Environmental Finance

MAY 30, 2024

A senior adviser to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is working on making its 'green' foreign exchange (FX) hub launched with Brazil earlier this year scalable for other countries as a means to reduce hedging costs for investors and boosting sustainable investment to emerging markets.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Carmignac , NBIM, Chronos Sustainability, RBC BlueBay, the IA and EQ Investors. French asset manager Carmignac has appointed Lloyd McAllister as Head of Sustainable Investment.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including OTPP, IOSCO, Legal & General, AXA IM, Persefoni and UKSIF. . Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has appointed Anna Murray as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Private banking and asset management company Edmond de Rothschild announced today the appointment of Nathalie Wallace as Chief Sustainability Officer. She is a highly qualified professional who will strongly contribute to the further development of our ESG strategy, to which we have long been committed.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU lawmakers agree to delay sustainability reporting standards for specific sectors, non-EU companies; HSBC launches net zero transition plan; BlackRock invests $500 million in clean energy infrastructure developer; GRI launches biodiversity reporting standard; Capgemini survey finds most business leaders plan to increase sustainability (..)

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Signals: Ahead of the Curve Climate finance gains momentum at international development banks. The world’s largest multilateral bank will no longer fund fossil fuel projects post-2022. The European Investment Bank is on a new strategy to unlock $1.1

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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2024

The green loan was provided by a consortium including 23 commercial banks, in addition to the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), who are both supported by the European Commission’s InvestEU programme , which mobilizes investment towards sustainable investment, innovation and job creation in Europe.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Tumelo, DSD Lab, Exabel, YoujiVest, R3 and Hope for Justice. . The EBA ESG Pillar 3 disclosure standards are a mandatory requirement for banks with securities traded on a regulated market of any EU member state.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Based in France, Boussem will lead Flexstone’s sustainability strategy and responsible investment approach, focusing on developing Flexstone’s in-house ESG investing framework, stewardship strategy, and product offering. She will report to Eric Deram, Managing Partner at Flexstone Partners.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 4, 2023

The new President of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, recently spoke about investment’s role in delivering positive change. Sustainable investing of every kind is to some degree geared towards addressing the biggest threats facing our planet and its inhabitants, which means our collective response must itself be monumental.

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ESG Today

APRIL 17, 2024

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the central bank and financial regulator of Singapore, announced today that it will allocate S$35 million (USD$26 million) over the next three years to support upskilling and reskilling initiatives in order to develop sustainable finance specialists in the financial services sector.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It would create a focal point to engage the private sector to contribute to current and future priorities and to further accelerate the private sector’s focus on sustainability. The Office of Sustainable Finance and Business would develop a national strategy for U.S. leadership in sustainable finance and business.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2024

​In this edition of the Insights Series, we look at the key themes in ESG reporting and the main responsibilities of those specialist functions across investment management, banking and insurance and private markets. Identifying areas for improvement and implementing appropriate measures to enhance ESG performance.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Divestment can lead to more sustainability in the real economy,” said Martin Rohleder, the university’s chair of finance and banking, calling it “the first empirical evidence on the impact of divestment.”. U of T is also the first university to join the U.N.’s

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Read Tim's informative article here - [link]. Tweet me: Tapping the Catalytic Capital Potential of Donor Advised Funds by Tim Freundlich of ImpactAssets -- [link] || #impinv #philanthropy #donoradvisedfunds #climatesolutions #socap22 @ImpactAssets.

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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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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank and the SDSN published a special edition of the SDG Index focused on Uruguay. The report benchmarks Uruguay's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals against progress of OECD countries. Achieving the SDGs requires closing the financing gap. Want to learn more?

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2023

Barsky joins Standard Chartered from her role of President at environmental sustainability-focused special acquisition company Growth for Good. Barsky will be based in Singapore, and report to Group Chief Sustainability Officer Marisa Drew. Drew said: “I am delighted to welcome Dana to Standard Chartered.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

Follow that – ExxonMobil’s decision to sue two shareholders sent ripples across the sustainable investment pond, ahead of another fractious annual general meeting (AGM) season. Banking on transition – Banks’ role in the net zero transition was in the headlines this week, for a number of reasons.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The UN SDGs refer to the 17 categories of goals adopted in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with the aim to protect the planet and improve the quality of life globally. Arsalan Mahtafar, Co-Chair of the Impact Disclosure Taskforce and Head of J.P.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 17, 2023

The workshop, "Finance for a Zero Deforestation Amazon", was convened with a shared understanding that finance is at the heart of any solution to sustainable development challenges in the region. Expand financial flows and redirect existing financial liquidity mechanisms towards transformative economic activities (i.e.,

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Negligible impact on SDGs – The need to close a massive financing gap to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is well established. This week saw even more evidence of change, with the European Investment Bank backing a public-private fund designed to finance 70 solar energy projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced €800 million in new financing for a series of projects to support climate action in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The announcement was made during the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, September 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ - On the heels of layered crises and big challenges for small business in the New York City region, JPMorgan Chase , M&T Bank , Principal Foundation , Santander Bank , and Surdna Foundation have come together to launch the NY Small Business Funders Collective (SBFC).

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ISSB, Calvert, GLP Europe, Metzler AM, and KGAL. . Former World Bank Vice President Jingdong Hua has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Oppenheim Jr. &

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Proposals include the addition of information regarding the decarbonization targets of financial products, and the inclusion of a dashboard providing information about products’ sustainable and taxonomy-aligned investment.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

G100 Rank Company HQ Location Carbon Productivity % Non-Male Board Directors % Sustainable Revenue % Sustainable Investment Final Grade Climate Commitments. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. 28 5 City Developments Ltd Singapore, Singapore $19,968 22% 73% 76% B+ 1.5°C, CONTINUE READING.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 17, 2022

Purcell will join Credit Suisse’s Global Sustainability Management Committee, and Sustainability Leadership Committee, and will co-head the Credit Suisse Research Institute’s Center for Sustainability.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In both the public and private sectors, this week saw incremental progress in support of sustainable investment objectives, rather than transformative changes. On this front, developments look promising with decisions taken at last week’s World Bank Group – IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech described as the “ end of the beginning ”.

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ESG Today

JULY 22, 2022

Global energy and electricity provider Iberdrola announced today a new €550 million green loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help fund the development of a portfolio of wind farms and photovoltaic parks in Spain, with a projected capacity of 1.8

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector. degree celsius (1.5°C)

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), have unveiled a delay in the review of key rules for financial products under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), pushing back its response by up to 6 months from the European Commission’s original April 28,2023 deadline.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Snowball IM, Putnam Investments, Eurosif, ING, IFM Investors, and IFRS. UK-based Snowball Impact Management has announced Sean Farrell as its new Investment Director.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2023

Ex-Invesco Research Director Hazra to Lead First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, with research planned on engagement, human rights, biodiversity and diversity beyond gender. First Sentier Investors has more than £119.8 billion (US$152.3 billion (US$152.3

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Mia Mottley says conversations on climate finance for developing nations must move from commitments to action. trillion. “There is the need for US$4 trillion invested in energy technologies by 2030 to reach net zero emissions by 2050,” he continued, noting that the level of fossil fuel subsidies made in 2020 totalled US$5.9

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