Chris Hall

APRIL 6, 2022

Meanwhile in the asset management sector, Legal & General Investment Management said it would divest from Russian sovereign debt and the manager has reduced total exposure to 0.1% of AUM or £1.3 billion. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warning this week of the growing risk of significant near-term climate change impacts unless rapid changes are made, global displacement from extreme weather events looks set to grow.

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Despite many pension funds declaring their frustration at laggardly transition planning in the sector, as engagement yields limited results, divestment still seems to be the hardest word. As such, it is a concern that the blueprint for a state-level ban on integrating ESG factors into investment decisions was passed in Florida this week.

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Sustainability Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Vogue Business reports that Ebay is also promoting secondhand fashion by holding two “Endless Runway” streaming events in New York and London, in partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the British Fashion Council.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

For example, an asset manager may have a limited carbon footprint and can appear to be on track to net zero by divesting its high-carbon assets, however such action is effectively passing the problem onto someone else. It is also engaging with various policy bodies, such as the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and GFANZ.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

One might expect governance ratings to change over time rather than overnight,” said a sustainable investment analyst at a large UK-based asset owner. . Any decision made to disengage or divest must be done in a responsible fashion, including scrutinising for any unintended human rights consequences.” .

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In October, the annual PRI in Person conference kicked off in Toronto with opening remarks from Luke Gould, the CEO of Mackenzie Investments, a Canadian leader in responsible investing and the lead sponsor of the event. Sustainability is more than a buzz word.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

Divestment was the least selected due diligence action by both business and general respondents. We also noticed an uplift in the number of outdated statements, signalling that some companies saw reporting as a ‘one-off’ box tick event.”

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

These were highlighted at last October’s PRI in Person event by Jan Rasmussen, Head of ESG and Sustainability at PensionDanmark. The disruption that weather events will cause to economies and markets at 1.8-1.9°C Net zero targets are still valid because the effects of global warming are exponential,” argues Martindale.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

However, as institutional investors, academics, NGOs, investor networks and data providers congregated in London last week for ESG Investor ’s inaugural Stewardship Summit , it became clear that many asset owners lack the resources necessary to fulfil their engagement ambitions.

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