ESG Today

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Yet the increased level of transparency, disclosure and accountability and third-party assurance to enforce it, while good for investors, creates a range of new challenges for companies reporting ESG information and for the investors tracking them.

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Chris Hall

MAY 22, 2024

This backsliding has increased polarisation between investors, with some choosing to divest and others – in recognition of their responsibility as universal owners – doubling down on engagement with the sector. It is a tool for evaluating risk in the portfolio and help us make informed decisions.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

Louise Wihlborn, Sustainable Investment Analyst at Aviva Investors, told ESG Investor that this year the firm will continue to increase the stringency of its escalation action, particularly with poorer performers. “We believe robust, persistent engagement can be a powerful agent for change.” Wihlborn said.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The framework will form part of the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs), the UK’s equivalent of Europe’s Sustainable Financ e Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Consumers need the right information to make decisions,” said Sadan. I really want you to make sure that this is not about just divestment.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Canadian pension fund to eschew “blanket divestment”, emphasising role as “active investor and influencer”. Blanket divestment is not the best way to maximise returns without undue risk of loss. And it isn’t the way that we as active investors have maximised our returns over time.”.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Head of Sustainability at CDPQ Bertrand Millot highlights the pension fund’s focus on decarbonising the real economy, as well as comprehensively divesting from the oil industry. This achievement was one of several high points in the pension fund’s 2023 sustainable investing (SI) report , published in April.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Research predicts new demands on asset managers, as clients’ sustainable investment priorities mature. Institutional and intermediary clients’ sustainable investment demands are growing increasingly sophisticated, requiring managers to reappraise their skills and budget levels.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Its communication on a ‘ competition policy fit for new challenges ’ promised “guidance and legal certainty to enable cooperation” in pursuit of sustainability, within updates to its horizontal block exemption rules. Removing impediments.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Climate change is the leading issue being addressed by US asset owners that incorporate ESG factors into their investment decisions, according to the US SIF Foundation’s latest biennial Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends. Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2

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Chris Hall

JULY 4, 2023

Following this year’s proxy season, the UK Asset Owner Roundtable has invited asset managers to have a “constructive dialogue” with its members to improve alignment on climate-related engagements with investee firms.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 2, 2022

billion in long-term fixed-income securities and $600 million in overnight cash investments managed by BlackRock because of the firm’s commitment to sustainable investing. To do this I looked at the publicly available returns of the Florida Long Duration Portfolio as of March 2022, the most-recent information on it I could find.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bolli was co-lead author of the protocol report, alongside Udo Riese, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Allianz Investment Management. The latest edition of the protocol for members includes targets on private assets and outlines ways to report on sovereign bond emissions.

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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% This can be particularly significant when information is an integral part of modern political conflict. . of AUM or £1.3 billion. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

Students are also starting to pressure their universities to divest from border and surveillance companies. And it is working in the UK on affordable housing for refugees.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

Anti-modern slavery legislation is in its infancy and investors must rely on myriad sources of information to identify and mitigate the risk of slavery and forced labour in investee companies and their wider supply chains. Divestment was the least selected due diligence action by both business and general respondents.

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

From experience we know at G&A Institute that when firms move out of P/E portfolio (via IPO, SPAC , acquisition by larger firm, management buyout, other means) the proactive burnishing of corporate ESG reputations can be a big plus in the divestment of today’s P/E entity. TOP STORIES.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It sent questionnaires pre-filled with publicly available information to the selected asset managers and 64 out of 77 responded directly to verify and supplement answers. The 13 which did not respond had their information completed by ShareAction based on publicly available information.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

Manning said feedback on this subject would inform a planned review of the overall UK legal and regulatory framework relating to investment stewardship, due to be conducted later this year. Manning said the TPT’s guidance would provide support and input for investors’ sustainability-related stewardship activities. “If

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Sustainability Update

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

According to Reuters, environmental groups are calling for “robust rules in the textile-specific standards currently in development under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).” For more information , view the full newsletter here. View our news feed here.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Hard to ignore Demand for more information is coming from many stakeholders and is getting harder to ignore. They realise they need to make that information available as without it we won’t be able to make investment or lending decisions.” Nature is at the base of every supply chain.

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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.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2023

This slashes portfolio emissions and sends a strong signal to oil and gas firms about the financial consequences of failing to set out credible transition plans.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Large institutional investors such as Norges Bank Investment Management, Storebrand, Nest and the Church of England Pensions Board have announced exits from Russian investments, while many Western corporates have shuttered operations, McDonalds and Coca-Cola among the latest. . Ratings under review .

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Through SIPs, trustees with 100 or more members are now expected to publicly state their – or their external managers’ – engagement policy and priorities, and explain in detail how they steward their sustainable investments. Trustees can then use this information to prioritise specific companies for engagement. . “We

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Even if such disclosures are voluntary from a regulatory perspective, the information is critical for asset managers, especially now that they need to report their own portfolio emissions on ESG-labelled funds. That is, by showing up to shareholder meetings and trying to steer portfolio companies toward decarbonization.

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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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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

Will Martindale, Group Head of Sustainability at Cardano, says trustees are enthusiastic in their embrace of TCFD, despite its shortcomings. In terms of metrics to inform disclosures, Cardano uses enterprise value including cash (EVIC) which is the measure set out in the EU benchmarks.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

For asset managers, corporate climate performance should strongly inform investment stewardship, proxy voting and fund construction. Advancing sustainable investing in 2021 will also necessitate a shift in proxy voting among the world’s largest asset managers. Align proxy voting with climate goals.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The influence of sustainability-minded investors can be seen in divestment strategies of both state- and privately-owned debt issuers. Divestment is typically a last resort. . Many high-emitting miners and oil and gas companies are pushing their fossil fuel assets to private markets,” says Spavieri. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

CPP Investments is a founder signatory of the UN-supported investor network, with the organisation expanding the size, and enhancing the strategies, of its sustainable investment team over the past 17 years.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Paul Lee, Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investment Strategy at investment consultancy Redington, says concerns that fiduciary duty may constrain investor action on climate change or indeed ESG risks more broadly are overstated.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

The regulatory fatigue is palpable among asset managers,” Hortense Bioy, Head of Sustainable Investing at Morningstar Sustainalytics, told ESG Investor. Greater impact of the regulation has yet to be seen, as we anticipate a wave of fund rebranding and divestments,” she said.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

The regulatory fatigue is palpable among asset managers,” Hortense Bioy, Head of Sustainable Investing at Morningstar Sustainalytics, told ESG Investor. Greater impact of the regulation has yet to be seen, as we anticipate a wave of fund rebranding and divestments,” she said.

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