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Nasdaq 2022 Sustainability Report: Supporting the Investment Community

3BL Media

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

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This Week’s People Moves: Simpson Steps Down as CDP CEO

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CDP, Loomis Sayles, UKSIF, Built by Nature, Arcadian AM, London Pensions Fund Authority and PLSA. Prior to joining, Stevenson was Head of Business Development at Neuron Advisers, a boutique quantitative alternative investment firm.

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Take Five: No More Hot Air

Chris Hall

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’. Let’s hope it’s not just more hot air.

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UK Green Labels to Raise Fund Standards

Chris Hall

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It It is the same product protection, in a way, as that enjoyed by champagne.”. They are looking at it very much from a consumer perspective.”.

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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

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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This Week’s Fund News: HSBC AM Targets Circular Economy, Exits Coal

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including HSBC AM, Invesco, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Janus Henderson and Mirova. .

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Roundtable: In Pursuit of Value, not Values

Chris Hall

Fiduciary duty is driving the growth of sustainable investing in the US. In early November, with both COP27 and the US midterm elections looming, a group of sustainable investment experts joined ESG Investor in New York to consider the evolving US regulatory landscape for sustainable investing.