GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Chouinard and his coauthors highlighted the many efforts to dollarize ecosystem services (including efforts by The Nature Conservancy plus PwC, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, The World Bank and Puma/Kering plus Trucost and their environmental profit and loss, or EP&L).

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Negative Screening Academics Sustainable Investment Climate Change 465

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. Will their auditors be next to blow the whistle?

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated. Early in our history, we were so unwelcome that on one occasion a bank chairman turned off the microphone at the bank’s annual meeting so that a church representative couldn’t ask a question. .

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Divestment Ethical Investment Greenwashing Negative Screening 266

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So, it’s very difficult to track the carbon usage of that dollar traded through the banking ecosystem. But it’s high on our agenda.” Avon Pension Fund, which manages £5.5 billion, is committed to reaching net zero by 2050 or earlier. As part of this commitment, it has already invested £1.4

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Development Negative Screening Carbon Offsets 52

Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

A report by the firm predicts that banks, insurers, private equity and investment managers will spend as much as US$256 million on specialist software by 2027. Verdantix , a London-based research and advisory firm, has forecast a five-fold increase in spending on carbon management by the finance industry.

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Analytics Negative Screening Paris Agreement Sustainable Investment 52

Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The fund won’t be limited to green bonds, instead spanning across the corporate and credit universe, including renewable energy, not-for-profit hospitals and development banks. The Global Impact Credit fund aims to target durable growing businesses with a clearly identified impact thesis.

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Impact Investing Net Zero Negative Screening Sustainable Investment 52

Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud.

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Net Zero Carbon Offsets Supply Chains Supply Chain 52