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How Millennials Can Make an Impact With Their Money

3BL Media

More than any other group, millennials are keen to make an impact with their money. According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus.

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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. trillion. “We Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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Take Five: Into the Stratosphere

Chris Hall

billion) green investment pledge. But Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves did earn applause from the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association when she recognised “the potential for private capital to finance a significant portion of the UK’s transition to net zero”.

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ING’s SDG Fund Champions “Impactful” Investment

Chris Hall

ING Asset Management’s new SDG Impact Strategy will provide clients with exposure to companies that contribute specifically to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responding to strong demand for ‘dark greeninvestments. The funds downgraded in Q4 2022 were worth a combined €171.1

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. To illustrate, last year KKR ‘s Euro Global Social Impact Fund raised $1.3

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UK Fails to Reassure Investors on Net Zero Commitment

Chris Hall

This is the view of experts speaking to ESG Investor in response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Autumn Statement on 22 November, which many investors had hoped would increase certainty around the government’s climate policy ambitions following months of u-turns and rollbacks.

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This Week’s People Moves: EQT Future Makes Multiple Hires

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT Future, SCOR, LeapFrog, GIG, SMBC and the US SEC. . Laurie Spengler , Nicola Kimm , Stefan Ranstrand and Valerie Mosley have been appointed as Impact Advisors.

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