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Impact in Focus Ahead of ESMA Deadline

Chris Hall

Hortense Bioy, Head of Sustainable Investing at Morningstar Sustainalytics, told ESG Investor that most of these name changes will take place over the next month. Jamie Broderick, Deputy Chair of the UKs not-profit Impact Investing Institute, says that this should come as no surprise.

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Despite appearances, sustainable investments have quietly had a great year. Given the poor performance of green energy stocks and the chorus of opposition against anything viewed as “woke,” it’s easy to get lost in the narrative that the shine has worn off sustainable investing. Tim Nash is the founder of Good Investing.

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CFA Institute, PRI, GSIA Issue Harmonized Definitions for Sustainable Investing

ESG Today

Investors need language that enables them to communicate their responsible investment practices accurately, succinctly, and consistently. By unifying around common definitions, we support our signatories and members to communicate with confidence.” New terms are always emerging alongside new ideas, and definitions evolve over time.

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The Difference Between ESG and SRI, and How They Impact Investing

3BL Media

Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity. These terms, however, lacked clear definitions. In the U.S.,

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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3

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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The value of global sustainable investment assets jumped from US$23 trillion in 2016 to US$35 trillion in 2020.

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Sustainable Investment Surges in Non-US Markets – GSIA

Chris Hall

Global sustainable investment has passed US$30 trillion, but US excluded from majority of trend analysis figures due to “material change” in methodology. According to the GSIA’s data, the value of sustainable investments in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand has risen from US$18.2 trillion to US$21.9