ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indices that are labelled as Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PABs) under EU rules must meet criteria for asset selection that results in the index aligning with the long-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement. We are pleased to expand on this to include regional variations of the successful strategy, in line with client demand.”

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3BL Media

JANUARY 8, 2024

Originally published in Northern Trust's 2022 Sustainability Report ASSET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS Throughout 2022, Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) continued to expand its sustainable investment solutions with the launch of a variety of innovative pooled vehicles for global investors. In the U.S.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not all cater to the needs of investors; those that do, tend to overly focus on risks that are relevant to equity, not fixed-income, investors. The in-house research solution has also presented challenges. The answer, in our view, lies in rethinking the approach to ESG analysis.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 27, 2022

27, 2022 /3BL Media/ Franklin Templeton is pleased to announce its receipt of a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) , the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Investor appetite for a wider range of increasingly sophisticated ESG index derivatives is latent, according to participants at a virtual roundtable hosted by Eurex and ESG Investor. ESG index derivatives are still a relatively new product, however. Increasingly, best-in-class approaches are now gaining exposure to specific ESG themes.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The new BlackRock Global Corporate ESG Insights Bond Fund aims to deliver a similar level of risk and return as the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Corporate Index GBP Hedged, with additional sustainability attributes including a portfolio objective of a carbon emissions intensity score that is 50% less than the index.

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3BL Media

JULY 11, 2023

July 11, 2023 /3BL/ - Franklin Templeton is pleased to announce its receipt of a top score of 100 in the 2023 Disability Equality Index® (DEI), a comprehensive benchmarking tool that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions they can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality.

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Just Capital

JUNE 27, 2023

It was a defining moment for our organization that put us firmly on the map as a force for change. The JUST ETF, and the index on which it is based – the JUST U.S. Inception-to-date, the JULCD Index has outperformed the Russell 1000 by 8.78% since it launched in December 2016. Let’s start with performance. to 19.1%.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Global index, data and analytics provider FTSE Russell has announced the launch of a new set of sustainable investment fixed income (SIFI) indexes. The FIGCIS and FIEFFEIS use a methodology inspired by their equity counterparts, while the GCS and EFFS aim to ensure consistency across equities and fixed income.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched the iBoxx EUR Corporates Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG Index. This new index measures the performance of eligible investment grade corporate bonds, which are selected and weighted by its parent iBoxx EUR Corporates Index, accounting for ESG elements.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In its passive funds, the company will ensure that all new exchange traded funds and index funds have no more than 2.5% Global emissions will only be reduced if there is concerted collaboration to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and we are committed to playing our part. C objectives or clear divestment pathways.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 5, 2022

To implement this approach, our sustainability and stewardship specialists work in tandem with investment management teams to identify investment and engagement opportunities. Our actively designed investment solutions purposefully employ a robust four-step investment approach: analyze, measure, monitor and engage.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

Global index, data and analytics provider FTSE Russell has partnered with the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and JPX-owned subsidiary JPX Market Innovation and Research to launch the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan Index series. 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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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

Franklin Templeton reported using SASB standards previously and has expanded its reporting to include the GRI Index in this latest report. Our CSR accomplishments are a testament to our commitment to progress, which is at the heart of everything we do at Franklin Templeton. Major 2021 CSR Achievements.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We hosted our second curriculum in 2023 to help our clients and partners better understand the complex science of climate change—and its effects on financial markets and investment decisions. To view our 2023 Climate Change and Investment Academy, please reach out to us at climate.academy@alliancebernstein.com.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Moody’s ESG Solutions, BlackRock, SDI AOP, MarketAxess, MSCI, Fitch Ratings and Euroclear. We are pleased to strengthen our sustainable product and client offerings with the SDI AOP dataset.”

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Efficient, reliable and trusted benchmarks can cut the cost of sustainable investment, as they allow passive, index-based strategies to support sustainable investment objectives. C Target Index, designed to have 50% lower emissions than the parent, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225. In short, it is a busy time in the ESG index sector.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Data, analytics and research services provider MSCI has expanded its Implied Temperature Rise (ITR) metrics to include funds and indexes. The ITR solution translates the alignment of a company’s current and projected emissions within its net zero emissions budget to an estimated rise in global temperature. ” .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“While most impact investment strategies currently focus on the environment and decarbonisation, we believe the tremendous growth observed in the social and sustainability bond market in recent years is an opportunity to build a dedicated social bond strategy and we are proud to launch our first bond fund invested in this space.”.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The fund, which is labelled as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), will have no fixed allocations across geographies, sub-subsectors or company stages, targeting wholesale and institutional investors with a “particular focus on high-net-worth individuals, family offices and private banks”.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 29, 2022

Tracking a newly designed Bloomberg MSCI index, the ETF aims to achieve a 50% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon intensity relative to the index and an additional annual 10% decarbonisation trajectory for both absolute emissions and carbon intensity. . There are surprisingly many differences.” .

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

SKIP TO RANKING The age of incrementalism is over Twenty years after our first Best 50, a lot has changed for the better and a lot hasn’t. We need our top corporate citizens to harness the engine of business in service of people and the planet. One metric that has absolutely ballooned are profits. But it could be a lot worse.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched two new thematic index ETFs integrating an ESG approach. The Easy ECPI Global ESG Hydrogen Economy ETF tracks the ECPI Global ESG Hydrogen Economy index, offering investors exposure to 40 companies contributing to the transition to hydrogen-based technologies.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Morningstar Indexes has announced the appointment of Thomas Kuh as Global Head of ESG Strategy. In his new position, Kuh will be advancing Morningstar Indexes’ ESG strategy to accelerate growth in the market. “I

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2022

We wanted to deliver what our partner funds want,” Mark Davies, the pool’s Investor Director of Active Equities, told ESG Investor. . Benchmarked against the FTSE All World Index, the Global Sustainable Equities Active fund will consist of three sub-funds spanning broad, multi-thematic and targeted approaches. . “We

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

billion under management in its fixed income group. Following a backup in yields in 2022, emerging market corporates are offering the “the highest duration adjusted yields anywhere in fixed income”, he said. The fund’s portfolio will be managed by BNY Mellon’s £653.6

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The solution combines index investing and sustainable investing as an alternative to passive market cap indices, while ensuring maximum transparency for clients, the firm said. “ Dutch asset manager Robeco ’s new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Low-Carbon Indices aim to invest in companies making a positive contribution to the SDGs.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

BlackRock , the world’s largest asset manager, has launched the Paris-Aligned iShares UCITS Fixed Income ETF with a €50 million seed investment from Finnish pension insurance company Varma. BlackRock now has US$1 billion in combined AUM in sustainable strategies focused on lowering emissions across equity and fixed income.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 31, 2019

We've had a great year, and are thrilled to share some of our successes with you. SDSN hosted the first-ever Global Solutions Forum which presented a variety of locally sourced solutions from ten of SDSN's 33 National and Regional Networks. SDSN had a strong presence at COP25 with the Low-Emissions Solutions Conference , a 1.5

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

Through our solutions, Vestas supports the global energy system with avoiding millions of tonnes of carbon emissions every year,” says CEO Henrik Andersen. “To The Corporate Knights Global 100 methodology strives to measure what matters and our methodology is transparent and verifiable. Our analysis illuminates the “say–do” gap.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2023

Aled Jones, Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at FTSE Russell , told ESG Investor the new index series forms part of its plans to further expand its multi-asset ESG and climate index product range. You can’t do indexing if you do not have data.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The indices utilise the flagship Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, the Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Group’s green, social and sustainability bond indicators, and fields that show alignment with the International Capital Market Association bond principles and guidelines.

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3BL Media

MARCH 2, 2022

To help companies better understand and monitor their ESG ratings, Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader, has launched the Broadridge ESG Performance Dashboard powered by CSRHub. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 13,000 associates in 21 countries.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It will include exposure to inflation-linked income streams, and a favourable risk-return profile with low correlation to stock and bond markets. Hervé Guez, CIO of Equity and Fixed Income and Social Impact at Mirova, said: “Today, more than ever, we must give priority to financing that contributes to environmental and social development.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In our view, the long-term investment opportunity in UK companies promoting sustainable themes is underestimated,” said Tim Marshall, the fund’s portfolio manager. “We The GIB will generate a positive societal impact by investing in a global set of impact-oriented fixed income instruments.

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Gail Tverberg

AUGUST 23, 2022

Index of consumer sentiment and news heard of company changes as reported by the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers , based on preliminary indications for August 2022. Alternatively, any issue that arises will be discussed as if it can easily be fixed with new legislation and perhaps a little more debt.

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