GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. As a result, we can expect to see personal, political and business incentives tilt in favor of more action to combat climate change. Faster private- and public-sector innovation to get emissions down should follow.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

The recent COP26 global climate change conference adjourned with a first-ever multinational agreement for trading standards. But a planned move toward more uniform global administration—another COP26 takeaway—should prevent this. It will take time before carbon offsets become asset allocation options for the average investor.

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

JULY 13, 2022

While Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings are becoming more prominent with over $120 billion funneled into sustainable investments in 2021 (more than double the $51 billion from 2020), these ratings are an imperfect effort for sharing relevant information with investors.

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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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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sustainable investment experts predicted an even greater emphasis by investors on public policy, at a recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. First, our roundtable participants surveyed the existing regulatory landscape for sustainable investing. Positive trajectory.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

The G7 Communique shows a patchwork approach that failed to live up to the promise made just a few months ago at COP26. The G7 leaders welcomed the International Sustainability Standards Board which is a strong signal to all reporting standards to refer to the ISSB as the global baseline.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

At COP26 in Glasgow the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation announced the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures.

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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. By Bill Ireland, Logan Energy.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the global standard-setter for securities markets, has now published important recommendations to foster confidence in this key link in the sustainable investment chain.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

End of Week Notes Another reason to redouble active ownership efforts The sense of optimism that permeated the first week of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow took a sobering turn this week as overall commitments appeared to fall short of the goal of limiting global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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ESG Today

JUNE 24, 2022

The IFRS Foundation Trustees announced today the appointment of Sustainalytics founder and former CEO Michael Jantzi and SASB Standards Board Chair Jeffrey Hales as members of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Jeff and Michael bring significant sustainability, investment and standard-setting expertise to the ISSB.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

End of Week Notes While governments struggle to act The COP26 summit in Glasgow underscored two big things for me: One is that the world’s sovereign nations are not yet able to muster a fully coordinated and cooperative response to climate change, despite the scientific consensus on the causes?—?the the burning of fossil fuels?—?and

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2022

The UK’s proposed regime for mandatory transition plans should require firms to explain their approach to managing biodiversity as well as climate risks, according to the country’s leading sustainable finance organisation. Tackling twin crises.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

trillion annually but attracted just US$13 billion in sustainable investment over the past decade; achieving SDG 14 will require US$174.5 They pointed to the inclusion of oceans in discussions at COP26 and COP27 , with the latter issuing a commitment to protect coastal zones and oceans from the physical impacts of climate change.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Here, the taxonomy could play a pivotal role in how these entities communicate their investment shifts and progress,” she said. Levick added that several national entities, including the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank plan to utilise the green taxonomy to guide investment decisions.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

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.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

COP27 deadline for Green Finance Strategy likely to be missed, as investors await details on sustainable investment framework. According to some experts, the UK’s COP26 presidency, which ends in November, risks losing momentum if the UK is no longer seen as a global leader on measures to mitigate climate change.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26. The Networks program also issued two new SDG Action publications to support the UN’s Decade of Action : the SDGs Edition in July for the High-level Political Forum and the Climate Action Edition for COP26.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

At COP26, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to reduce the country’s emissions by one billion tonnes by 2030 and promised to raise the percentage of renewables in its energy mix to 50%, growing India’s non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 gigawatts (GW) by the end of the decade, achieving 175 GW by the end of 2022. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In the circumstances, others noted , preventing backsliding from COP26 was no mean achievement, nor were the efforts of Indonesia and India to maintain the G20 leaders ’ commitment to climate action last week in Bali.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2023

UKSIF banks “phased approach “ to sustainability disclosures for SMEs to reduce compliance burden of UK ’s proposed non-financial reporting requirements. The FCA’s consultation on SDR closed on 25 January, with the regulator intending to publish a policy statement in Q3 this year.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including UNFCCC, WTW, Calvert, Actis and Insight Investment. . The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has appointed Simon Stiell as its new Executive Secretary.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

Many of the tools in the sustainable investing toolbox are not up to the job, he argued, which is why universal owners are bound to fail when they try to internalise climate targets within their portfolios. “So-called

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29. Bureaucratic barriers The failure in scaling blended finance in a meaningful way is well known – flows are decreasing with volumes falling to a 10-year low in 2022, according to the latest Convergence report.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, BondLink, Moody’s, Intercontinental Exchange and more. .

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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. In the run-up to COP26, the FAIRR Initiative investor network flagged the lack of detail about emissions reduction in the agricultural sector in the NDCs of 16 Group of 20 countries.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. On this critical issue, there has been no absence of good intent.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

Even after the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close last November, the ESG landscape still remains unclear. Environmental, Social and Governance and sustainable finance currently are like the Wild West. Products with sustainable investment objectives.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 16, 2023

But talking to policy experts, the sustainable finance picture in the UK is not all doom and gloom. There are disappointments, such as the perceived failure of the UK’s leadership of 2021’s COP26 and the taxonomy delay.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“Forests are essential both for preventing dangerous climate change, catastrophic biodiversity loss, and for securing the human rights and livelihoods of more than a billion people,” said Vemund Olsen, Senior Analyst – Sustainable Investments at Storebrand Asset Management.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2023

UK asset owners are feeling the squeeze from sustainability reporting, but they are working on ways to ease the pinch. The UK hosted COP26 in 2021 and, therefore, wanted to be viewed as a climate leader. “It It was easier to push on pension funds’ door than on asset managers’ door,” one organisation told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

With the consultation periods for both the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) climate and general sustainability standards and the European sustainability reporting standards (ESRSs) now closed, this explainer touches on the sticking points which will need to be smoothed out ahead of their being finalised later this year. .

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Carlos Sanchez

APRIL 28, 2021

Sustainable Investment and ESG ratings. The rise of intangibles that are much more sensitive to environmental and social issues has played a crucial role in the growth of investment which considers Environment, Social and Governance factors (ESG investment).

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Segal argues that Canada’s policymakers and regulatory bodies have failed to align the country’s financial sector with a “safe climate and stable economy”, leaving little incentive for companies, financial institutions and asset owners to pursue sustainable investment strategies.

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