ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transition” refers to activities that do not meet the green thresholds now but are on a pathway to net zero or contributing to net zero outcomes. The measures in sum: The package of measures is intended to improve trust and transparency in the market for sustainable investment products and minimize greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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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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ESG Today

JUNE 11, 2023

This week in ESG news: Germany’s €50 billion industrial decarbonization plan; U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Cubed, NatureAlpha, Sylvera, Carbon Trust, Themis, Manifest Climate and AirCarbon Exchange. Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.”

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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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many of the difficulties stem from how multilateral development banks (MDBs) operate and interact with the private sector, but one channel for private investment flows was also flagged as problematic this week. Perhaps more significant was the African Development Bank’s US$750 million issuance, which attracted 275 investors.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Sustainability trends 2023: Net-Zero roadmaps.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Protected status for ESG investment products could mark the beginning of the end for greenwashing for UK investors. Before long, any asset manager thinking of slapping a ‘sustainable’ or ‘ESG’ label on its investment products for UK clients should think twice – at least. It thinks there is a problem about greenwashing.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Net zero investors do not start with a blank piece of paper. So, while it’s important to identify companies with inherently sustainable operations, products and technologies – such as renewable energy – asset owners also recognise the importance of funding the transition efforts of hard-to-abate industries. . “A

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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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. There are choices,” said Cabanis.

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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. Less Greenwashing Can Mean More Alpha.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, Hymans Robertson, 2DII, ACA Group, Edison, UKSIF and Util. . Olivia Mooney joins as RI Consultant from the Principles for Responsible Investment and will be the stewardship lead in the team.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2022

The NGFS, which represents more than 100 central banks and financial markets supervisors, said taxonomies and other frameworks designed to mobilise capital toward environmentally sustainable investments need to be “tied to clear objectives and science-based net zero targets”, but also should be highly comparable and interoperable.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Segal argues that Canada’s policymakers and regulatory bodies have failed to align the country’s financial sector with a “safe climate and stable economy”, leaving little incentive for companies, financial institutions and asset owners to pursue sustainable investment strategies.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Below is a summary of the discussions and key recommendations for achieving net zero emissions by mid-century. As of September 2019, at least 77 countries and 100 cities have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Day two centered around the overarching themes of defining metrics and the systems approach.

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ESG Today

JUNE 26, 2022

UK Launches “Green Nudge” Initiative to Encourage Sustainable Investment Choices. Australian Securities Regulator Warns it’s on the Lookout for Greenwashing. EU to Require Auditing of Sustainability Reporting, Disclosure by Large non-European Companies. LEGO to Build a $1 Billion Carbon Neutral Factory in U.S.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Raised by two environmentalists, she’s dedicated to ensuring women have equal opportunity to succeed in our net-zero future. Last year, Folino’s firm made a commitment to make its operations and assets under management net-zero by 2050 or earlier – a challenge he’s embracing with open arms. trillion in coal.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Committee voted to require banks to fully cover crypto-asset holdings, via a 1250% credit risk weighting, but declined to impose the same restrictions on new fossil fuel exposures, despite the entreaties of multiple NGOs.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

Leading US banks and insurers will face votes at their upcoming AGMs asking for policies aligned with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero roadmap , after challenges to shareholder resolutions were rejected. . expanded the prohibition of ‘micromanagement’ by investors. . degrees Celsius.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

If 2020 was the year sustainable investing went mainstream, then 2021 was the year it was tested. Activist investors should be pushing companies much harder to get serious about going net-zero. The money is flowing, with assets invested in sustainable mutual funds and ETFs doubling from US$17 billion to $34 billion.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Here are five trends that helped to shape this astonishing shift, as well as a look to the next 12 months as sustainable finance reimagines its future.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

Fink urged them to try harder, not only to deal with the “1,000 unicorns” of the net-zero transition, but also to adapt to a “new world of work” heralded by the ‘ Great Resignation ’ experienced most markedly in the US and UK. Investors and businesses are seeking out new opportunities to invest in renewable energy.

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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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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

This week in ESG news: Shell’s board of directors sued over climate strategy; UK regulator to test asset managers for greenwashing claims; Nordea ties top exec compensation to ESG goals; CDP says only 1 in 200 companies have credible climate plans; KPMG & Workiva partner on ESG reporting solutions; Aviva Investors to require climate transition (..)

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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.

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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. ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6 trillion (US$3.57

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management, said states with Republican governors would continue to increase rhetoric and actions in opposition to use of ESG factors in investment decisions by asset and fiduciary managers. . “It’s Climate disclosure clash .

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