Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. Focus on nature.

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Net Zero UNEP Greenwashing Banking 98

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. Launched in 2021, it is a multi-thematic Article 9 fund, meaning it has distinct sustainability objectives. billion tonnes.

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Waste UNEP Global Economy Development 81

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

DSM excluded from ESG portfolios Many investors and financial institutions have excluded DSM from their definitions of sustainable investment. The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) issued guidance on sustainable blue economy bonds, explicitly excluding DSM. The post Is There an ESG Case for Deep-sea Mining?

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UNEP Sustainable Investment Banking Development 78

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Her Triple B Framework – an approach to blended finance incorporating behavioural change and greater alignment of different types of capital – underpins the Bahamas Sustainable Investment Programme , announced at Clinton Global Initiative in September and in Dubai during COP28.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For sustainable investment professionals, reporting against the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) or the Task Force on Climate-related Financia Disclosures, stewardship code disclosures, and standardised, comparable corporate reporting are now part of the day job. Real economy impact.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The TNFD’s LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) has proved a popular and easy-to-apply methodology for helping companies report their sustainable investing activities in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosures or regulatory directives such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Climate Change UNEP Sustainable Investment Corporate Financiers 59

Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1 trillion investment in adaptation measures [9]. For many institutional investors, physical risks remain ‘terra incognita’.

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