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Canadian pension funds are starting to embrace the green transition

Corporate Knights

The amount of these pension funds’ actual investments labelled as “sustainable” rose to $276 billion in 2021, up from just $163 billion a year earlier. The dashboard shows that sustainable investments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1

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Red Light, Green Light

Chris Hall

“To protect the UK’s competitive advantage as the world’s largest net exporter of financial services, purposeful and predictable sustainable finance policy is fundamental, and can help position the country’s financial services as a global leader in green investment,” says Shipra Gupta, Investments Stewardship Lead at Scottish Widows, a signatory of (..)

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ESG Explainer: Sucking up to Carbon Capture

Chris Hall

C or below will leave a substantial amount of fossil fuels unburned and could strand considerable fossil fuel infrastructure. Depending on its availability, CCS could allow fossil fuels to be used longer, reducing stranded assets.”. What is carbon capture and storage? “In