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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

US SIF Foundation biennial trends reports smaller share of assets managed sustainably, due to methodology, regulatory changes. This is the first time that climate change has been the top criterion for US asset owners, applied to US$3.96 Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2

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Take Five: No Magic Green Wand

Chris Hall

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change , however, remained optimistic , endorsing the 2040 Impact Assessment’s recognition of the need for a collaborative approach to project pipelines and finance models, based on a “predictable and simplified” regulatory environment.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

What really resonated with me was the fact that I would always have conversations with friends or family about climate change, and I would either be given one of two answers: that either it doesn’t exist, or that someday either technology or ‘they’ would solve the problem," Battochio says. . LinkedIn | Twitter. Heather Clancy.

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