Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Yet to claim to be on track as a pension fund or an insurance company is to deny the obvious that the fund may be clean under your own definitions, but the structural problems have not yet been addressed. IPR forecasts the OECD to reach its net zero targets by 2050.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2 Under US SIF Foundation’s definition, ESG incorporation encompasses a range of strategies including ESG integration, positive screening, negative screening, impact investing and sustainability-themed investing. trillion in assets under management.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Regulatory updates and lack of clarity on the definition of “sustainable investment” have left some fund managers hesitant to pursue Article 9 funds. This resulted in concerns over greenwashing accusations and uncertainty surrounding the interpretation of sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2022

For existing investments, UPP is prioritising active engagement over divestment, partly due to the complexity of the challenges facing firms in different sectors. . Multi-pronged climate engagement . It’s not just the supply side that needs to decarbonise, but the demand side, too.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In theory, the opportunity set is vast, meaning asset owners are often in need of definitions and frameworks to guide them from the reducing negative to accentuating the positive. You have to go back to the true definition based on intentionality, additionality and measurability. Vast opportunities. Impact through stewardship.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2022

It confirms the material importance of divesting from fossil fuels and decarbonising real estate.” . As part of the Ff55, the Commission introduced a new definition of ‘zero-emission buildings’ and refined existing definitions, such as ‘nearly-zero energy building’. .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 10, 2022

System-level social risks should definitely be on the agenda; those social risks that threaten social and economic systems and well-functioning financial markets. “Trustees will naturally be looking at the big picture,” says Dan Neale, Social Themes Lead for the Church Commissioners for England, which manages more than £9 billion in assets.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

It could also accelerate the nascent shift toward a broader definition of stewardship, as well as a possible rethink around the obligations of fiduciary duty. All this suggests 2024 will prove a difficult and perhaps pivotal year for asset owners looking to make headway on their net zero commitments.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.’” The data set is developed through assessment of a company’s revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy , sourced from Corporate Knights research.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

It has completely divested the fast fashion sector over its poor record on sustainability and the payment of decent wages but maintains engagement through PLWF. “We speak through the platform to several supply chain actors,” says Schmidt.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Large institutional investors have taken divergent approaches to managing the climate risks in their portfolios, with some pension funds divesting fossil fuel holdings. Nietsch agreed: “Nature issues tend to be so complex and systemic that divestment may have less of an effect than it might for climate.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 10, 2024

Divestment is different from ESG, which is different from impact investing. Thankfully, we now have a partnership between the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance to harmonize definitions of sustainable investment approaches.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She argued that because there is no standardized definition for sustainable investment, it is harder to determine which ESG initiatives are causing a net change for the good. Pretorius and Free agreed and claimed investors will expect even more from companies than mere divestment from non-renewable assets. said Free.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 27, 2021

Outcomes from ExxonMobil will be slightly better because of this, and as they are one of the largest greenhouse gas producers in the world, that's definitely positive. A much better action for BlackRock would have been to very publicly divest their 6.7% ownership position of ExxonMobil entirely.

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