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System change investing: High impact, high return

GreenBiz

Nearly all SRI and corporate sustainability strategies focus on changing companies and addressing symptoms, such as climate change, poverty and other major environmental and social challenges. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Aspects of this become metrics in system change rating models.

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How to Guide a Conversation Around Sustainable Investing

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Climate change; racial and gender diversity; stakeholder capitalism—several years ago, investment advisors might have been surprised to hear these terms come up in conversations with clients. Negative screens. Focus on developing a plan that can grow with your client’s family as perspective changes over time.

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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

We had developed a strong methodology of research and engagement with companies, regulators and governments for work on a range of issues. For example, we developed a significant investor presence on issues of forest land management. How does this history relate to our climate change crisis and the debate over fossil fuels?

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SMEs Can Turn Ambition Into Action With SAP Product Footprint Management for Clean Operations

3BL Media

Climate change is top of mind for leaders worldwide who are committing to driving down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through ambitious net-zero targets. What’s more, investors are now going beyond “negative screening” and actively backing businesses that are leaders in sustainability, in pursuit of above-market returns.

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List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight

Corporate Knights

With the right financial data, the clean economy comes in clear – and the numbers show that it’s developing momentum. Our mission is to shine a light on the heroes of the battle against climate change,” notes report co-author Toby Heaps, CEO of Corporate Knights. The Clean200 uses negative screens.

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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

The dataset is developed by multiplying a company’s most recent year-end revenues by its clean revenue estimate, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights Research. The Clean200 uses negative screens. The full list of exclusionary screens is provided below. Clean 200 Negative Screens Criteria # Excluded.

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ESG Narratives Needed as well as Numbers

Chris Hall

Investment managers can expect to be grilled in future by their clients on a widening range of ESG topics from public policy engagement to work towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to behavioural benchmark company Accomplish. A long way to go”.