Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

The last few years has seen an explosion of investments being labelled green or sustainable. Many large companies announced ambitious net zero targets and the contribution they will make to becoming a net zero economy. Sustainable growth? It is big business. However, there is reason for optimism.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today the expansion of its sustainability team with two new senior hires, including Phil Cliff, joining from M&G Investments, and Aaron Hay, from Federated Hermes, as Directors, Sustainable Investing.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Global financial services provider Allianz, a leading member of the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), has published a climate transition plan spanning both its investment and insurance arms in a bid to shape the market and increase transparency on its net zero pathway.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

Investors’ willingness to deploy capital to fund the UK’s net zero transition is at risk, as recent policy signals have reduced confidence in the government’s commitments to its climate policies, according to a new letter sent to Prime Minister Sunak by a group of financial institutions managing £1.5

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2023

Standard Chartered announced today the appointment of former Credit Suisse Global Head of Sustainable Finance Dana Barsky as Global Head of Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero. Barsky will be based in Singapore, and report to Group Chief Sustainability Officer Marisa Drew.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LGPS Central has stressed that its new Net Zero Strategy for long-term emissions reductions will not be derailed by the UK government’s recent watering down of climate policy. C. “There would be peaks and troughs both in the emissions charts but also in terms of policy support and political will,” he added.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The International Energy Agency has outlined that 50% of all existing buildings need to be net zero by 2040, increasing to 85% by 2050.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Companies that wait to transition until there is a stronger policy response will face higher costs and a shorter window to achieve net zero commitments. Climate policy response by governments and investment in clean technologies must be accelerated to keep temperature rise near 1.5°C,

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

After the UN Secretary-General called for developed economies to fast-track net zero commitments by ten years, Therese Niklasson, Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Newton Investment Management emphasises the need for a collective effort.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP), one of Canada’s largest investors, with over $240 billion in assets under management, announced today the appointment of Anna Murray as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing. We look forward to Ms.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Global sustainable investment has passed US$30 trillion, but US excluded from majority of trend analysis figures due to “material change” in methodology. According to the GSIA’s data, the value of sustainable investments in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand has risen from US$18.2 trillion to US$21.9

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 24, 2023

Signals of change in the net zero transition this week show businesses advocating for strong climate policy in the finance, transport and land sectors. The post Net zero transition – the latest signals of change: March 24, 2023 appeared first on We Mean Business Coalition.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

JetBlue’s most aggressive near-term emissions reduction target to-date, this science-based target aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the growing airline’s own goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040 – 10 years ahead of broader airline industry targets. Charting a path to net zero. Reducing Fuel Burn.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The EU SFDR regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today a new focused sustainable investment approach, targeting four systemic themes, including nature loss, climate change, strong and effective governance, and social disparities, which will drive the firm’s engagement approach towards influencing positive change.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Lego Group plans to accelerate its sustainability goals by committing to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, according to a company press release Wednesday. The Denmark-based retailer behind the popular children’s plastic bricks also said it would triple its sustainability investment to $1.4

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM) has published the targets of an additional 86 members for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their portfolios. trillion assets managed by members is now committed to being managed in line with achieving net zero by 2050 or sooner. . billion. . of its assets. .

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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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ESG Today

MARCH 21, 2024

All three will report to Edward Dixon, Head of Responsible Investment, Real Assets, at Aviva Investors. All three hires bring an enviable level of expertise from across a range of geographies and sectors to address this need and we believe they will materially advance the breadth and depth of our sustainability offering to clients.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 9, 2022

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has announced the formation of its APAC Network and the creation of a regional advisory board to accelerate net zero action across the Asia Pacific region. The post GFANZ Launches APAC Network to Accelerate Move to Net Zero appeared first on ESG Investor.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2022

Of equal importance is educating savers about the role their pension scheme investments can have in achieving net zero ambitions, and this trial will do that too.”. The new initiative marks a continuation of the DWP’s efforts to promote sustainable investing and transparency for pension schemes.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 1, 2021

Spotlight blog by members of SDSN USA Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The corporate world has shown tremendous enthusiasm in pledging to achieve net-zero emissions. With a new major company joining the list almost daily, net-zero has become a new benchmark for corporate climate leadership. It will not!

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BlackRock Global Head of Sustainable Investing Paul Bodnar announced that he will be departing the firm, to join the Bezos Earth Fund. BlackRock has changed the way the financial sector thinks about sustainability. The fund has provided over 100 grants to date, allocating more than $1.6

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

While investors and companies are already setting net zero targets, laying out transition plans, and engaging with governments, more needs to be done to reduce methane emissions and reverse nature loss and water degradation across key sectors.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 3, 2022

A significant majority of the world’s major cities have committed for all new buildings to be net zero by 2030 and all buildings to be net zero by 2050. But with approximately 80% of existing building stock set to still be standing in 2050, meeting this net zero goal is a huge challenge for the real estate sector.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Last week, I discussed the promising news about the net-zero commitments asset managers have been making. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has 220 signatories with $57 trillion in assets under management. The chief culprits in the failure to hit net zero targets are index funds.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Renaming trend may lead to a short uptick in greenwashing, but ultimately will accelerate the path to net zero and offer sustainable investors more choice. Investors must decide on how well-aligned funds are to climate action and sustainable outcomes, he said. It’s always better for investors to have more choice.”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) will pursue carbon neutrality by 2050 via a strategy of active engagement to drive real-economy decarbonisation, according to Deb Orida, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Real Assets. Whole economy transition. It’s something we will continue to look at.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Tritax Group, Vortex Energy, Climate Impact Partners and WTW. . UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said: “Governments have the lion’s share of responsibility to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The rules come as investor interest in ESG has undergone significant growth, driving a proliferation of investment products and services marketed as ’ESG,’ ‘green’ or ‘sustainable,’ but without clear rules communicating to investors the actual ESG-related attributes, methodologies and criteria that are being considered in the funds.

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3BL Media

MARCH 11, 2024

by Maria Lettini, CEO of the US SIF: The Sustainable Investment Forum As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it is again a time of reflection. To meet net zero by 2050, the U.S. We delight in the pockets of progress over the years but reiterate that there is certainly no room for complacency. must transition swiftly.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

The results: the best investments of the past three to five years turn out to be the companies that jumped feet-first into the green economy. “As The numbers tell the story. Between January 1, 2019, and March 22, 2023, the value of the top quintile of the SEI grew 146%, compared to 47% for the MSCI ACWI.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

and longtime Ceres Investor Network member, announced a bold investment of $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030 to support its overall goal of achieving a net zero emissions portfolio by 2050. CalPERS set out this investment goal in the context of its comprehensive Sustainable Investments 2030 Strategy.

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ESG Today

APRIL 21, 2024

Billion in Financing Tied to Sustainability Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Fintech Startup Unwritten Raises $3.5 to Fund Clean Energy Buildout EdgeConneX Secures $1.9

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Terence Nahar joins as Head of Investment Research and Emma Douglas as Senior Stewardship Analyst.

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