategies incl.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The following article is based on a presentation I gave last year to my classmates and friends during my MBA at Presidio Graduate School. Ending fossil fuels subsidies and divesting away from coal will put the final nails in the coffin. Numbers have been updated with current figures. Current situation. Our future can be coal-free.

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Despite many pension funds declaring their frustration at laggardly transition planning in the sector, as engagement yields limited results, divestment still seems to be the hardest word. One contented customer commented under an article in The Times on Shell’s latest windfall profits: “ Well done to both BP and Shell.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Covid-19 gave us a glimpse of how assets can be repriced in emissions-intensive sectors and the bounce back bounty in coal and oil and gas has been very unwelcome in fossil fuel divested funds, but none of it matters any more.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

From companies looking to select cleaner manufacturing suppliers, to investors seeking to divest from polluting industries, to consumers making choices about which businesses to patronize, one thing is clear: a reliable way to measure where emissions are coming from is necessary," they wrote. Sponsored Article. Innovation. Technology.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2022

Do they divest so the poorly performing assets are no longer on their books? The climate delegated act of the taxonomy has outlined that, for building renovation to be considered a sustainable economic activity, it needs to achieve 30% energy saving and comply with minimum energy performance requirements. . “In Hunziker said. .

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

Nevertheless, the article led to a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) debate where Jacobson convincingly championed the report’s findings. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org To read more about Jacobson’s home, check out these articles in Dwell , InHabitat and BoneStructure. He received a M.S.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Given the rise of passive index investing, supporting government action in carbon-intensive sectors is essential, as leading financial firms favor continued investment over sector level divestment. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Contributors.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To help lift some of this pressure, in this article, I summarise important research on the effectiveness of ESG engagement and what is required to increase it. “No If divesting from harmful industries, communicate this publicly. No man is an island”. Vote shares and engage with investees and screen holdings on transparent ESG criteria.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

It confirms the material importance of divesting from fossil fuels and decarbonising real estate.” . “[REPowerEU] shapes the transition trajectory and brings forward the urgency to act,” says Zsolt Toth, Senior Project Manager at the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). “It

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Large institutional investors have taken divergent approaches to managing the climate risks in their portfolios, with some pension funds divesting fossil fuel holdings. Nietsch agreed: “Nature issues tend to be so complex and systemic that divestment may have less of an effect than it might for climate.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. To learn out more, can read these articles. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 7, 2021

This article assess the impacts for the solar panel supply chain. Such actions could be a prelude to forced divestment or non-investment in companies that do not provide sufficient transparency on labor issues to their publicly traded customers or as a prelude to expanded sanctions targeting these companies. In other words, the U.S.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The finance industry will also realize that truly green assets – like those meeting EU’s Article 9 category – are too few to green the entire economy. The divestment movement will wane. The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:05. Type of Content. Standard Format.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Rooke says these are “encouraging signs” and asserts that GFANZ’s focus is on engaging with carbon-intensive firms rather than divestment. “We State Street declined to comment for this article. We are focusing on helping companies to manage their phase out through achievable and transparent transition plans.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

This is relevant both to UK pension funds considering their approach to TCFD target setting and for those in the EU hoping to obtain article 8 or 9 classification under the Sustainability Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)”. “Investing in green bonds ensures that capital is supporting progress towards climate change targets.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This can be far easier at the commodities level than at the company level, which often degenerates into a complex jurisdictional or commodity divestment discussion that shuts doors rather than opens them. Divestment hasn’t worked as a theory of change and for large investors never could work once Scope 3 emissions were accounted for.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

While at Tufts University, from which he received a bachelor’s in international relations and economics, Dowd was involved with the school’s fossil fuels divestment campaign and interned in the Obama White House. Finding herself the only Black person in the student divestment group, everything clicked. "I Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

And the mayors of 12 cities — representing 36 million residents — announced their plans to divest from fossil fuels. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. That's what we need to move entire industries to support taking action on the climate crisis.

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Richard Matthews

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

University activists are increasingly citing the oil and gas industry’s targeting of kids in the classroom as another reason to divest from fossil fuels. The divestment solution. Divestment is an increasingly popular approach to combating the fossil fuel industry’s influence. The case for divestment is persuasive.

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