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“Massive Move” to Impact Investing Underway – BNP Paribas 

Chris Hall

The asset manager’s latest survey highlighted a growing trend towards impact investing, with investors looking to take a more “holistic approach” to ESG-related investments. Estimates vary widely on the current size of the global impact investing market due largely to a lack of consensus on how impact investing is defined.

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AllianceBernstein: How Impactful Are Your Munis? Five Questions To Ask Your Manager.

3BL Media

Impact investing is one way. Muni managers may bill themselves as impact investors. But their approaches could be other forms of ESG investing in disguise—some just greenwashing or social washing—or they don’t have the roadmap, experience and resources to meet your impact goals. SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.

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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

Negative screening (for instance, screening out weapons, tobacco or fossil fuels) is number two at 91%, and corporate engagement is third at 79%. . Otherwise, it’s just more tea and biscuits.” .

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ESG Evolution Calls for Terminology Alignment

Chris Hall

To address this, on 1 November the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and CFA Institute published a report outlining aligned definitions for five terms: screening, ESG integration, thematic investing, stewardship, and impact investing.

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Intent on Impact

Chris Hall

In mid-September, ESG Investor and Artemis Investment Management gathered asset owners and other experts to consider the current and future state of impact investments. Appetite for impact was strong, guided by emerging frameworks, but the forces of inertia were present too, both internal and external. Setting objectives.

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Sustainability-linked bonds Similar to green bonds, but with a broader focus, sustainability-linked bonds are designed to finance or refinance projects that have a positive impact on the issuer's sustainability performance. The return on these bonds is often linked to the issuer's achievement of ambitious, predefined sustainability targets.

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Philippine SEC Finalises Green Fund Rules

Chris Hall

The rules also set out the different investment screening approaches and sustainable investment strategies SRI funds may adopt to achieve their objectives, such as negative screening, positive screening, ESG integration, impact investing, and others. .