Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. billion into green assets, such as renewable energy and EV charging, as well as energy storage and hydrogen production. It pumped €8.6

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2025

According to the report, debt financing remains the dominant source of sustainable investment flows, with green European bond issuance exceeding 200 billion every year since 2021. Outstanding green loans stood at 908 billion in 2023 while green bond volumes reached 781 billion. trillion.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Third BIS green bond fund to channel central bank reserves to green projects in the Asia and Pacific region. . The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched a new green bond fund dedicated to help finance investments in green projects in the Asia and Pacific region.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The Forum’s mission is to promote the knowledge and practice of sustainable investing, with the goal of spreading the inclusion of environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) criteria in financial products and processes.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Corporate bond offerings focusing on sustainability and social issues are growing each quarter, and there’s a burgeoning market for loans linked to a company’s ESG performance or other sustainability metrics. As we reported recently , global green bond issuance shot past the $1 trillion mark in September.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Business Benefits of Sustainable Finance Several advantages to sustainable finance go beyond producing dividends. Here are a few of the outcomes that contribute to a company's long-term sustainability and competitiveness. Lower perceived risk can result in lower costs for financing.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

1 Seventy percent of investors in full- or part-time jobs would probably or definitely include sustainable funds in their 401(k)s if offered by their employers’ plans. assets was either in sustainable investments or tied to ESG practices, 3 with assets set to surge from $35 trillion to $50 trillion in the next three years.

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Environmental Finance

AUGUST 1, 2023

MainStreet Partners said 28% of existing green and sustainability bonds already meet the main components of the provisional EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), with the sustainable investment advisor expecting this number to grow.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Many have cited the past year as an inflection point for sustainable investing. I hope to see an increased push for carbon-neutral investments and economic structures that are available to people of all financial and social classes.

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ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2024

Billion in Financing Tied to Sustainability Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 Billion in Financing Tied to Sustainability Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 to Fund Clean Energy Buildout EdgeConneX Secures $1.9

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2023

The Impact Corporate Bond Fund will invest globally in corporate high yield and investment grade green, social and sustainable bonds that have clearly defined social or environmental objectives and impact, with a focus on bonds that target a broad range of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

End of Week Notes And 4 ways that it’s having a positive impact on the world Sustainable investing had another successful year of growth, performance, and influence in 2021. Global sustainable funds attracted record inflows in just the first three quarters of the year, while their overall assets under management approached $4 trillion.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2022

Netherlands-based asset manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP) announced today the launch of the NN (L) Social Bond fund, expanding the firm’s impact bond offerings with a fund focused on investments in social and sustainability bonds that allocate proceeds to social projects with clear social benefits to specific target populations.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability Matters More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues. Sustainable investing can be a win-win for emerging-markets investors. It can be impactful, playing an important role in allocating capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Signs Multi-Year Carbon Removal Deal Based on Rocket Science Tech Google Signs Brazil Reforestation-Based Carbon Removal Purchase Deal The Home Depot Eliminates Hard to Recycle Packaging Materials from (..)

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. Nearly US$800 billion ESG-labeled bond issuance in 2021.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Issued 16 green bonds between 2018-2021, and its global line of credit and additional lines of credit are linked to sustainability metrics. Invested $150 million in nearly 40 companies through Prologis Ventures since 2016, including those focused on innovation in ESG and sustainability.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In its “Investing in a sustainable future” category, the HKMA is targeting the achievement of net zero in its own Exchange Fund investment portfolio, with plans to expand its scope of sustainable investments, incorporate ESG and climate factors into investment decision making, and set ESG expectations for external managers and portfolio companies.

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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

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The firm also said both the climate global bonds and global green bonds strategies incorporate “various sustainable investment elements from Robeco’s SI toolbox”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

What Is Green Finance and Why Does it Matter so Much? What is green finance? How does it differentiate from sustainable finance? How impact and sustainable investing could fit into it? What countries are the best for green finance? What is green finance? Green finance can […].

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Engagement is a key part of NN IP’s sustainable investment strategy, and Siermann argues there is no reason why bondholders cannot exert the same influence as shareholders over a company’s behaviour – and ESG performance in particular – despite having no voting rights. For us a green bond is a pure impact investment,” Siermann says.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

Under the new rules funds must allocate two-thirds of their NAV to sustainable investment objectives. . The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its final rules for sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds. .

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In fact, almost 85 percent of individual investors say they are interested in sustainable investing and more than three quarters believe they can use their investments to influence the extent of climate change. Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach. To the contrary, this idea?—?that

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ISSB, Calvert, GLP Europe, Metzler AM, and KGAL. . Former World Bank Vice President Jingdong Hua has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Oppenheim Jr. &

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . The Aidu Wind Farm has launched a €150 million green bond that will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Analysis conducted earlier this year by data and research provider Morningstar Sustainalytics identified 4,300 EU-domiciled funds with ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names, noting that 44% of funds with ‘sustainable’ in their name would need to increase their sustainable investment allocations, adjust their methodologies or rebrand.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 24, 2017

Calculating the potential yields of such investments can be tricky and I am glad I got a first forray into this fascinating and booming sector. Meanwhile, my last MBA class was on Sustainable Investing with Natasha Lamb, her husband Adam and Adam Seitchick. My research for the green bonds article have shown this.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented. The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

So far, they have thrown their support behind the burgeoning green bond market, where transparency and targets offer reassurance of positive impact, engaging less frequently with existing holdings.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

Quinton said that both nations’ focus on sustainable finance must be on implementation to “drive a just and orderly transition to net zero emissions, improve resilience to climate impacts and unlock capital flows into solutions”.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Ninety One, Robeco, Mirova, Adam Street Partners, ThomasLloyd and NGFS. We are confident that Anne’s expertise will take our efforts on sustainable investing to the next level.”

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

Uruguay has already started to move in this direction, initiating the country’s first private issuance of green bonds to finance sustainable investment portfolios.

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