Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including S&P DJI, Impact Cubed, Apex, Sweep, K2 Integrity, RepRisk, ICE, and Confluence. . Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched the iBoxx EUR Corporates Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG Index.

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Just Capital

MARCH 1, 2024

Our Annual Rankings show which companies are making meaningful investments in their stakeholder leadership. JUST In the News CNBC Correspondent Sharon Epperson highlights our latest corporate data around diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in two on-air spots as part of the network’s ongoing coverage of the JUST Rankings.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Industry experts have stressed the need for simplicity and clarity around Europe’s ESG fund labelling, as the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) consultation deadline looms.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

Gordon Tveito-Duncan, Head of ESG Technology at GaiaLens, outlines the challenges for asset owners and managers in assessing their exposures and options. Understanding levels of exposure to Russian investments in aggregate, across all mandates is one thing. ESG winners and losers. To divest or not to divest?

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Sticking point – The G20 failed to agree on the phasing down of fossil fuels, leaving climate scientists and environmental campaigners frustrated amid weeks of extreme weather events around the globe demonstrating the escalating climate crisis.

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Just Capital

JANUARY 12, 2024

The basic idea is that a private investment account seeded with up to $1,000 from the government is created every time a kid is born in the U.S. News & Global Report , Americans feel that good, honest, solutions-oriented leaders are in short supply, and 86% are “largely disappointed” by leaders in society.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2023

The availability of insurance is typically a “decisive factor” in determining whether investments are made or not, Rauch from Munich Re acknowledges. “When buying a house and securing a mortgage, obtaining insurance that protects against fire and elemental perils is necessary to avoid financial ruin in case of incidents,” he says.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

The report also noted that a fifth of governments’ net zero targets “meet minimum procedural standards” set by Race to Zero, the UN-backed campaign which this week toughened its criteria. The post ICYMI, the Path to Net Zero is Getting Steeper appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

Bella Landymore, Joint Interim CEO, Impact Investing Institute, and Brendan Curran, Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, explain how the Transition Plan Taskforce is supporting UK businesses to draw up fair and inclusive transition plans. The good news is that there are businesses who are already doing this.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The agreement is part of Aflac's overall campaign commemorating National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, both of which occur in September. News and World Report on September 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Aflac is sponsoring the Miles for Miracles campaign Sept. DESCRIPTION: COLUMBUS, Ga.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As has been seen at AGMs throughout this year, voting decisions on ESG resolutions are getting more nuanced. To the casual observer, sustainable or responsible investing may appear to involve a relatively straightforward set of decisions. I have been doing ESG stewardship for 20 years. A powerful bargaining counter.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In recent weeks a number of EU member states have indicated their intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a multi-lateral treaty that protects investments in the energy sector in its more than 50 signatory states. 1] In this article we consider the background to this trend, as well as the implications for investors.

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Just Capital

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It seemed that in 2020, CEO support for supplier diversity was so strong, but we’re not hearing about the topic as much in news headlines now. Now they are confronted by this new barrier that questions even the legitimacy of business inclusion as a viable component of supply chain management.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We’ve been able to shift many environmental projects’ approaches to the home-scale, like home gardens, yard tree plantings and home recycling campaigns. . Manager Sustainability and ESG, JetBlue; New York . Director, ESG, TPG Capital; San Francisco. And turning towards smaller-scale, grassroots engagement.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. The extension will see $6 million more invested through 2026, initially in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Guatemala. It also builds trust.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

The post Hope Remains for Ambitious Nature Restoration Law appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

And globally, each US$1 invested in restoring degraded landscapes can bring US$7-30 in economic returns. But around the world, new forests are sprouting up thanks to tree planters and people who are helping trees regenerate naturally. Every US$1 invested in protecting and restoring them leads to US$3 in benefits.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

These subsidies , tax breaks and other measures not only skew the economics of the low-carbon transition by making fossil fuels seem more competitive, but they also give investors a false impression of the profit profile of existing carbon-intensive investments, resulting in the misallocation of capital.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With this federal investment in environmental justice (EJ) initiatives, it is important for business leaders to understand what EJ is, why it is such an urgent and newsworthy subject, and what role businesses play in ensuring the safety and equity of the communities they serve. Environmental Justice News and Challenges.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In some good news, building on commitments made by Scotland and Wallonia (Belgium) and a group of philanthropies during COP26, Denmark announced in September 2022 a pledge of 100 million Danish Krone (approximately US$13 million) for loss and damage.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements. See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements. ESG Reporting & Disclosure.

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Just Capital

APRIL 1, 2022

As the 2022 proxy voting season heats up – a record 529 shareholder resolutions have been filed on ESG issues to-date according to a recent report – CEOs and boards will be under increasing pressure to up their game on stakeholder value creation. A new era of stakeholder activism beckons. Be well, Martin Whittaker. Engine No.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. The news certainly brought climate-related risks for our oceans to the fore, yet the International Maritime Organization missed the boat to set a credible path to net zero for the shipping sector.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2023

Saskia Kort-Chick, Director of ESG Research and Engagement at AllianceBernstein, says there are altruistic and self-interested reasons why investors should better understand modern slavery risks. There’s a couple of reasons why we think that modern slavery has the potential to be a key priority when it comes to ESG integration.

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Just Capital

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Trendy lingo or not, it refers to a real challenge, where CEOs feel political pressure coming from both sides around anything potentially labeled as ESG, and so are choosing to stay mum about policies they’d previously want to celebrate. “I think greenhushing can force a course correction in the space,” he said.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

To help us understand more about Target 15 and the Global Biodiversity Framework, we have two sessions tomorrow — one looking at the global stage for biodiversity and another about how companies can build an ESG strategy that includes biodiversity. Last year, the first biodiversity credits were sold , priced at $32 an acre.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 3, 2023

As part of Dow's leadership education series for people leaders, Amy led the session on ESG, inclusion, and diversity in the C-suite and Boardroom. At Dow's SOAR conference, the inclusive leadership summit the company hosts alongside its annual LPGA event, Neal hosted a panel on how sport can be a platform for ID&E.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

US fund managers are caught between a fierce anti-ESG campaign by Republicans and mounting efforts to curb greenwashing, explains John Kostyack, Adviser to Sierra Club’s Fossil-Free Finance campaign. ESG was even dropped altogether from the regulator’s examination priorities for 2024 , to the surprise of many.

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Jon Hale

OCTOBER 28, 2022

End of Week Notes And a must-read on how CRT is morphing into anti-ESG/”woke” capitalism To say this year has been a challenging one for sustainable funds may be an understatement. But perhaps sustainability forges a stronger connection between investors and their investments that keeps them focused on the long term.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 11, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. This is just one element of a global campaign of influence-peddling, he added. Florida has also been at the forefront of political action against the finance sector offering ESG-themed investment products and services.

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Just Capital

MARCH 15, 2023

Especially, as our recent focus groups show , when it comes to how the public thinks about ESG, “woke-ness,” and corporations’ role in society. In particular, they want to see how companies are “investing in workers” and building an economy that works for “all Americans.” (Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images) Words matter.

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Just Capital

AUGUST 26, 2022

It’s a story that captures almost every aspect of the business zeitgeist in America today – workers’ quest for fair pay, good jobs, and better conditions; unions; community support and survival; COVID; health and safety; climate change; ESG; shareholder activism; the corporate profit imperative; and, of course (inevitably), politics.

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 8, 2023

The word is now an important part of the political and cultural conversation in such states as Florida, where it is becoming a vigorous political campaign cry. Such as (one example) as the importance of ESG issues to asset managers and corporate leadership. And Anti-Woke! Where did the expression “woke” come from? and in Europe.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

The company claims to be carbon-neutral, investing in reforestation and offshore wind to offset the emissions associated with its products and operations. . ESG Communications Strategy Supervisor, UPS; Atlanta. But what really got me interested in sustainability was back in investments," Collins recalls. . Holly Secon.

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Just Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2023

One thing to note is that I think he either fundamentally misunderstands or misrepresents ESG and sustainability as being part of “a mass demoralization campaign” that is “anti-technology and anti-life.” JUST IN THE NEWS JUST Capital publishes our latest review of quarterly stakeholder performance. We appreciate your support!

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Just Capital

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

( ABC News ) The derailment of the Norfolk Southern Corporation freight train 32N in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3 is turning into a stakeholder disaster of the highest order and, I suspect, a defining moment for the industry. Must Reads of the Week The backlash to the ESG backlash begins.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Congress over curbing the COVID-19 pandemic, reviving the economy, investing in infrastructure that decarbonizes the economy and reforming immigration practices will slide the public’s current focus on political donations to the periphery. Conventional behavior for financing the U.S.

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