GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Corporate bond offerings focusing on sustainability and social issues are growing each quarter, and there’s a burgeoning market for loans linked to a company’s ESG performance or other sustainability metrics. As we reported recently , global green bond issuance shot past the $1 trillion mark in September.

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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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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. Nearly US$800 billion ESG-labeled bond issuance in 2021.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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 growth was mainly driven by new, large issuers joining the market (e.g.,

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

“The Emerging Leaders program provides a forum where environmentally focused youth can explore and learn about climate solutions and sustainability efforts across public and private sectors,” said Alex Liftman, global environmental executive at Bank of America, which sponsored the program at GreenFin. Mecca Luster.

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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. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Ninety One, Robeco, Mirova, Adam Street Partners, ThomasLloyd and NGFS. We are confident that Anne’s expertise will take our efforts on sustainable investing to the next level.”

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . The fund therefore qualifies as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach. To the contrary, this idea?—?that

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, M&G, Stewart Investors, Aviva Investors, Ossiam, Janus Henderson and Quintet. . Luxembourg-headquartered Quintet Private Bank has introduced a multi-asset, climate-neutral investment fund.

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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. Want to learn more?

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

IHA said it would expect its members to certify new projects under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard, in line with the organization’s updated membership charter. Hydropower is at the heart of the energy transition alongside wind and solar,” said IHA Chief Executive Eddie Rich.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Climate Solutions, Willis Towers Watson, Actis, and Persefoni. He also contributed to the drafting of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy and the upcoming UK Government Green Finance Strategy.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

Just one year ago, a European Central Bank report, which addressed how the European banking sector manages climate and environmental risks, found that most banks do not have concrete plans to start preparing for climate change. Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation SFDR (Effective Jan. Changing ESG Landscapes.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, CFSL, abrdn, UKIB, Octopus Investments, Downing, KGAL, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation. Dutch asset manager Robeco has launched a new bond strategy that will invest in diversified Asian fixed income.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

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. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. City bonds are mostly AA. But what are they?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including DWS, T. The ESG Women for Women fund is managed exclusively by women, investing in companies that have strong social values and fair working conditions for women. “The

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Sukuk bonds comply with Shariah law, pay no interest and do not involve speculation. Combined with regular demand from Shariah-compliant investors, this will broaden the investor base for green and sustainability sukuk.”. Instead, bondholders become, in effect, partners with the issuer and part-owners of the issuer’s assets.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5

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ESG Today

JULY 24, 2022

This week in ESG news: Vanguard launches its first impact fund; Biden considers declaration of climate change emergency; Deutsche Bank appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer; UK government given 8 months by high court to come up with a climate plan; BlackRock acquires waste-to-renewable gas company for $700 million; PepsiCo issues $1.25

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This is a clear indication to private finance, but its sub-clauses go further by making specific reference to blended finance, impact funds, green bonds and biodiversity credits, combining with climate finance initiatives where appropriate.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In fact, almost 85 percent of individual investors say they are interested in sustainable investing and more than three quarters believe they can use their investments to influence the extent of climate change. Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2023

“This will help them better mitigate risks, improve the bankability, certainty and trust related to their investments,” she says. “It This engagement could lower the potential risk of the investment through addressing key conflicts and peace.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Mediolanum, KBI Global Investors, Pictet Asset Management, Invesco, Nuveen, SWEN Capital Partners and SIS Ventures. Mediolanum International Funds is the European asset management platform of Medio lanum Banking Group.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Shell Board of Directors Sued over “Flawed” Climate Strategy Wendy’s Commits to Slash Emissions Across Operations, Franchisees and Supply Chain HVAC Giant Carrier Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across Value Chain (..)

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

The government has also announced coordinated efforts to reduce carbon emissions, control pollution, expand green initiatives and promote growth. As part of these efforts, China has also sharpened its focus on green and ESG regulation.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How long these climate-critical industries will remain in a slump is an open question, as central banks seem to be in no hurry to reduce interest rates. Central banks around the world launched a round of aggressive interest-rate increases in early 2022 after inflation started to rise sharply. Recently, BlackRock Inc.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

The world cannot win the fight against climate change without China successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy, with it accounting for 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world’s greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank.

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