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Climate Finance: Moving Forward After COP26

3BL Media

SUMMARY: The need for climate finance – the local, national, or transnational financing that enables climate change mitigation and adaptation – was much debated at COP26. However, the onus is now firmly on government, policy and corporate stakeholders to translate ambition into impact.

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Investment Firm Ramps up Clients' Sustainability Efforts

3BL Media

Alice Evans, Co-Head of BMO GAM (EMEA)’s Responsible Investment team, said: “COP26 in November last year served to further highlight the scale of the challenge in addressing climate change. Georgina has joined Acre’s Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing practice.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

Examples are the Swiss art 964 and the German supply chain act. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2 trillion in AUM, according to a report by the Global Investing Network.

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Act Naturally

Chris Hall

Last year’s COP26 – with a full day dedicated to finance – raised awareness and added significant momentum. Demonstrating respect for human rights and addressing other social concerns will continue to be vital, and new EU laws are likely to impose far-reaching requirements for private companies to report on their external impacts.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: London Stock Exchange Consults on VCM

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more.

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Impact Will Have its Place in ISSB Reporting – IOSCO Chair

Chris Hall

“As the disclosure of impact becomes more relevant to a whole range of stakeholders, it will increasingly interact with measurements which inform enterprise value,” he said. . Due to be finalised by the end of this year, the standards focus on how risks are impacting companies’ financial performance – known as enterprise value. .

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ESG Explainer: On the Road to Transition

Chris Hall

At COP26 in Glasgow last year, governments, businesses, and other stakeholders in the automotive industry and road transport committed to “rapidly accelerating the transition to zero emission vehicles to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Supply-chain disruptions and increased battery costs are another challenge for EV manufacturers.