Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 But it also reflects the challenges of defining sustainable investing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 26, 2024

During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, AB’s Director of Social Research & Engagement, Saskia Kort-Chick reflects on how climate change may increase the risk of modern slavery, which can have material implications for investors. Values align our actions.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

The exclusion of JBS is quite dramatic for us because it is from all of our funds, not just the ones labelled ESG," Eric Pedersen, Nordea’s head of responsible investments, told The Guardian. . Until very recently, investor demands regarding environmental impact largely have focused on the climate crisis and greenhouse gas emissions.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reduced cost of capital Sustainable investments often attract a broader base of investors, including socially responsible investment funds and individuals looking for ethical investment opportunities. Green bonds Corporations can issue green bonds to raise funds for new and existing projects with environmental benefits.

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ESG Today

MARCH 2, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU fails to pass environmental & human rights sustainability due diligence law; Singapore to introduce mandatory sustainability reporting; Deutsche Bank launched new sustainable finance framework; Senior execs say sustainability drives better revenues, profitability, IBM survey finds; IAG signs one of largest-ever sustainable (..)

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ESG Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The new sustainability strategy follows the launch in 2019 of BNPP AM’s first GSS, focused on the integration of ESG factors into its investment processes and boosting its engagement and stewardship approach on ESG issues. Regulations including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation have shaped sustainability-related investing.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Last week, AB and Columbia Climate School kicked off the first module of its Climate Change Curriculum 2.0, Last week, AB and Columbia Climate School kicked off the first module of its Climate Change Curriculum 2.0, The training took place in our New York office as well as virtually. Values align our actions.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 31, 2024

Learn more by reading our Global Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement and Report: [link] AllianceBernstein AllianceBernstein (AB) is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals, and private wealth clients in major world markets.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Rowe Price-matched donation to Climate Vault. DESCRIPTION: To neutralize its associates’ business travel emissions, the firm has begun a collaboration with Climate Vault, a nonprofit that, on T. Rowe Price’s director of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Rowe Price. Additionally, to tap in to the desire of T.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation. With the explosive growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in recent years, it appears that we may be at or approaching an inflection point. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 02:00. The elephant in the room. Entities issuing securities — stocks or bonds — in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 20, 2024

Reclaim Finance calls for increased anti-greenwashing regulation for fund managers, and collaboration with index providers. According to research by data provider Morningstar, passive strategies represented almost a quarter of ESG fund assets globally in 2023.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

The rise of ESG investing has caused a paradigm shift in the industry. Standardization and data automation will play an integral role in ESG reporting, thus driving transparency and informed decision-making. Interest in ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing is continuing to reach new heights.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: by Suleyman Saleem, VP and ESG Senior Research Analyst, Calvert Research and Management. Amid all of the key factors related to climate change, water stands out as the most nuanced – it is both a symptom and a cure. Here are a few answers from the four key areas we focus on. .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

One year ago, cloud software powerhouse Salesforce began touting its answer with the general availability of the Salesforce Sustainability Cloud, a platform for providing real-time access to ESG data such as energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a push to produce "investor-grade" climate data.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The equity investments of individual investors can be held in individual trading accounts, stock or bond mutual funds, ETFs, or self-directed IRA or 401(k) accounts. The equity investments of individual investors can be held in individual trading accounts, stock or bond mutual funds, ETFs, or self-directed IRA or 401(k) accounts.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sara Rosner | Director of Environmental Research and Engagement—Responsibility Patrick O'Connell, CFA | Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Research David Tsoupros, CFA | Senior Research Analyst—Concentrated Growth Investors face an urgent challenge in understanding, analyzing and managing biodiversity risks.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: More securities labeled as environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds are being issued by a wider variety of companies than ever before. But not all ESG-labeled bonds are equal. To fund a genuinely green future, investors will need to separate the grain from the chaff. An Explosion of ESG Bond Issuance.

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ESG Today

JUNE 5, 2023

Fitch Group’s sustainability-focused analytics business Sustainable Fitch announced the launch of its ESG Regulations and Reporting Standards Tracker, a new tool aimed at monitoring significant regulatory developments in the ESG space, including sustainable taxonomies, ESG and climate disclosure regulations, and ESG fund requirements.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last updated on September 11, 2023 Forward-looking organizations are diving into environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) and sustainability, which can feel like ESG alphabet soup, a seemingly never-ending list of acronyms for varying ESG concepts, frameworks, rating agencies, regulations and regulatory bodies.

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3BL Media

APRIL 17, 2024

Saskia Kort-Chick | Director of Social Research and Engagement—Responsibility Markus Schneider | Senior Economist—EEMEA Understanding the social risks posed by climate transition requires discipline, nuance and a systematic approach. These risks are particularly high in emerging markets (EMs).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

Industry pundits make the case for why Australia is on its way to becoming a climate leader. If one thing is clear by now when it comes to the climate crisis, it’s that investors cannot solve it on their own. trillion) in assets.

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ESG Today

MAY 12, 2023

Dubai-based airline Emirates announced today the launch of a new fund aimed at investing in research and development projects focused on reducing the environmental impact of fossil fuels in commercial aviation. The post Emirates Launches $200 Million Sustainable Aviation Solutions Fund appeared first on ESG Today.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2024

Fourth UK sustainability fund label could capture assets from improvers category, as EU told to heighten SFDR transition focus.   A recent report from Morningstar identified 1400 open-end and exchange-traded funds with a climate-related mandate as of June 2023, compared to a mere 200 in 2018.

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Development 57

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

PSEG to gain insights into cutting-edge research and technologies to help accelerate ESG targets Investments to include companies run by or focused on underrepresented communities. EIP, a global venture capital firm, and its funds target early-stage, innovative technologies aimed at combatting climate change.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The IKEA Foundation, a strategic philanthropy funded by IKEA owner INGKA Foundation, announced today plans to deploy €600 million in climate funding by 2025. For the remaining €600 million, the foundation commissioned research to identify the highest impact interventions for philanthropy to reduce emissions.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 5, 2022

We employ a rigorous analytical investment approach, leveraging quantitative and fundamental research and expertise to uncover financially relevant information that can impact a company’s performance. Monitor We continuously assess the sustainability performance of the securities we select for our ESG portfolios.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that it has charged Deutsche Bank’s investment arm DWS, one of the largest asset managers in Europe, over misleading statements the firm made regarding its ESG investment process. Fixler was fired from DWS in March 2021 immediately prior to the release of the firm’s annual report.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

ESG indices are seeing breakneck speed growth, with smaller providers growing in influence. Rise of ESG indices The Index Industry Association (IIA) finds that while in 2022 overall growth of indices was 4.43%, the number of ESG indexes globally grew 55% and surpassed 50,000 worldwide across asset classes for the first time.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The final list recognizes the top 500 most responsible companies in the United States across environmental, social and governance (ESG). The final list recognizes the top 500 most responsible companies in the United States across environmental, social and governance (ESG).

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

Each of these far-reaching forces—climate change, demographics and deglobalization—is significant in its own right. Climate Change: The growth effect of climate change may be the hardest force to assess, given the diverse variables from rising temperatures to migration pressure and resource conflict.

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ESG Today

MARCH 15, 2023

Aegon Asset Management announced today the appointment of Anne Scott to the newly created role of Global Climate Solutions Lead. Most recently this has seen us shift our short dated investment grade bond strategy to become the Global Short Dated Climate Transition Fund, focusing on the transition to a net-zero global economy.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. This week witnessed a court ruling which could have potentially seismic implications for climate policy globally. As UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell said this week, “Every voice matters. C by 2050 pathway.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Investor Coalition for Equal Votes finds financial disadvantage in dual-class shares, as regulation on shareholder rights mooted at London conference. A US$2.5 The financial market has seen significant moves in support of dual-class shares this year.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Exhibit 1: Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Impact Framework – SDG Mapping Source: Morningstar Sustainalytics These aggregated themes help inventory of recent activity within the global sustainable funds space, highlighting how investors target SDG-aligned themes in today’s shifting economic and geopolitical climate.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A risk-management class, once strictly concerned with fiscal threats to corporate profits, now assesses climate impacts on bottom-line decisions. A business course that once focused on maximizing shareholder profit now teaches how to measure purposeful value creation. The key is to never get complacent.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

WELL helps them improve employee well-being and performance, enhance recruitment and retention, strengthen their ESG strategy and improve outcomes related to diversity, equity and inclusion,” said Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO, IWBI. “At WELL adoption also saw a significant increase in its global presence in every region of the world.

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