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How insurance companies can move the needle on climate change

Corporate Knights

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. Government and consumer responses to climate change also affect the insurance industry. The transition to a low-carbon future, while necessary, introduces considerable investment risk.

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How Millennials Can Make an Impact With Their Money

3BL Media

According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus.

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Reset Connect Showcases Net Zero Business Solutions at London Climate Action Week

3BL Media

All areas of sustainability were covered, from the showcasing of energy innovation and green transport solutions to investors and sustainable business accelerators, all with the same goal of encouraging networking, engagement and collaboration to effect change and lower the global climate impact.

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La Banque Postale Launches €1 Billion Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

ESG Today

According to La Banque Postale, the new impact debt fund, classified as Article 8 under the SFDR regulation, will provide long-term support for projects that make a substantial contribution to mitigating climate change or are committed to decarbonizing their operations. It will be deployed over a three-year period.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. CrossBoundary focuses on clean energy, cleantech, climate change and education.

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New Zealand a Laggard in Net Zero Investment

Chris Hall

It has been compiled by the the Aotearoa Investor Coalition for Net Zero, which consists of Toihu Tahua: Centre for Sustainable Finance, the impact investment charity Mindful Money and the Investor Group on Climate Change, an Australia-New Zealand group of asset managers and owners responsible for the investment of 7.5