Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

Weak economic activity, high interest rates and myriad geopolitical pressures present significant headwinds for private equity, weighing down valuations and slowing investment at a time when the private capital is vital to accelerating the net zero transition.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2024

Norwegian tech company Zerolytics is preparing to launch a platform offering forward-looking indicators to assess the credibility of Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) focus companies ’ net zero transition plans. They can also offer an evaluation of the financial effects of various scenarios and decisions.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Decarbonisation strategies are not keeping pace with the commitments being made by some of the world’s most polluting companies, Climate Action 100+ (CA100+)’s latest Net Zero Company Benchmark update has found. Moving forward, investors should put the onus on encouraging transparency and the integrity of net zero pledges.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, BondLink, Moody’s, Intercontinental Exchange and more. . It consists of two indexes, the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 500 index and the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 200 index.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

His ability to achieve his agenda will require action from key sectors across the country, including the investment and business community. Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

CalSTRS Sustainable Investment Director Kirsty Jenkinson talks about taking a hard line on companies failing to disclose emissions properly and treating proxy voting as seriously as portfolio investments. A key aspect under the net zero transition category for CalSTRS, is methane mitigation.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking shows global bankers are off to a slow start, but over time it will help guide consistency of reporting and provide an ongoing window into bankers’ progress in meeting the world’s Paris Agreement commitments. . billion, followed by New York City–based Citi at US $2.18

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability Matters More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues. Sustainable investing can be a win-win for emerging-markets investors. It can be impactful, playing an important role in allocating capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2023

times more equity value in fossil fuel production companies (US$880 billion) than in green investments (US$309 billion). Analysing US$16.4 trillion of the assessed asset managers’ equity fund portfolios, the report found that managers hold 2.8 Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ’s portfolio was the most misaligned globally.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2022

New CEO says increased financing from developed markets “will be crucial” to net zero ambitions. Investors in the developed world have a crucial role to play in supporting emerging markets to meet UN Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), said David Atkin, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2024

“Such assessments will also need to be regionalised, as different jurisdictions have access to different technologies and capital.” Last year, Robeco extended its Sustainable Investing (SI) Open Access Initiative to the public. There’s a lot of greenhushing going on because the industry expects perfection.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Supporting resilience and just transition are as important as climate mitigation, says Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center. Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress. Going Beyond Net Zero Emissions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2022

New report provides guidance to asset owners on closing net zero investment gap. . Asset owners should track their contributions to climate change mitigation by calculating the green investment ratio of portfolios and assets, according to a recent report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The UK government announced plans to invest £960 million (USD$1.2 billion) in green industries aimed at accelerating manufacturing in key net zero sectors, in addition to a new series of significant reforms designed to rapidly boost the capacity of its electricity grid to address energy transition needs over the coming decades.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

Policies, regulations and wider laws are among the many elements that set the path and guide them on their journey to net zero. When asked to identify barriers to climate solutions-focused investments in Australia, 40% cited policy and regulatory uncertainty – a decrease from 70% the previous year. trillion) in assets.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Mitchell said: “It’s really important that both approaches are taken in the context of sustainable investing. The firm holds an A+ score from the Principles for Responsible Investment investor network, and was one of the founding signatories to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Many pension funds still in “early stages” of net zero investing, but expect to use targeted index products to align passive portfolios to Paris goals. But more work clearly needs to be done, by institutional investors and investment solution providers, if we are to reach net zero.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The IGCC nominated Alison Ewings, General Manager ESG at QIC, the PRI picked Alejandro Bujanos, Head of Sustainable Investing at Sura Mexico, and Ceres chose Peter Cashion, Managing Investment Director of Sustainable Investments at CalPERS. oil In June , CA100+ unveiled its second phase.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 29, 2022

Institutional investors are increasingly attracted to climate-focused passive investment vehicles as a systematic and cost-effective way of transitioning their portfolios to net zero. . Recently, passive products that are ‘Paris-aligned’ – meaning they are decarbonising in line with a 1.5-2°C

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) hit a significant milestone last week with the release of its final set of transition plan resources to help businesses mobilise finance for the net zero transition. Some companies may also need to tap into some form of government support.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

The investment firm has spent more than two decades helping companies adopt climate-friendly business models which will continue this year with a focus on the phase-out of unabated coal generation by 2030 for developed markets and 2050 for developing markets, in order to achieve the goals, set out in the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Manulife IM, AXA IM, Nordea, DWS, Oaktree Capital, Ossiam, and Swiss Life Asset Management. The Sustainable Asia Equity Fund, Asian High Yield Fund, and U.S.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

The protocol outlines how the 84 alliance members, with a collective US$11 trillion in assets, can align their sub-portfolio decarbonisation targets with net zero. Bolli was co-lead author of the protocol report, alongside Udo Riese, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Allianz Investment Management.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

The asset manager’s sustainable investment engagements typically run for three-year periods, with engagement specialists in contact with selected investee companies to track progress against objectives. According to Robeco, each of its engagement topics were selected following consultation with clients.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Accelerating hydrogen activity.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Church Commissioners for England, Morgan Stanley Investment Management , Newday, Gresham House, and T Rowe Price. Global asset manager T Rowe Price Group has joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM).

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2022

Aligning investment portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement requires engagement with the real economy, said Claudia Bolli, Head of Responsible Investing, Swiss Re. London conference hears that portfolio alignment should be a collaborative venture. . Alignment isn’t always about a temperature rise.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

As a high-emitting sector, oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from investors and regulators to set decarbonisation targets that align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5% Reducing emissions across all scopes .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the race to net zero, Victoria Judd, Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, explains how the US is lapping the UK and EU in stimulating its green economy. trillion of annual global investments may be required to achieve the emissions reduction aims for 2030, with possibly 70% coming from the private sector.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Eight years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the energy transition remains “stuck”, according to Spaargaren. Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

It is through good stewardship that corporate engagement can drive high carbon emitting companies to develop and implement a net zero transition plan, which will ultimately help to decarbonise the global economy,” says Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Consistent data on sovereign climate risks is crucial, says Victoria Barron, ASCOR Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme. Governments know they must attract ESG investors to sovereign debt if they are to meet their net zero carbon emission targets by 2050. billion at the end of 2020.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

As responsible investors search for the most sustainable companies to back, the outcomes of these debates could not be more important for global efforts to rapidly cut emissions. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, thousands of companies have voluntarily set ambitious, science-based emissions reduction targets.

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