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AB: Responsible Investing: Four Themes To Follow in 2024

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Erin Bigley, CFA | Chief Responsibility Officer From biodiversity and blended finance to a just transition and the cost of drugs, we preview the key ESG issues we’re targeting through research. The early days of responsible investing were mainly characterized by avoidance of so-called sin stocks, such as tobacco.

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Canada is falling behind in global race to attract sustainable investments: Guilbeault

Corporate Knights

Canada is lagging in its efforts to drive private capital into sustainable investments to finance solutions on climate change and other environmental challenges. Freeland was attending the Sustainable Finance Forum, which was organized by Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull and featured a half dozen of her cabinet colleagues.

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Emerging Sustainability & ESG Topics Garner More Audience Attention in Q4

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DESCRIPTION: Consumers, investors, employees and other stakeholders are increasingly interested in the operational details and outcomes of company environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, according to recent data from 3BL Media, the leading distributor of corporate sustainability and ESG news, commentary, and content.

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RBC shareholder resolution confronts greenwashing loopholes in ‘sustainable debt’

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A shareholder advocacy group is challenging the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) use of a fast-growing new financing tool called sustainability-linked debt, in which companies promise to pay financial penalties if they don’t meet social and environmental performance targets.

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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century. HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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BIER Member Spotlight: Nicolas Clerget

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Learn how these practitioners and their companies are addressing pressing challenges around water, energy, agriculture, climate change, and what inspires each of them to advance environmental sustainability in the beverage sector and collectively, overall. This means the proper ecosystems must be set up to enable the transformation.

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