Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. But that [progress is] not being made by all governments.”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

There have been longstanding concerns that there is a “sequencing” issue as the requirements for investors under SFDR came into force before the ESRS requirements for companies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It defines roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for asset owners, investment managers, advisors, and service providers. Policy ultimately aims to build the foundations that support the development of society towards shared goals, taking into account collective interests and political preferences, as well as addressing market failures.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 9, 2022

The APAC Network will be led by newly appointed GFANZ Director Yuki Yasui, who previously served as the APAC lead for the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). It will also look to develop country chapters to support local engagement and implementation.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The issue is longstanding, but has been thrown into sharp relief by the sharp rise of ESG-related investing in recent years, with existing regulatory frameworks increasingly requiring fiduciaries to consider whether to simply pursue maximum returns for clients and trustees, or take into account wider issues, typically related to sustainability.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The TNFD’s LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) has proved a popular and easy-to-apply methodology for helping companies report their sustainable investing activities in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosures or regulatory directives such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

WWF International’s Battle says that scientists are only just beginning to understand the systems and processes that allow life to thrive in the deep ocean, and how it helps to regulate the climate. “This lack of scientific knowledge means we cannot possibly develop informed regulations for this new industry,” Battle notes.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

The biodiversity and nature data market being built by third-party providers is growing at a rapid pace, but it’s still in its nascent stages, with investors currently focused on developing their in-house assessment capabilities and supporting different initiatives on a piecemeal basis.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” A framework for nature The TNFD recommendations and a suite of additional implementation guidance were developed from a two-year consultative process, including pilot testing by over 200 companies and financial institutions.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . Initial coverage includes an assessment universe of the most material sectors of major developed market indices. . Normative , a?

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Along with the report, they also provided a policy brief.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Sachs | September 22, 2015 Land rights, both for individuals and for communities, are critical for achieving sustainable development. As the UN member countries begin to implement the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they should keep land rights in their focus, and measure and protect land rights in order to achieve the SDGs.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1 trillion investment in adaptation measures [9]. For many institutional investors, physical risks remain ‘terra incognita’.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 we combine this so the guidance draws on that ”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C overshoot still feels like the elephant in the room. It should be “central to all investors’ risk management processes”, O’Brien says, noting that TIAA utilises climate scenarios set out by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) to stress test investment processes. C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

The proposals ask for the firms to adopt policies by year end which move toward elimination of financing or insuring new fossil fuel developments, as called for by the IEA. . The shareholder proposals ask banks to fulfil the UNEP FI’s recommendations for credible net zero commitments and the IEA net zero roadmap. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

The NZIA told ESG Investor that it does not comment on the individual and independent actions of its existing or ex-members. A NZAOA spokesperson told ESG Investor that the NZIA and NZAOA are separate and distinct initiatives, and that the alliance remains “firmly committed” to supporting an “economic transition to net zero by 2050”.

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