Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

All were quick to acknowledge the progress made since the last time such sustainable investment get-togethers were done face to face. To divest from carbon-intensive firms without understanding their future plans, she warned, risked a “paper decarbonisation”, rather than real reductions in carbon emissions.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Ahead of next week’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings, ex-White House advisor Lawrence Summers called for a “reinvented” World Bank that would prioritise sustainability, supporting global public goods such as climate adaptation , partly via expanded partnership with the private sector.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Engagement ring. There are choices,” said Cabanis.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

With increasing public, government and shareholder attention on climate, here are three ways sustainable finance leaders will emerge in 2021. A 2050 net-zero vision may be an inspiration, but it is not a plan. For banks, climate benchmarks should influence loan eligibility, interest rates and debt covenants.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is leading to a rapid reappraisal of ESG risks by asset owners, including enhanced scrutiny of human rights and governance risks across portfolios, and a reaffirmed commitment to net zero targets. .

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Republican denunciations of sustainable investing are an absurd caricature of the industry, but they have helped to expose the confusion and lack of standardization in ESG assessments, making the industry and the money managers that rely on them vulnerable to attacks from both climate-concerned investors and business-as-usual conservatives. .

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion. Every company and every industry will be transformed by the transition to a net zero world.”.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

However, as institutional investors, academics, NGOs, investor networks and data providers congregated in London last week for ESG Investor ’s inaugural Stewardship Summit , it became clear that many asset owners lack the resources necessary to fulfil their engagement ambitions.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 28, 2022

End of Week Notes It’s not a “craze” and sustainable investors aren’t naive I suppose it’s a sign of success when The Wall Street Journal sees fit to launch a weeklong critique of sustainable investing. Instead, it’s turning toward stakeholder capitalism, which is supported and enabled by sustainable investing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

BNEF expects a larger jump in 2023 thanks to even more generous tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) included in the US Inflation Reduction Act, and an acceleration in net-zero transitions by European companies. Julia Attwood, head of sustainable materials. Sustainable Investing – Greater Scrutiny.

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