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Redefining ‘Business as Usual’: Three Ways to Overcome Barriers to ESG and Climate Finance

James Militzer

But as the negative impacts of global challenges like climate change grow, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that business as usual won’t even work for businesses themselves. Meanwhile, most people – 79% overall and 90% of investors under age 45 – say they want to invest in socially and environmentally friendly ways.

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Banks Must Radically Change Climate Perspective

Chris Hall

It will also intensify its work on the effects of transition funding, green investment needs and transition plans, exploring the case for further changes to its monetary policy instruments and portfolios. These announcements followed the ECB’s third assessment of European banks’ progress on the disclosure of climate and environmental risks. “So

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Asian Investors Embrace Net Zero Commitments

Chris Hall

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). In 2020, one third of correspondents identified the lack of clear definitions for low carbon or green investment as a top barrier; in 2021 this had fallen to 20%.

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China’s ESG Policy Dash  

Chris Hall

The world cannot win the fight against climate change without China successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy, with it accounting for 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world’s greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank. ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6

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