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Take Five: Immediately and Gradually

Chris Hall

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% of inflation a year. “If

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: NatureAlpha Joins UN Biodiversity Data Initiative

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. C goal of the Paris Agreement. index looks to respond to the growing demand for sustainable investment tools.

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ESG Explainer: SFDR One Year on

Chris Hall

Article 8 funds, sometimes known as ‘light green’ are financial products that promote “environmental and/or social characteristics”, provided that companies in which the investments are made follow good governance practices. The lowest score was -42%, with the best scoring fund hitting +90%. What is being done to clarify definitions?

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These 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023

Corporate Knights

The election of Donald Trump meant the United States would soon pull out of the Paris Agreement. The Clean200 uses negative screens. In 2016, things seemed somewhat dire for the clean energy transition. BENCHMARK Of note, it was found that on average 44.4%

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