Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Decarbonisation strategies are not keeping pace with the commitments being made by some of the world’s most polluting companies, Climate Action 100+ (CA100+)’s latest Net Zero Company Benchmark update has found. Moving forward, investors should put the onus on encouraging transparency and the integrity of net zero pledges.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Last month, reporter David Gelles, of The New York Times, wrote that at Davos this year, the climate crisis had largely been “relegated to the back burner.” That’s three times better than the average large publicly traded company with more than US$1 billion in overall revenue, which earned 16% of its revenue from sustainable sources.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability Matters More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues. Sustainable investing can be a win-win for emerging-markets investors. It can be impactful, playing an important role in allocating capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

His ability to achieve his agenda will require action from key sectors across the country, including the investment and business community. Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2022

New CEO says increased financing from developed markets “will be crucial” to net zero ambitions. Investors in the developed world have a crucial role to play in supporting emerging markets to meet UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), said David Atkin, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Climate risk and resilience are largely modeled by insurance companies, looking at how a company’s assets may be affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, increasing natural disasters and other future climate events as climate change worsens. trillion, even more investment is needed.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2024

“Such assessments will also need to be regionalised, as different jurisdictions have access to different technologies and capital.” Last year, Robeco extended its Sustainable Investing (SI) Open Access Initiative to the public. There’s a lot of greenhushing going on because the industry expects perfection.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking shows global bankers are off to a slow start, but over time it will help guide consistency of reporting and provide an ongoing window into bankers’ progress in meeting the world’s Paris Agreement commitments. . billion, followed by New York City–based Citi at US $2.18

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Supporting resilience and just transition are as important as climate mitigation, says Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center. Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress.

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

is fully “back” in climate change matters with the nation rejoining the Paris Agreement and embracing and promising to surpass the COP temperature-limiting goals. As we write this, President Joseph Biden and VP Kamala Harris are leading a global leader virtual summit on climate change issues. TOP STORIES.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has increased investor representation on its global steering committee, adding Phoenix Group Head of Stewardship Valeria Piani alongside five others to further expand its geographic experience and expertise.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2022

New report provides guidance to asset owners on closing net zero investment gap. . Asset owners should track their contributions to climate change mitigation by calculating the green investment ratio of portfolios and assets, according to a recent report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

Policies, regulations and wider laws are among the many elements that set the path and guide them on their journey to net zero. In March , the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) published the results of an annual survey of its members, who collectively manage A$37 trillion (US$23.7 trillion) in assets.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), which is now part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has committed to continue to prioritise engagement with companies on major environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, as well as human rights issues and executive pay.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

As global momentum builds behind transition planning, Mark Manning, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, makes the case for a systemic response to the challenges of climate change. Arguably, we need to be thinking about transition planning as a system response to the challenges of climate change.”

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C is rapidly falling out of reach , despite the fact most net zero commitments set by governments, investors and companies target a 1.5°C Many [investors] claim the true cost of climate change has not been priced in even now,” he says. “This summer is giving us a mere taste of our future, and we’re still only at 1.3°C

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Many pension funds still in “early stages” of net zero investing, but expect to use targeted index products to align passive portfolios to Paris goals. trillion in assets, pension funds are preparing to adjust both active and passive portfolios to meet climate goals.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Accelerating hydrogen activity. Policy-driven benefits. We must do more.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

On 15 May, over 20 state attorneys-general sent a letter to NZIA and Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) members, asking for information on their relationship to the alliances and commitments made. Fear of breaking anti-trust laws risks shaking the foundations of GFANZ sub-alliances in the wake of NZIA exodus.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 29, 2022

Institutional investors are increasingly attracted to climate-focused passive investment vehicles as a systematic and cost-effective way of transitioning their portfolios to net zero. . Recently, passive products that are ‘Paris-aligned’ – meaning they are decarbonising in line with a 1.5-2°C

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. . It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. Eight years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the energy transition remains “stuck”, according to Spaargaren.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Church Commissioners for England, Morgan Stanley Investment Management , Newday, Gresham House, and T Rowe Price. Global asset manager T Rowe Price Group has joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

As a high-emitting sector, oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from investors and regulators to set decarbonisation targets that align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5% Reducing emissions across all scopes .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

A growing appreciation of the scale and urgency of the climate crisis is leading US-based companies to take greater account of investor concerns, resulting in an increased number of withdrawn shareholder resolutions. . “We The firms included Boston Trust Walden Company and JP Morgan Chase. . Growing incentives .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Consistent data on sovereign climate risks is crucial, says Victoria Barron, ASCOR Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme. Governments know they must attract ESG investors to sovereign debt if they are to meet their net zero carbon emission targets by 2050. billion at the end of 2020.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

A host of oil majors receded on their climate commitments , key financial institutions started to leave climate action consortiums, and major economies like the US and UK began backsliding on their net-zero pledges.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

British businesses with over 500 employees and £500 million in turnover join pension funds with £5 billion or more in assets – and asset managers and insurers with a premium listing – in producing an annual report that explains how they are managing the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Stewardship is widely considered one of the most effective tools in an asset owner’s toolbox to ensure companies are prioritising ESG-related issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change. . “ Plotting a path to Paris .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

This could be seen as chickens coming home to roost given the country has historically been one of the biggest contributors to climate change. Crucially, the bill includes a planned US$369 billion in investment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fund the upscaling of domestic renewable energy sources. It produced 5.99

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. For the first time, the IMO has also agreed on an overarching objective to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by or around 2050.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference? Climate adaptation finance is also important for risk management of net zero assets, according to the UK’s Green Finance Institute. billion fund.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2022

COPs 27 and 15 can embed link between land use and climate change in policy and finance flows. It also plays an important role in regulating climate change. degree target and achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is clear. We really hope that nature gains the same importance as climate change.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. C without nature, and that climate change is one of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, the ISSB delivered its long-awaited sustainability standards, to overwhelming but not universal acclaim. Double trouble – Undoubtedly, the most significant development in sustainable investment this week was the release of its first two standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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