Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Asset managers decide to re-label existing funds as green investment vehicles for two reasons, according to Paul Lacroix, Head of Structuring at Smart Beta specialist investment firm Ossiam, an affiliate of Natixis. The first is client demand for investment solutions that are ESG-based,” he tells ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The summit’s delegates and documentation admitted there was little new on the agenda, consensus having been reached on the need to reform the global financial architecture , but were consistent in their calls for “a political push to achieve sufficiently ambitious outcomes”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee said it would become “a fundamental policy document for shaping climate action in the remainder of this pivotal decade”. Taxed by taxonomies – While we at least now know the UK taxonomy won’t be following the science , similar frameworks to guide green investment are further advanced elsewhere.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The indices utilise the flagship Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, the Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Group’s green, social and sustainability bond indicators, and fields that show alignment with the International Capital Market Association bond principles and guidelines.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

A new series of reports document findings from the ‘Final 25%’ project from Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise. ” Linking to past green investment programs, he says, “The US invested big in renewable energy research and development during the global financial crisis. license ).

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

As well, the two organizations tightened their methodology for this year’s reports, excluding assets from managers who claimed to employ “ESG integration” strategies but were unable to identify or document specific ESG policies. European asset managers struck US$140 billion from ‘dark green’ investment category.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Finance will obviously be the enabling factor in making the kind of transition that is required, so it’s a problem if accounting systems continue to act as if nature is “free to use”, a key issue pinpointed earlier this year by The Dasgupta Review , hailed at the time as a landmark document.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Green investors are increasingly worried about what a second Donald Trump presidency might mean for US energy and climate policy. The post US ‘Project 2025’ Threatens Green Investments appeared first on ESG Investor. Central to their fears is a manifesto called ‘Project 2025’. This election is critical,” said Fugere.

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