Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Sovereign green, social and sustainable bond (GSS) issuance has grown rapidly in recent years, but these bonds still only account for 5% of total outstanding sovereign debt. In addition, this helps develop sustainable finance in their home markets. We expect continued growth and diversification in this sector.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

Sturgeon joins from consultancy firm Mott MacDonald, where she worked as the Regenerative Design and Climate Change Practice Lead for the APAC region. Amanda Sturgeon has been appointed CEO of Built by Nature , a network and grant-making fund founded by the Laudes Foundation to accelerate timber building across the UK and Europe.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Separate from the US$100 billion per annum in climate finance pledged by rich countries, the Loss and Damage Fund was the surprise hit of COP27 , agreed with the aim of compensating the developing countries most at risk from the physical impacts of climate change already ‘locked in’.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Banks and financial institutions, for example, will need to observe the complex and evolving web of new sanctions with more rigour than some have managed their compliance obligations in the past. Sectors dependent on discretionary spending suffered, but defensive investments will not be comfortable either.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“It is about protecting investors, so that when they think what they are buying is a sustainable investment, it really is,” said Elena Tedesco, Portfolio Manager at Vontobel, the private bank and asset management group. “It It is the same product protection, in a way, as that enjoyed by champagne.”.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

What really resonated with me was the fact that I would always have conversations with friends or family about climate change, and I would either be given one of two answers: that either it doesn’t exist, or that someday either technology or ‘they’ would solve the problem," Battochio says. . LinkedIn | Twitter.

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