ESG Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Claims ESG investors “push a social and political agenda shrouded in secrecy” Investment and finance giants BlackRock, Credit Suisse and UBS are among a list of ten financial companies published by Texas as subject to potential divestment for boycotting energy companies.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The researchers develop and test multiple measures of biodiversity risk and related business exposure, including through a survey of financial and policy professionals, news coverage ( New York Times coverage of biodiversity developments), 10-K analysis, and others. So quantifying biodiversity risk is paramount.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 18, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements GM Signs its Largest Renewable Energy Deal KLA Sets New 2030 Scope 3 Goal to Reduce Emissions from Use of Products Meta Signs PPAs with RWE to Power Data Centers, Offices from New U.S.

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Tobias Webb

MARCH 22, 2022

Likewise, companies in all sectors have been rushing to divest of holdings in Russia , or halt operations there. The question is whether these developments the a priori good things which they are presented as being, or is the situation actually rather more nuanced?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2023

Timing and influencing the market are vital considerations for asset owners when divesting ESG assets. Since the success of the South African apartheid divestment campaign in the 1980s, investors must contend with similar pressure on other ESG issues, such as the growth of campaigns encouraging them to exit fossil fuels or tobacco.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2022

More than half of divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) last year were the result of unacceptable social and governance-related risks. A clothing manufacturer in a developed market will be subject to more stringent requirements for environmental performance and labour rights than one in an emerging market,” it noted.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The dataset is developed by multiplying a company’s most recent year-end revenues by its clean revenue estimate, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights Research. Cement carbon laggards Companies in the cement industry that were divested by NBIM. 137 City Developments Ltd Singapore Real Estate. Source: CK) 1. Source: CK) 1.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The four wind farms – Hornsea 1, Hornsea 2, Walney Extension, and Burbo Bank Extension – have a total combined capacity of 3.5 The deal marks the latest in a series of large-scale clean energy transactions for Brookfield, including the recent acquisitions of a majority stake in France-based renewable energy developer Neoen for $6.6

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Deutsche Bank Ties Senior Exec Compensation to Loan Book Decarbonization Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Carbon Accounting and Management Startup Greenly Raises $52 Million Fullerton Fund Management Raises $100 Million for Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Private Equity Fund KKR Acquires Majority Stake in U.S.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in, says Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow and co-author of the Carbon Clean 200 report that accompanies the ranking. They include sustainably certified tech hardware, electric vehicles and electric rail equipment.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As a member of the Executive Committee, Gwenaelle will preside over developing and deploying strategic, sustainability and quality & customer satisfaction initiatives, while steering all mergers, acquisitions and divestment activities globally. as a consultant. as a consultant.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Change is already underway within the fossil fuel industry, as developments in the Netherlands, United States and Australia indicate.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Analyze opportunities: Take action and develop a low carbon transition plan and create a resilience strategy and investment plan for facilities. This step will help you identify the riskiest physical locations and products to divest from and access public incentives.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This appears to be growing, with increasing numbers in the latter camp moving further in the opposite direction, favouring divestment over engagement – at least as far as the highest emitters are concerned. This is why the UK has also taken a leading role with France in a global advisory panel to support their development.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Several Vanguard funds were included in a list of funds subject to potential divestment by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, based on criteria that included having a commitment to climate-focused groups such as the Net Zero Banking Alliance or Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 19, 2024

Divestment has typically been used as a last resort by investors, as remaining invested in green energy is often critical to them. “By Earlier this year, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) paid €600 million (US$651.4 million) for a 49% stake in a 1.3-gigawatt

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

billion pension pool has set climate targets for fossil fuel majors and banks and will vote against board chairs if they are not met, with divestment viewed as a last resort. This includes banks that have not sufficiently integrated targets, decarbonisation strategy, or climate policy engagement into business strategy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

These are defined as financing or enabling: The development and scaling of climate solutions; Assets or companies already aligned to a 1.5 In 2022, GFANZ identified four strategies necessary for financing a whole economy transition to net zero, which collectively comprise “Transition Finance.”

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

BloombergNEF has analyzed these and other key developments, and here we look forward to what might be coming in 2023. US developers are waiting for guidance on the generous Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. The divestment movement will wane. Oil – The return of China. That should change in 2023. Distribution Settings Markup.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 19, 2024

Divestment has typically been used as a last resort by investors, as remaining invested in green energy is often critical to them. “By By divesting from or choosing not to invest in solar energy, we do not address the underlying issues – we avoid them,” Raphaela Schmid, Head of ESG and Sustainability at SUSI Partners, told ESG Investor.

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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. 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. Water and Waste make up 14 and six percent, respectively.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The resources included deep-dive guidelines for seven sectors – including asset owners, asset managers and banks; high-level guidance for 30 sectors of the global economy; and advice on how to undertake a transition planning cycle. At the core of the centre’s thinking is the integrated transition-planning ecosystem.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

The net zero race The former MP also emphasised the importance of the Global Stocktake , and the development of new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, which need to be submitted by 2025 with detailed sectoral commitments.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Head of Sustainability at CDPQ Bertrand Millot highlights the pension fund’s focus on decarbonising the real economy, as well as comprehensively divesting from the oil industry. In addition to divesting from oil, CDPQ plans to deepen its practice in the biodiversity space and expand the scope of its commitments in nature-positive themes.

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Chris Hall

MAY 3, 2022

The NGO even suggests asset managers are “actively maintaining the status quo by backing fossil fuel companies’ management despite inadequate climate strategies and plans to develop new fossil fuel projects”. This is despite most of the banks in question and a great many asset managers being members of these coalitions.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Revelations about continued fossil fuel financing by the bank are likely to further increase calls for change, starting at the top. Divestment from Russian investments was a complex affair and an incomplete one.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

As a result, companies, funds and investment managers developing and implementing ESG policies and programmes must understand and navigate this increasingly complex legal landscape. Other states have passed or introduced legislation designed to divest from industries like fossil fuels. ESG states. One group of anti?ESG

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

UK-based campaign group the Fair Tax Foundation is seeking feedback from investors on the development of responsible tax conduct key performance indicators (KPIs) for companies. Investor input sought as countries start to demand greater tax transparency from corporates.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 26, 2023

But this is a way to put pressure on Amazon that you also see in resolutions at their annual general meetings (AGMs).” Earlier this year, Danish pension fund PBU divested Amazon over issues with labour rights after five years of engagement. We’re totally aware of that.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The International Energy Agency estimates that US$1 trillion a year to 2050 will need to be spent in developing economies to achieve net-zero GHG emissions. However, only about US$150 billion has been earmarked on the balance sheets of sovereigns or multilateral banks to address this issue – resulting in a US$850 billion annual financing gap.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The ILO said the crisis had undermined progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 10 – reduce inequalities within and among countries. Those undecided between maintaining dialogue and divesting – on financial or ethical grounds – might benefit from reading a new analysis commissioned by UK asset owner Border to Coast.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

For steel and cement, although the first sites are under development, there are to date no commercial scale sites for zero or close to zero emissions production. Oil and gas- divest or engage? It is crucial to engage with value chains. Aaron Maltais concludes.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

In June, the Church of England Pensions Board (CoEPB) and Church Commissioners announced that they will divest from oil and gas firms for failing to align with climate goals. However, individual, specific, and isolated divestments do not make a significant difference due to the abundance of liquidity in the market. billion (US$13.2

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Many companies were banking on interest rates remaining low and stable inflation, as well as the nature of the business and regulatory environment remaining essentially the same. But all that changed when the Bank of England began raising interest rates in late 2021. “It

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Overlooking corruption in their investment frameworks exposes investors to numerous risks, but also prevents them from raising standards of business integrity and supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDGs and emerging markets. trillion, a 50% increase since Covid-19 began.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Carbon Tracker developed a Global Registry of Fossil Fuels in 2022 to serve as a public database of emissions from fossil fuel reserves and production worldwide and track their impact on the global carbon budget.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

NBIM , the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, voiced concern about the size and structure of the deal, while Amalgamated Bank, the New York City Comptroller and CalSTRS indicated their intention to vote against it at this week’s AGM. Fellow Californian public pension scheme CalPERS, owner of 9.2

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