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No Time to Rest in Passive ESG Market

Chris Hall

In recent weeks, Bloomberg has announced the launch of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Green, Social, Sustainability Bond Indices , while MSCI unveiled a suite of indices under the Climate Action banner. Elsewhere, it added, index providers should supply net-zero aligned benchmarks and asset owners should use them.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

Globally, managers with more than US$50 trillion have made net zero commitments via the Net Zero Asset Managers’ initiative. We see climate change as a predominant specific factor.

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UK Taxonomy Can Learn from EU’s Mistakes

Chris Hall

Clarity and interoperability GTAG has recommended that the UK government confirms the purpose of its approach and definition of DNSH within its H2 2023 consultation for the UK taxonomy to provide market clarity and promote international interoperability.

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Why Every Decision on 6G Must Put Sustainability First

3BL Media

Moreover, technology must be anchored in society to be socially sustainable, meaning that the use of resources is well motivated and explained. 6G for sustainability 6G networks should contribute to an overall sustainable development in society by enabling the transformation of other sectors than just ICT.

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Asia’s Sovereigns to Embrace Sustainable Bonds

Chris Hall

Much of the required fund-raising will be realised through sustainable bonds, said Moody’s, due to a post-pandemic focus on investment to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and major governments’ pursuit of net zero CO2 emissions targets. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5

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A Measured Approach

Chris Hall

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. Impact investment is the next step along, because by definition it involves measuring rigorously the impact that you create.

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Roundtable: In Pursuit of Value, not Values

Chris Hall

This has manifested itself most markedly at state level, with some states withdrawing business from asset managers, imposing anti-ESG requirements on suppliers and investigating banks’ climate-related policies, while others have gone in the opposite direction, for example by setting their own net zero policies. So how do we define it?