Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

From the ranking leader Hydro-Qubecs $155-billion green-energy expansion plan, to 12th-place Bpifrance banks financing solar and wind power loans, the inaugural list shows how investments in renewable energy pay off. Bpifrance Bpifrance is a French public-sector bank that bills itself as a one stop shop for entrepreneurs.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres Alfa Laval Accelerates Net Zero Goal by 3 Years to 2027 Mercedes-Benz Sharpens Sustainability Focus on 6 Key ESG Areas BlackRock, (..)

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

This years awards honour investors and other players in the market who have been leaders in the field of sustainable finance.

Sustainable Investment

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5

Greenwashing

ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2025

SEC drops anti-greenwashing rules for funds; EU Commission to withdraw anti-greenwashing regulations; Amazon buys sustainable fuel for cargo flights; Goldman Sachs launches new sustainable bond funds; IFRS launches sustainability reporting education course; France targets environmental impact of fast fashion; EU to remove 90% of companies from scope (..)

Greenwashing

ESG Today

JULY 6, 2025

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements JPMorgan Launches Blockchain Tokenization for Carbon Credits Phlair, Carbon Removal to Develop Largest DAC Carbon Removal Project in Europe Nestlé Expands Program to Improve Livelihoods in Cocoa Supply Chain to 50,000 (..)

Supply Chains

ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

The firm focuses its activities on investments in three core themes, including Sustainable Food, Energy Transition, and Inclusive Society, providing investments of between 50 million and 250 million to companies that have a positive ESG impact.

Sustainable Investment

ESG Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

Billion Sustainable Investing Mandate from SJP Net Zero Investor Coalition Hits Pause After BlackRock Exit Exec Moves Mars Appoints Alastair Child as New Chief Sustainability Officer Barclays Head of Sustainability Steps Down Sodali Appoints Andrew Benett as New CEO

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data provider appoints former Trucost CEO Richard Mattison to accelerate initiatives and develop fresh strategies for sustainable investing. Mattison has more than 20 years of sustainable finance experience and previously served as President of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 unit. million in Q3 , up from US$79.9

Analytics

ESG Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

Global alternative investment manager Apollo and UK-based international banking group Standard Chartered announced today the launch of a new strategic partnership focused on accelerating financing for infrastructure, clean transition and renewable energy globally.

Banking

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And, as said by Frank Elderson of the European Central Bank at the recent IUCN Leaders Forum in Geneva, if we destroy nature, we destroy the economy. Investment firm Blue Orchard was highlighted for its micro-insurance packages to smallholders in Indigenous communities, which insure against weather events, for example.

Banking

Environmental Finance

JULY 1, 2025

Register now Channels: ESG Data Policy Companies: AkademikerPension Allianz Groupe La Française KLP New Zealand Superannuation Fund PKA Royal London Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Eurosif Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Principles for Responsible Investment Corporate Leaders Group Europe Global Reporting Initiative (..)

Green Bonds

ESG Today

JUNE 29, 2025

Billion Stake in Eni’s Energy Transition-Focused Unit Plenitude Sustainable Investing Morgan Stanley Climate Fund Invests $30 Million in Methane Emissions Management Platform Insight M Data Centers Microsoft Signs Deal for 4.8 Data Centers Microsoft Signs Deal for 4.8

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When the planets align, the sustainability investments yield meaningful emission reductions and a payoff for the owner. Investors are shopping for rental buildings In fact, there’s good evidence in both Canada and the United States that investment capital is now flowing into rental apartments at a pace not seen in decades.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 24, 2025

Not all mergers require such significant investment, but since nonprofits cant bank profits for future investmentand social enterprises often struggle to maintain margins that would support rapid growththis leaves us primarily dependent on fundraising campaigns and specific investable moments as vehicles for scaling.

Development

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

Climate Change

Environmental Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

Nana Skari Maidugu has been named Personality of the year in Environmental Finance s Sustainable Investment Awards, for her role in embedding sustainability at the heart of one of Africas most influential sovereign wealth funds.

Green Bonds

Environmental Finance

JULY 1, 2025

Register now Channels: ESG Data Policy Companies: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland People: Sarah Wilkin Most Read Catalysing sustainable growth: how CGIF unlocks bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region Treat emerging market sovereigns differently in transition investments - BlackRock ICMA Principles gives green light to nature bond label ING (..)

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

HM Treasury has also considered the potential impact of ESG ratings regulation on financial services firms.

Academics

ESG Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

For the report, the EY 2024 Institutional Investor Survey, EY surveyed 350 investment decision-makers globally, across asset management firms, wealth management firms, private banks, insurers, pension funds, family offices, foundations, endowment funds and sovereign wealth funds.

Greenwashing

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The panel called for sector-by-sector decarbonization plans, corporate climate disclosure rules and investment incentives for clean energy and fossil fuel emission reductions, among other recommendations. We’re nowhere near the intensification and clarity we need.” But the range of activity narrowed over the years.

Decarbonize

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A report published by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in September pointed to the Taxonomy, CSDDD, CSRD, as harmful to EU competitiveness, with the latter branded a “major source of regulatory burden”. “The The Draghi report says too many different reporting frameworks are burdensome to companies.

Supply Chains

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

Energy security has become an overriding concern in the last two years as oil and gas prices have shot up, and sustainable finance has faced an increasingly hostile political environment in the United States. Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF). What does this mean for the year ahead?

Sustainable Investment

ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

This week in ESG news: EU Council approves delay of sustainability reporting regulations; ING becomes first major bank with approved science-based financed emissions targets; PwC study finds vast majority of companies are keeping – or raising – climate goals; SEC walks away from climate reporting requirements; Airbus commits to build hydrogen-powered (..)

Green Bonds

Environmental Finance

JUNE 27, 2025

Microsoft in landmark soil carbon credit deal 27 June 2025 Singaporean banks carry out nature-risk study 27 June 2025 Some of Singapores largest banks and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have launched an initiative to better understand the financial implications of nature-related risk. Sign-in Forgot your password?

Banking

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group have also pu blished a new report on the importance of shareholder proposals , in collaboration with the US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF). The SEC has also issued seperate guidance warning shareholders against asserting their intention to vote against management to influence decision-making.

Sustainable Investment

Environmental Finance

JUNE 27, 2025

Microsoft in landmark soil carbon credit deal 27 June 2025 Singaporean banks carry out nature-risk study 27 June 2025 Some of Singapores largest banks and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have launched an initiative to better understand the financial implications of nature-related risk.

Stranded Assets

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The right to engage Sophie Demaré, Sustainability Investment Analyst for Fixed Income at Federated Hermes, echoes these sentiments. Thomas Coudert, Head of Sustainability, Core Investments at AXA Investment Managers, says discussions at roadshows have shifted focus, with more questions being asked today about ESG-related issues.

Paris Agreement

Environmental Finance

JULY 16, 2025

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Stranded Assets

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

proxy voting recommendations; capital raises for battery tech, e-fuels, energy storage, carbon removal; Microsoft sources solar energy in Texas, Illinois; IBM, Ramboll partner on sustainability strategy & reporting solutions, and more.

Chief Sustainability Officer

ESG Today

JUNE 1, 2025

This week in ESG news: Survey finds companies not in favor of process to reduce CSRD sustainability reporting requirements; SAP launches new suite of sustainability data tools; Microsoft buys low carbon building materials to help spur clean solutions markets; EU on track to reach 2030 climate goals; EBA proposes simplifying ESG reporting for banks; (..)

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JULY 25, 2025

Hall will work alongside Stuart Hall, Managing Director of SMG and Sustainable Times, reinforcing the group’s leadership in delivering deep insights to the market. While both publications operate under the SMG banner, they cater to distinct, yet complementary, segments of the sustainable investment community.

Sustainable Investment

Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

Drastic changes to the scope of sustainability reporting rules will limit investor access to comparable and reliable sustainability data, said Aleksandra Palinska, executive director at the European Sustainable Investment Forum, Europes umbrella network for sustainable finance, in a press release.

Net Zero

Environmental Finance

JULY 2, 2025

IDB, World Bank launch Amazonia Bond programme with $1bn deal plan 02 July 2025 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced plans to raise $1 billion from a debut Amazonia Bond after it launched a new sustainable bond issuance platform focused on the Amazon with the World Bank.

Green Bonds

Environmental Finance

JUNE 27, 2025

Register now Channels: ESG Policy Companies: European Banking Authority European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority European Securities and Markets Authority Most Read Catalysing sustainable growth: how CGIF unlocks bond markets in the ASEAN+3 region Forestry companies to standardise natural capital valuation Defending the indefensible?

Stranded Assets

Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2025

Its worth noting that bank finance is expected to be prioritised at first, with no reference in the proposals to adjusting the EU Taxonomy so that defence industries can be considered sustainable. Few options have been ruled out ahead of official legislative text proposals, which are expected on 21 March.

Negative Screening

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I needed to be back in Toronto to present our latest sustainable investment research to attendees at a summit hosted by the Principles for Responsible Investment , whose signatories manage US$121 trillion in assets. Around 4 a.m., To my dismay, the high winds would hold steady for the next 48 hours.

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