3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

The SAC’s use of groundbreaking tools like the Higg Index helps foster collaborative partnerships and drive change. Together with the other panelists, she outlined how SAC works together with other organizations to ensure that the industry can and will comply with emerging regulations while helping to avoid the duplications of efforts. “In

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Investor appetite for a wider range of increasingly sophisticated ESG index derivatives is latent, according to participants at a virtual roundtable hosted by Eurex and ESG Investor. ESG index derivatives are still a relatively new product, however. Increasingly, best-in-class approaches are now gaining exposure to specific ESG themes.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Sustainability technology platform Clarity AI announcd today the launch of a new methodology, aimed at helping index and Etf providers to build and market products aligned with the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The EU SFDR forms part of the EU’s Action Plan on financing sustainable growth.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Nasdaq ESG Indexes The OMX Stockholm 30 ESG Responsible Index (OMXS30ESG), introduced worldwide in June 2018, was the first ESG version of an established exchange benchmark. It was followed by the listing of ESG index futures contracts in November 2018. The OMXS30ESG Index is a market cap weighted index.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

(G&A), a leading consulting and research firm on corporate sustainability and ESG, today announced the findings of its 2023 Sustainability Reporting in Focus research on companies in the S&P 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Index. trillion in assets was indexed or benchmarked to the index. public companies[1].

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DESCRIPTION: November 16, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Lenovo Group (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is pleased to report that its green bond has been included in the Bloomberg MSCI Green Bond Index, one of the most important global benchmarks for institutional Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) funds. Find out more here: [link].

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Each of the new funds are classified as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The index is constructed using MSCI’s sustainability criteria including value-based, controversial sectors and fossil fuel exclusions, and ‘red flag’ ESG controversy exclusions.

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ESG Today

APRIL 25, 2024

The IFRS released the inaugural general sustainability (IFRS S1) and climate (IFRS S2) reporting standards in June 2023 , and in July, IOSCO, the leading international policy forum and standards setter for securities regulators called on regulators to incorporate the standards into their sustainability reporting regulatory frameworks.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jeremy Lardeau, vice president Higg Index at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), joined the “Net Zero and Well-Being in Life” virtual workshop jointly organized by the G20 Presidency of India and the G7 Presidency of Japan, and hosted by Boston Consulting Group.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Building on our origins and experience with the Higg Index, which demonstrates true collaboration throughout the value chain, we believe the time for new energy is ripe. Formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Cascale owns and develops the Higg Index and a unified strategy for industry transformation.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Welcome to the 15th edition of the Tetra Pak Index, which focuses on what consumers see as the future of health and nutrition. Sugar is the number one food concern, with consumers, regulators and industry all taking steps to reduce its consumption. Explore the latest Tetra Pak Index report⁠.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indices that are labelled as Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PABs) under EU rules must meet criteria for asset selection that results in the index aligning with the long-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement. We are pleased to expand on this to include regional variations of the successful strategy, in line with client demand.”

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Regulatory factors also saw a significant increase as a challenge to ESG investing, with around 30% of asset managers reporting regulation as a barrier, up ten percentage points over the past year.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Additional funds to be launched in the series will include a developed market government bond index fund, and a USD denominated emerging markets government bond fund. James Lockhart Smith, VP of Markets & ESG at Verisk Maplecroft, said: “We are delighted to be working with LGIM on their new Sovereign ESG Index funds.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 21, 2022

December 21, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) has been named to both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 list. PSEG has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for the 15th consecutive year. DESCRIPTION: NEWARK, N.J.,

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Euronext also announced the creation of a new family of biodiversity-focused indices, launching the Euronext Biodiversity Enablers index, developed in partnership with Iceberg Data Lab. Companies in the index are selected from the “Euronext World Index” universe.

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3BL Media

JUNE 7, 2022

Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, PSEG is a predominantly regulated infrastructure company focused on a clean energy future. Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) (NYSE: PEG) is a predominantly regulated infrastructure company focused on a clean energy future. About PSEG. PSE&G), PSEG Power and PSEG Long Island. ( [link] ).

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The company also made the S&P Global’s Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America list for the seventh consecutive year and was selected for the S&P’s Sustainability Yearbook, which aims to distinguish companies that have demonstrated strengths in corporate sustainability. All of Yum!’s

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The new ETFs are the latest from DWS to track the Solactive ISS ESG Net Zero Pathway Index Series, followed by the launch of the first funds in the suite in March, focused on eurozone and developed market equities. The underlying indices for the ETFs correspond to to EU Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) regulations.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 19, 2024

A notable outcome of this renewed cooperation is the introduction of the GRI-ESRS Interoperability Index. With the ESRS and GRI overlap, GRI can demonstrate that similar cases can be made for future regulations.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

The fallout from the Adani crisis has put the spotlight on index providers. Rise of ESG indices The Index Industry Association (IIA) finds that while in 2022 overall growth of indices was 4.43%, the number of ESG indexes globally grew 55% and surpassed 50,000 worldwide across asset classes for the first time. of revenue.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

The new fund, classified as Article 8 under the EU’s SFDR regulation, is the fourth in Franklin Templeton’s Paris Aligned Climate ETF, which also includes China , U.S., The index includes large and mid-cap securities across 24 emerging markets countries from its parent index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Peter Loehnert, APAC Head of iShares and Index Investments, BlackRock, said: “Asia Pacific is the largest and fastest growing region for energy transition investment, offering transformational opportunities for investors with climate-focused objectives.

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ESG Today

JULY 8, 2022

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) and Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK) announced today the launch of the first climate transition index covering companies in the China Hong Kong Greater Bay Area (GBA).

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The NT Global Bond ESG Climate Index Fund and the NT Global 1-5 Years Bond ESG Climate Index Funds target issuers that the portfolio managers believe are better positioned to manage financially material environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) risks and a transition to a low carbon economy. link] @NorthernTrust.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2023

Launched by Vanguard in 2018 as part of a new range of ESG funds, the Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund was designed to offer investors with exposure to international fixed income investments, screened to exclude companies with activities related to areas including fossil fuels, alcohol and tobacco, among others.

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ESG Today

JULY 6, 2023

The new ETFs are classified as Article 8 under the EU’s SFDR regulation, bringing the firm’s total Article 8 compliant ETFs to 10. The SDGs include targets such as ending poverty and hunger, improving education, and protecting the environment.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The underlying indices for the ETFs correspond to EU Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) regulations. Indices that are labeled as PABs under EU rules must meet criteria for asset selection that results in the index aligning with the long-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

CBRE is also one of 47 companies in this year’s Barron’s Sustainable 100 whose publicly traded shares delivered a total return that exceeded the Standard & Poor’s 500 index for 2021. We intend to use our website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 20, 2023

The leaders in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Cities Index are the vanguard of the urban transition that is now fully underway. trillion global investment/year City government role: Regulations and permitting, green development standards. Photo courtesy of Oxford Properties Green buildings $1.5-trillion

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

SAC’s Betty Li, Senior Manager of Membership Engagement for Asia-Pacific (APAC), honed in on how increased scrutiny and regulation allow companies to analyze data and show progress year over year. Attendees were also briefed on updates to the Higg Index suite of tools, including FEM 4.0,

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

(G&A), a leading consulting firm on corporate sustainability and ESG, today announced the findings of its 2022 Sustainability Reporting in Focus research on companies in the S&P 500® Index and the Russell 1000® Index. The largest half of the Russell 1000 index (i.e., publicly-traded companies. and around the world.”.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

s continued focus on diversity, equity and inclusion arned the company a place in the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the third year in a row. Bloomberg clients can access the GEI at {BGEI Index DES }. SOURCE: CBRE Group, Inc. DESCRIPTION: CBRE Group, Inc.’s To learn more about the GEI, please visit [link].

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ESG Today

MARCH 2, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU fails to pass environmental & human rights sustainability due diligence law; Singapore to introduce mandatory sustainability reporting; Deutsche Bank launched new sustainable finance framework; Senior execs say sustainability drives better revenues, profitability, IBM survey finds; IAG signs one of largest-ever sustainable (..)

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last updated on September 11, 2023 Forward-looking organizations are diving into environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) and sustainability, which can feel like ESG alphabet soup, a seemingly never-ending list of acronyms for varying ESG concepts, frameworks, rating agencies, regulations and regulatory bodies. Let’s get into it.

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3BL Media

JULY 3, 2023

Reflecting on this, Amina Razvi, Chief Executive Officer at the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, said: “The textile and apparel industry has rightly been facing increasing scrutiny from consumers, stakeholders, and regulators alike when it comes to its impact and progress. It has ultimately helped us to learn, grow and evolve.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 10, 2022

Tapestry monitors suppliers’ adherence to local rules and regulations through a combination of regular social compliance audits, corrective action plan management and biennial topic-specific training. Establish an implementation plan to reduce use of hazardous chemicals beyond regulations or.

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