GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. And citizens and consumers will have the kind of granular information they need to more effectively target the decision-makers and brands standing in the way of a sustainable future.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

Alexander True, Business Partner at Sarasin, offers seven questions to help investors sort the green from the greenwashed. Investors’ desire to make a positive difference has driven huge inflows into strategies that make sustainability claims. Is your asset manager a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)?

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Similarly, 69% of investors reported that they would increase their investments in companies that successfully manage sustainability issues relevant to the business’s performance and prospects, and 67% would increase investment in companies that change their business conduct to have a beneficial impact on society or the environment.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

At the GLOBExCHANGE conference, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that companies wanting to supply the federal government on contracts worth more than $25 million will need to comply with new climate change requirements. C scenarios, Routledge said.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

CFA Institute and President and Chief Executive, Margaret Franklin, CFA, said: “Concerns over greenwashing and a demand for products and skills to support sustainable investing have created a real need for finance professionals to develop a deeper understanding of how these factors are impacting the industry, clients, and the world at large.”

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Adam Scott is d irector and Patrick DeRochie is s enior m anager for Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, a charitable initiative that tracks the climate strategies of Canadian pension funds and works to protect pensions and the climate by bringing together beneficiaries and their pension managers to engage on the climate crisis. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Anti-greenwashing rules and guidance may become “diamond standard”. Anti-greenwashing guidance proposed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as well as the promise of extending the finalised Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) to pension products, has been welcomed by the investment industry.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

These new rules, intended to counteract greenwashing, spell out the criteria for a green investment and require market participants to disclose how they are aligned with them. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing. Media Contact: Arleta Majoch, COO Impact Cubed Arleta@impact-cubed.com.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2023

The EC’s responses were to questions raised by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) on SFDR in September last year, which asked for clarification the definition of “sustainable investments” and what it means to “consider” PAIs.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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ESG Today

JANUARY 21, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU Parliament approves new anti-greenwashing law; investors urge Shell to set Paris-aligned climate targets; Barclays launches new sustainable banking, energy transition investment banking teams; PwC CEO survey finds companies upskilling workers for climate megatrend; Australia drafts law requiring mandatory climate reporting; (..)

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

EE: There’s a general concern about greenwashing and the dissonance between what many companies say they believe about ESG issues and what they are actually doing. Do you feel corporate greenwashing has increased or decreased from the 1970s and ’80s? Climate change cannot be addressed by only changing your portfolio.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

By navigating the complexities of SFDR, investors can reduce carbon footprints, support the transition and contribute to a more sustainable future , says Pedro Carvalheiro, Head of Capital M arkets at He avyFinance. Article 9 funds are considered the most sustainable, requiring portfolios with 100 per cent sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Protected status for ESG investment products could mark the beginning of the end for greenwashing for UK investors. Before long, any asset manager thinking of slapping a ‘sustainable’ or ‘ESG’ label on its investment products for UK clients should think twice – at least. It thinks there is a problem about greenwashing.”.

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Impakter

MARCH 11, 2023

In what’s being labelled a “landmark’’ moment for sustainable finance, EU negotiators last week finally announced the agreement of a provisional deal establishing a gold standard for European green bonds (EuGB). appeared first on Impakter. Stephen Hare

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

While a focus on ESG has been prevalent for some time now, this surge in interest has been fueled by Canada’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and an increasing number of stakeholders who expect ESG considerations be integrated into their investment programs.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

PS23/16 and GC23/03: UK sustainability disclosure rules and anti-greenwashing rules guidance issued 28 November, consisted of a framework for UK sustainability disclosure requirements (SDRs) and a labelling regime. specifically makes mention of “…developing a UK Green Taxonomy and consideration of nature-related disclosures”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Separate from the US$100 billion per annum in climate finance pledged by rich countries, the Loss and Damage Fund was the surprise hit of COP27 , agreed with the aim of compensating the developing countries most at risk from the physical impacts of climate change already ‘locked in’.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

As part of a larger package of regulatory updates, the Commission published updates to the current Climate Delegated Act , including the introduction of new activities associated with both climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

Investors must now apply a double materiality perspective to their sustainable investment process to ensure real economy impacts, according to Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Capital Management. What next for sustainable investing?

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

UNEP FI is responsible for formulating the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and convenes the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA), the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA). Fancy writes: “To fix our system and curb a growing [greenwashing] disaster, we need government to fix the rules.”.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The survey found that nearly all investors (99%) utilize companies’ ESG disclosures as a part of their investment decision-making, and that the methods used have matured significantly over the past few years, with 74% reporting conducting a “structured and methodical evaluation of nonfinancial disclosures,” compared to only 32% in 2019.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

Innovation can create opportunities for climate progress and investment returns in 2023, says Sarah Bratton Hughes, Head of Sustainable Investing, American Century Investments. That is our investment stewardship approach, particularly concerning portfolio decarbonisation. Sustainability trends beyond carbon.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

Assets in European impact funds increased by 50% in 2021 compared to 2020, as demand for the classification increases in the wake of greenwashing claims against funds elsewhere in the sustainable investment universe. of total European funds’ net assets currently follow an impact investing approach.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach. To the contrary, this idea?—?that

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Sustainability Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

In the face of mounting global concerns over climate change and the need for sustainable development, Australian businesses are increasingly called upon to reshape their operational blueprint. A shift towards more sustainable investments can drive growth and yield substantial returns in the long run.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA) released an analysis that noted the “absence of harmonised and standardised reporting requirements” for private sector actors against SDG targets, and concluded that most funds claiming to contribute to SDGs neither explained clearly how they aligned, nor invested any differently to non-SDG funds.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Efficient, reliable and trusted benchmarks can cut the cost of sustainable investment, as they allow passive, index-based strategies to support sustainable investment objectives. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sustainable investment experts predicted an even greater emphasis by investors on public policy, at a recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. First, our roundtable participants surveyed the existing regulatory landscape for sustainable investing. Positive trajectory.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary. In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Sustainability trends 2023: Net-Zero roadmaps.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Franklin Templeton, RLAM, LifePath UK, DWS, Jenson and BNPP AM. . German asset manager DWS has restated its commitment to ESG, in the aftermath of greenwashing claims and investigations.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2023

UKSIF banks “phased approach “ to sustainability disclosures for SMEs to reduce compliance burden of UK ’s proposed non-financial reporting requirements. The TCFD’s recommendations were published in June 2017 and have since gained widespread recognition and adoption by companies, investors, and governments globally.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

Climate success requires laws that ensure consistent reporting on emissions reductions, writes Jane Thostrup Jagd of the We Mean Business Coalition. Debates are currently underway in both the EU and the US about how companies should report on the risks that climate change is bringing to their business – and vice versa.

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