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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Corporate Knights

The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? And which banks will take the lead? . Corporate Knights researchers ranked 60 banks for which they found quantifiable sustainable-revenue data from an initial pool of 91 banks.

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This Week’s People Moves: OTPP Hires Sustainable Investing Head

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including OTPP, IOSCO, Legal & General, AXA IM, Persefoni and UKSIF. . Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has appointed Anna Murray as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing.

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Global Sustainable Finance Insights Series | Sustainability Reporting in Financial Services

3BL Media

​In this edition of the Insights Series, we look at the key themes in ESG reporting and the main responsibilities of those specialist functions across investment management, banking and insurance and private markets. For many smaller firms there may still be insufficient demand for a full-time senior reporting lead.

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EY Survey: Investors say Companies are Cherry-Picking Reported ESG Data

ESG Today

The survey found that nearly all investors (99%) utilize companies’ ESG disclosures as a part of their investment decision-making, and that the methods used have matured significantly over the past few years, with 74% reporting conducting a “structured and methodical evaluation of nonfinancial disclosures,” compared to only 32% in 2019.

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Social Impact Data Thin on the Ground

Chris Hall

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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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In an interview with Private Equity International (PEI), Tania Carnegie, the Global Private Equity and Asset Management Leader for KPMG Impact, said she is confident about the future of impact investing. Moving Beyond Financial Value.

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Health leaders discuss Mechanisms and Coordination of Global Health Governance and Finance

Sustainable Development Network

A unified Global Health Fund (GHF) should be created that is closely aligned with WHO and draws together the existing funds for health: Gavi; COVAX; The Global Fund for AIDS, TB, and Malaria; and the new Pandemic Preparedness Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) at the World Bank. Dr. Uribe concluded by outlining the Bank’s main concerns.

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