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. trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013.

Green Bonds

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every year more than 2 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is produced across the planet, as shown in the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Global Waste Management Outlook 2024. GIB AM invests in the fund through deep thematic research to identify areas and industries that are addressing the world’s sustainability challenges.

Waste

Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including WWF, UNEP, S&P Global Sustainable1, ISS ESG, and CHOOOSE. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched a Biodiversity Risk Filter, which looks to aid companies in tackling nature-related risks.

UNEP

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The topic was a focus of high-level talks during COP28’s Finance Day with former Brazil premier Dilma Roussef, President of New Development Bank, talking about the importance of deepening local currency capital markets to lower the cost of capital for organisations on the ground.

UNEP

Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

The only company that has attempted DSM exploitation, Nautilus Minerals, went bankrupt in 2019 as it unsuccessfully attempted to develop its Solwara 1 deep sea copper, gold and silver project off the coast of Papua New Guinea, causing large losses for several banks, including ABN Amro and ING Group.

UNEP

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The FfB Foundation was set up in March 2021 after the launch of the FfB Pledge in the previous year, which currently has 153 signatories across 24 countries with a collective US$22.6 trillion in AUM.

UNEP

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.

UNEP

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

DSM excluded from ESG portfolios Many investors and financial institutions have excluded DSM from their definitions of sustainable investment. The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) issued guidance on sustainable blue economy bonds, explicitly excluding DSM.

UNEP

Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

That’s also a legal risk from their perspective.” The European Banking Federation (EBF) raised similar concerns to EFAMA and Eurosif, and added in its consultation response that it had to be recognised that a large part of investable companies were not subject to ESRS.

UNEP

Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has faced similar pressure, with six of its US members subpoenaed by state attorneys-general on the grounds of their participation in the alliance.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published its final recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosure, serving as a tool to “operationalise” the achievement of Target 15 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). According to Tony Goldner, Executive Director of TNFD, the recommendations (..)

CDP

Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . Normative , a?

Net Zero

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

In March 2021, the Align project was also launched, led by the United Nation’s Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and funded by the European Commission.

Net Zero

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fixing the Business of Food The project team led by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment issued its 2021 project report that provides an update on the food and agribusiness sector’s alignment with the SDGs, as well as offering guidelines to help companies accomplish the change of direction needed to address this challenge.

COP26

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. . Regulator refuses requests for no-action relief against shareholder resolutions calling for IEA alignment. .

Net Zero