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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The value of global sustainable investment assets jumped from US$23 trillion in 2016 to US$35 trillion in 2020.

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Fidelity Launches Two New Article 9 Paris-Aligned Corporate Bond ETFs

ESG Today

The new funds are classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicating that they have sustainable investment as their objective. As we work towards a more sustainable planet, Solactive is dedicated to the continued development of investment solutions that cater to that.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

While most of these firms are located in the United States, there are some serious players in Africa and Europe leads in terms of PE support for standards of responsible and sustainable investments. billion to invest in companies that provide solutions to environmental or social challenges. gigatons by 2050.

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USAID announces partnership with Rabo Foundation to sustainably invest in Asia’s future

Eco-Business

Beginning with its pilot efforts in Indonesia, this partnership will enable Rabo Foundation to make more climate-conscious investments. million of local financing to small and medium private enterprises engaged in sustainable and low emission land use in India.

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

C without nature, and that climate change is one of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss. As Siga suggests, factoring climate change into investment decisions is more of a known quantity, if far from an exact science. Finding investible projects can be a challenge.

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Today’s climate legislation is likely only the beginning

Jon Hale

They may try to slow the pace of federal climate funding and regulation or try to continue to prop up fossil fuels (which, by the way, the current legislation also does), but they will soon see that the bulk of America’s clean energy transition is taking place in Red States and Red districts. economy.”