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ISS ESG, Qontigo, Launch Biodiversity-Focused Index Suite

ESG Today

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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System change investing: High impact, high return

GreenBiz

Nearly all SRI and corporate sustainability strategies focus on changing companies and addressing symptoms, such as climate change, poverty and other major environmental and social challenges. For example, the solution to climate change and deforestation largely does not involve addressing these problems directly.

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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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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Negative screening This is the process of excluding certain sectors, companies, or practices from a portfolio based on specific ESG criteria. Positive screening For this, investors actively select companies or sectors for investment based on positive ESG performance relative to industry peers.

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This Week’s Fund News: DWS Launches ESG Fund for Women, by Women

Chris Hall

Driving substantive progress in the fight against climate change will require entire sectors to transition. We focus instead on reducing the funds’ exposure to emissions, the most significant driver of climate change,” said Jim Whittington, Head of Responsible Investment at Dimensional.

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The Many Approaches to Sustainable Investing

Jon Hale

It is also sometimes referred to as “ESG integration” or more specifically as “positive screening”, or “ESG best-in-class”. Practice Active Ownership While most asset managers practice active ownership to some degree, this approach refers to asset managers explicitly seeking positive ESG outcomes through active ownership.

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This Week’s Fund News: Invesco Rebadges UK Companies Fund as Sustainable

Chris Hall

The actively management equity portfolio will now incorporate sustainability factors to positive screen companies across a wide range of industries without solely relying on exclusions. “In The fight against climate change has driven strong growth momentum in the global green bond market.