Chris Hall

JANUARY 14, 2025

President-elect Trump has significant political motivation to leave big portions of the IRA climate provisions intact, said Bryan McGannon, Managing Director of the US Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF). Many of the IRA investments are already creating jobs in the clean energy supply chain in red states.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell insisted agreement on Article 6 would “help countries implement their climate plans faster and cheaper”, while acknowledging the difficulties facing the process. But would its effect be felt at COP29 in Azerbaijan? Back for good?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The distinction between active and passive investment strategies needs to be redefined when it comes to sustainable investments, argues Henrik Wold Nilsen, a Senior Portfolio Manager at Storebrand. Storebrand makes the distinction between Paris-alignment reporting and financial alignment. trillion total.

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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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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

"We are excited to join PCAF and to support the important work they are leading to build a methodology for global banks' efforts to track and measure climate change risks," said Audrey Choi, Morgan Stanley's chief sustainability officer and CEO of the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing.

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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. .

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding Climate Scenario Analysis What is climate scenario analysis? Climate scenario analysis is a strategic tool used by businesses to evaluate the potential impacts of climate change on their operations, assets, and overall business strategy.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2022

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). These issues cannot be seen as secondary, otherwise the problems will be greater,” he said.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

DESCRIPTION: What is it about an investable product – a mutual fund, an exchange traded fund (ETF) –that would qualify it as an “ESG,” “green” or “sustainable” investment offering to retail or institutional investors? That’s a question getting much more attention recently.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The European launch follows the introduction last year in Canada by Manulife of its Global Climate Action strategy, which utilizes a selection process based on the Paris Agreement and science-based targets to invest in companies that are making positive contributions to climate change.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2023

Lorraine Kelly, Global Head of Investment Stewardship at ISS, said: “Investor focus on managing biodiversity impact has the potential to become as significant and enduring as the current focus on climate change.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

“Our ESG analysis integrates a broad range of ESG criteria, such as how a company engages with its key stakeholders, like employees and customers, how it manages major challenges such as climate change, and whether it is involved in any controversies,” said Goosen.

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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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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. We simply need to commit, think bigger and embrace what it can offer us. Policy-driven benefits.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Providing access to distinct opportunities in emerging markets at a competitive fee, this ETF reduces climate risk exposure by investing in companies providing solutions to mitigate climate change as well as those improving their resilience to its consequences, giving them a long-term competitive advantage.”

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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. Renewed engagement.

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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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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the two years since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement , what progress has the world made on climate change? The primary outcomes of this year’s COP include: 1) the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP); 2) the Talanoa Dialogue; and 3) the Pre-2020 action and ambition.

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3BL Media

JUNE 19, 2024

The energy sector plays a significant role in the global push to reign-in climate change. That, however, is changing. Science-based targets (SBTs) are greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets that are in line with what the latest climate science deems necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Heightened attention Established in 2017, CA100+ aims to collectively supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas emitters to take action on climate change. It has engaged more than 170 heavy-emitting firms representing a total market capitalisation of US$10.3

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indices that are labelled as Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PABs) under EU rules must meet criteria for asset selection that results in the index aligning with the long-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

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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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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. Clients need to vote with their money.

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Sustainability Update

JUNE 28, 2022

by Hank Boerner – Chair & Chief Strategist – G&A Institute What is it about an investable product – a mutual fund, an exchange traded fund (ETF) – that would qualify it as an “ESG” or “sustainable investment” offering to the retail or institutional investor? Only about 12% were on track to meet Paris goals.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. . Leaders of the world’s richest nations are not delivering the clear and consistent policy signals that business is calling for to enable the fastest possible transition to the sustainable, more secure, clean energy future that the world desperately needs. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Europe’s new code – As Ursula von der Leyen mulled over the composition of her top team for the next five years , the European Commission’s incoming finance chief was already getting advice on the future of sustainable investment. Finance is an issue. Three agencies are organising a series of six events – dubbed the NDCs 3.0

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

In November 2023, I wrote about the links between human rights and climate change for investors. Last month, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) determined that the Swiss government had violated its citizens’ human rights, due to its lack of action on climate change. One in particular stands out. So what happened?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

Having published a report claiming “bullying” of members by the investor-led Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) coalition, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Anti-trust heard from investor network Ceres, shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and CalPERS – the US’s largest public pension fund.

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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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The case continues long-running Republican attacks on US asset managers and the investor-led climate-focused coalitions to which they largely no longer belong. As noted in the Financial Times , coal prices spiked in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, falling back “sharply” since.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

COP28 reminded investors of the difficulties involved in reaching inter-governmental consensus on intensifying climate action. These were highlighted at last October’s PRI in Person event by Jan Rasmussen, Head of ESG and Sustainability at PensionDanmark. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In September, the CMA issued a consultation to help inform its advice to the UK government on how competition and consumer regimes can better support the UK’s Net Zero and sustainability goals, including preparing for climate change. Limits to power of collaboration. Removing impediments.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2023

It additionally provides a summary of its scoring, including a climate lobbying overview of individual firms. . InfluenceMap’s data also shows that companies with worse grades and greatest misalignment with the objectives of the Paris Agreement have higher levels of engagement intensity.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2022

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

MARCH 14, 2024

CA100+ was established in 2017 as an investor-led initiative aiming to collectively support the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to take action on climate change. A total of 170 firms representing a total market capitalisation of US$10.3

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