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. Purcell will report to Chief Sustainability Officer, Emma Crystal and will be based in Zurich.

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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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APRIL 4, 2024

Latin America’s next phase of impact investing must embrace the region’s specific challenges and opportunities, says Ahmad El Jurdi, Principal at Lightrock. In recent years, Latin America has been at the core of a paradox within the global investment landscape.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Central Banking and Financial Stability in the Age of Climate Change”.

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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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Federated Hermes, Finance Earth, BlackRock, SSEF, Advantage Capital and the IKEA Foundation. . Across its 30-year history, Advantage Capital has invested US$260 million in more than 70 MBEs.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . SOURCE: Acre. DESCRIPTION: ?Jordan

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In recent years, impact investing has become mainstream and private equity (PE) firms are playing a key role. Despite being dismissed by some as “woke capitalism”, impact investing is a trend that is here to stay. PE firms have helped to grow the popularity of impact investing.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

Europe is currently in the process of implementing, extending and refining the pillars of its sustainable investment legislative framework, which includes the sustainable finance taxonomy and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Inconsistent, limited corporate disclosures continue to frustrate investors’ efforts to secure decision-useful data on social impact, according to panellists during a webinar hosted by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF) this week.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ThomasLloyd, MEAG, Alpha Real Capital, DLA Piper, and UKSIF. ThomasLloyd , the Zurich-headquartered global impact investment firm, has appointed Smita Nakhooda as its Head of Impact and ESG.

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Georgina Sell, Principal Consultant - Sustainable & Impact Investing at Acre, said: "It was exciting to see that there was a lot more participation at COP this year from corporates, particularly private and investment firms, and we have started to understand the impact of this on hiring trends.

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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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AustralianSuper, Morningstar, Tikehau Capital, Oak Hill Advisors and Guinness Global Investors. . He has also previously held roles at the Global Impact Investing Net work and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank initiative.

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James Militzer

APRIL 19, 2023

A deeper collaboration is needed — one that recognizes the limits of public investment and the increasing appetite among private investors to engage in fast-growing EMDEs, especially in impact investing , ESG and other purpose-driven investing sectors. of the annual climate and SDG investment needs in EMDEs.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

Institutional investors are leading in this area; these are mutual funds, pension funds, sovereign funds, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, family offices, and corporate investors. The numbers speak for themselves: According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $35.5 For everyone?

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Janus Henderson, First Sentier, PGIM, US SIF and IIGCC. . Dunstan will begin her new role on 9 January 2023, and will be responsible for overseeing Janus Henderson’s responsible investing efforts.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. To illustrate, last year KKR ‘s Euro Global Social Impact Fund raised $1.3

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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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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

According to Morningstar data , 307 (40%) of Article 9 funds were downgraded to Article 8 in Q4 2022 due to regulatory changes and “uncertainty about how sustainable investments are defined”. The funds downgraded in Q4 2022 were worth a combined €171.1 billion from January to April.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including MSIM, Schroders Capital, Eurazeo, Low Carbon and BluPine Energy. . The UK Real Estate Impact Fund, a place-based impact investment strategy, has been introduced by UK-based asset manager Schroders Capital.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

New investors have joined a social impact investment fund by investment company Big Issue Invest (BII) , charity UnLtd and financial consultancy firm Shift. NEC’s previous OECD solar strategy NPIII ESG reached its final close in January 2022, raising US$896 million in total commitments.

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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. The training tool has been accredited by the London Institute of Banking and Finance.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And without access to adequate, timely financing, the licit, sustainable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that could take the place of illegal, extractive businesses are often left out of market growth. In fact, they are banking on it. Does the Amazon rainforest really have to perish for businesses to prosper?

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

Comprehensive policy frameworks that can support climate- and SDG-aligned capital markets are a core component of this, as set out in the PRI and the World Bank’s toolkit for sustainable investment policy and regulation. .

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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. . Privately-owned UK investment and asset management firm Low Carbon has announced its financial close on the Mörknässkogen wind farm in Finland.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Investing in equality for women can potentially increase a company’s—and your portfolio’s—bottom line. DESCRIPTION: By Lily Trager, Wealth Management, Director of Impact Investing. While COVID-19 has impacted all of us, it has disproportionately affected women, especially women of color. Our expert explains. 11,188,983.

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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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3BL Media

JULY 18, 2022

DESCRIPTION: by Amy Domini, author and founder of Domini Impact Investments . The first phase of the responsible investment movement has matured. We find our approach of arguing that scrutiny of the way companies respect their relationships with people and the planet adds value to the investment decision-making process.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

In comparison, the ESRSs support multiple pieces of EU sustainable investment legislation. . assigning less importance to impacts in the future than impacts today) and the tendency to downplay or even exclude probabilistic risks in many financial models.” . This is exacerbated by the effects of discounting (i.e.,

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. In this context, the case to demonstrate impact has gained in popularity. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

The survey suggests that challenges in finding, collating and analysing social data is the main reason investors favour E over S in sustainable investment strategies. The report focuses on gig economy workers; those reliant on off-grid energy; the agriculture sector; and microfinance.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

As SDG-aligned impact investing grows, methods for measuring real-world outcomes are proliferating. . Time is running out to fulfil the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ensure an equitable world for the next generation. Further, advisors and consultants are working with impact investors on SDG alignment.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2019, just 15% of the US$16.9 billion in climate-related venture capital funding went to start-ups with at least one female founder, BCG said.

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