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Top 10 Business Sustainability Issues of 2023

B the Change

With new pressure to act on climate change, NBS members want to know how to get to net zero throughout operations. Get Started: How to Be a Net Zero Company offers guidance (with a video). Social sustainability requires considering their needs. Sustainable Finance 10. And they seek inspiration.

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Constructing Social Portfolios: A Quantitative versus Screening Approach

Andreas Rache

When we talk about ESG, one could argue that there is a strong bias focused on climate investing, reaching net zero targets as well as good corporate governance and diversity themes. By Alina Hofer, Lea Katharina Kasper & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen. ? 5 min read ?. But there is much more to ESG.

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No Time to Rest in Passive ESG Market

Chris Hall

In recent weeks, Bloomberg has announced the launch of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Green, Social, Sustainability Bond Indices , while MSCI unveiled a suite of indices under the Climate Action banner. Elsewhere, it added, index providers should supply net-zero aligned benchmarks and asset owners should use them.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

The research follows a series of political attacks on US asset managers for incorporating ESG factors into their investment considerations, some coordinated by the State Financial Officers Foundation , partly driven by concerns over the impact of transition from fossil fuel dependence on energy costs and jobs. “We

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A Measured Approach

Chris Hall

Sir Ronald Cohen, veteran venture capitalist and impact investing guru, explains why he believes we’re on the verge of an impact revolution. Last month, the IFVI issued its draft methodology for impact accounting, building on the work of Harvard Business School’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative , which Cohen also chaired.

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Are we Eating up Our World?

Chris Hall

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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