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Dozens of financial institutions urge EU against weakening sustainability rules

Environmental Finance

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Placing African institutions at the forefront of the global sustainability agenda

Environmental Finance

Nana Skari Maidugu has been named Personality of the year in Environmental Finance s Sustainable Investment Awards, for her role in embedding sustainability at the heart of one of Africas most influential sovereign wealth funds.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: ESG in Action As climate change intensifies, so do the physical and transition risks to industries and companies. But how do investors quantify those changes? Historically, they’ve measured a portfolio’s climate impact based on its carbon footprint or weighted average carbon intensity. By Sara Rosner.

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Let Experts Lead Engagement

Chris Hall

While these are welcome steps in the right direction — given the recent backtracking among US asset managers on prior climate commitments — there are significant questions about how these companies can deliver risk mitigation results for their clients when stewardship teams are split.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Take Five: Putin’s Sustainability Legacy

Chris Hall

This week’s blog marks the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by noting five of the changes it has wrought to sustainable investing. A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. In the Global North, food shortages and panic buying marked a severe cost-of-living crisis.

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ESG Narratives Needed as well as Numbers

Chris Hall

Research predicts new demands on asset managers, as clients’ sustainable investment priorities mature. Institutional and intermediary clients’ sustainable investment demands are growing increasingly sophisticated, requiring managers to reappraise their skills and budget levels. A long way to go”.