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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Pierre-Laurent Macridis 28, Montreal head of strategy, corporate development & impact, Fondaction Asset Management Pierre-Laurent Macridis tries to develop solutions that will tackle a problem in the most efficient way. His work has catalyzed more than $500 million in impact investing, primarily targeted toward climate change.

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What Is Sustainable Finance?

B the Change

From a company’s perspective, sustainable finance refers to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR refers to the set of corporate activities that improve human or environmental well-being. Intentionality means that investors intend to make a positive environmental or social impact through their investments.

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What is Ethical Consumerism?

Steven Mintz

For starters, you can conduct research on what type of investments your bank holds. Many of the largest banks are major investors in the fossil fuel industry. You may find several of the investments in your own portfolio are in companies that participate in unethical practices. Barriers to Ethical Consumerism.

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Asia Wakes Up to Blue Finance Regulation

Chris Hall

Financing gaps The climate case for investing more in protecting ocean and coastal ecosystems is inarguable; ocean-based climate solutions could reduce the global greenhouse gas emissions gap by up to 35% on a 1.5°C

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New Research From ACCP Highlights Lack of Diversity in Corporate Social Impact Industry

3BL Media

The findings are part of a research report, Advancing Equity in the Corporate Social Impact Profession. Provide pathways for growth and upward mobility by differentially investing in developmental opportunities for corporate social impact professionals of color.

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Strengthening the ‘Environment’ Component of ESG: How Financial Institutions Can Bring Green Financing into the Mainstream in India

James Militzer

The latest Fair Finance India Policy Assessment 2020 noted this discrepancy, highlighting that assessed banks in India have scored highest on the themes of financial inclusion, followed by corruption and transparency and accountability, whereas they have scored very poorly on the environment theme, which includes climate change and nature.

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Changing the Profitability Paradigm: A Key Report Aims to Rally Global Investors Behind a Sustainable Approach to Finance

James Militzer

And internationally, the Basel Accords were updated in the wake of that crisis, building upon the ongoing efforts of several key global economies to strengthen banking supervision and thereby promote stability in the financial world. This paradigm shift is what the Impact Finance Barometer is all about.

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