3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

But issuance of social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds—which reference specific key performance indicators, or KPIs—grew fastest (Display). degrees warming or aiming for net-zero carbon output on most relevant scopes (for most industries, that includes scope 3 ).

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

India’s entry into the green bond market follows the government’s introduction in recent years of a series of climate-related goals, including a pledge made at the 2021 COP26 climate conference to reach net zero by 2070. The Excluded Project category also includes nuclear power generation and hydropower plants larger than 25 MW.

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CIM

JUNE 17, 2022

The “Sustainability Project of the Year” award celebrates an initiative that has, at its heart, the goal of expanding the sustainability and efficiency of the data and analytics industry. The award highlights the contribution to sustainability achieved through the partnership between CIM and Analog Devices.

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

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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Andreas Rache

JUNE 26, 2022

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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ESG Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded strongly in Q1 2023, resuming double-digit growth trends after falling 18% in 2022, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. trillion in 2021.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Jeffrey LU, CEO of Mengniu Group, said that carbon neutrality is a great challenge to China’s dairy industry and requires the full collaboration of the whole industry chain to create a “net-zero carbon era”. Only by respecting nature and pursuing a harmonious co-existence with nature can we achieve sustainable prosperity.”

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The final draft of the Platform for Sustainable Finance’s ( PSF ) social taxonomy proposal has been adjusted to integrate more fully with existing European sustainable finance legislation to minimise regulatory burdens. The Commission will now conduct a review of the social taxonomy in due course.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 5, 2024

In relation to the other two labels, I suggest examples which can usefully be adopted for real estate strategies: Sustainability improvers: invest in assets that have the potential to become more sustainable, determined by their potential to improve environmental and/or social sustainability over time.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And given Moderna’s pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, the company will also likely design the facility in an environmentally sustainable way. To bring more precision to social sustainability goals, Bayer audits its sustainability work with the same rigor as its financial work.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Globally, managers with more than US$50 trillion have made net zero commitments via the Net Zero Asset Managers’ initiative. We see climate change as a predominant specific factor.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Since then, heatwaves across the northern hemisphere, gathering energy and food security crises, and climate policy actions across the globe, notably in the US , have raised new questions about the path to a net zero economy – alongside concerns about the impact of inflation, disruption and transition on existing economic and social inequities.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

The LPFA will publish its net zero plan this September, having made a net zero commitment in September 2021. The committee is chaired by Olga Hancock, Senior Engagement Analyst in the Responsible Investment team of the Church Commissioners for England. billion of assets, as of 31 March 2021.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Responsible investment opportunities received a further boost earlier this year with the election of a new government committed to transitioning Australia toward a low-carbon economy in line with an accelerated net zero pathway. which has now been approved by federal parliament.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Much of the required fund-raising will be realised through sustainable bonds, said Moody’s, due to a post-pandemic focus on investment to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and major governments’ pursuit of net zero CO2 emissions targets. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5

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3BL Media

AUGUST 17, 2023

Moreover, technology must be anchored in society to be socially sustainable, meaning that the use of resources is well motivated and explained. 6G for sustainability 6G networks should contribute to an overall sustainable development in society by enabling the transformation of other sectors than just ICT.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

As well as this, other key future themes the report identified included the development of taxonomies to help issuers identify suitable projects to finance and the evaluation of issuers according to the quality and clarity of their net zero transition strategies. . billion last year, with a YoY growth of 941%. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Further, the shortcomings of Europe’s renewable energy directive will be debated more urgently, as energy security concerns combine with net zero targets. As some noted , legislative momentum on sustainability and climate was already slowing, just 100 days after COP26.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

It is also important for the government to clearly set out what it means by terms such as ‘net zero’ to ensure that DNSH reporting is consistent and to reduce the risk of greenwashing, the paper said.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Increasingly, Indigenous people and non-Indigenous allies, via consumer activism and ethical investing criteria, are having a significant impact on the economic bottom line of companies that do not source their raw materials in a manner that is environmentally and socially sustainable. Driving the race to net-zero.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

He added: “Increasing financial flows to the sustainable food transition must be at the top of the COP27 agenda if leaders are to leave Egypt with a viable plan for achieving a net zero world.”. Mulder concluded: “The Good Food Finance Network is beginning to take a systemic approach, looking at problems in a holistic manner.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

solarZero is a global pioneer, and we look forward to supporting its expansion into other Asia-Pacific markets and, at the same time, to accelerating New Zealand’s net zero journey.” . US investment manager Franklin Templeton has unveiled a new social-focused bond fund.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Under the proposals , part of the watchdog’s consultation on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements , there will be three categories of labels for sustainable investment products.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

David Zahn , Head of Sustainable Fixed Income at Franklin Templeton , says new standards and innovations are expanding the supply of green bonds to meet increased investor demand. Investor demand for green, social, sustainability-linked and transition bonds (GSS+) continues to rise rapidly, outstripping supply.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 3, 2023

In short, more sustainable snacking is an immense and important task – one we are embracing holistically and wholeheartedly, to drive ever-greater long-term positive impact for people and the planet. Indeed, our ingredient sourcing programs are where most of the work of our carbon emissions reductions and social sustainability efforts live.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Bloomberg, Normative, Sugi, ISS ESG, FE fundinfo and MSCI. . The methodology is based on four core principles: net zero focus, completeness, reliability, and transparency.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, 79% of Global 100 firms had sustainability-linked pay; only 30% of the broader corporate universe linked executive pay to the achievement of environmental or social sustainability targets. It is a similar story for gender and racial diversity, though the difference is less stark. CLIMATE COMMITMENTS 1.5˚C

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As a global snacking leader dedicated to making snacking right, we are determined to lead in helping to drive sector-wide transformation for more sustainable sourcing at scale.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2022

The role of the minimum safeguards in the taxonomy is critical – the EU cannot make its net zero transition on the back of human rights abuses,” Lysgaard, a member of the PSF sub-group that worked on the draft, told ESG Investor. . “We The consultation period for the PSF’s draft was recently extended from 22 August to 6 September. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Before the end of the year, it will publish a price for carbon emissions, which Cohen hopes will put an end to one of the many hot and increasingly political debates surrounding the net zero transition. There are lots of prices for the cost of polluting the atmosphere by emitting more CO2.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This has manifested itself most markedly at state level, with some states withdrawing business from asset managers, imposing anti-ESG requirements on suppliers and investigating banks’ climate-related policies, while others have gone in the opposite direction, for example by setting their own net zero policies.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

The science should guide the measurement of sustainable business – particularly when it comes to climate goals. Are all those net zero commitments really ambitious enough? On social issues, there are norms that matter the world over. It involves humans in a complex dance of measurement choices.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

And investing in the low-carbon transition does not, importantly, mean having zero exposure to fossil fuels. No-one should disregard the many environmental (and social) benefits trees provide.

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