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ESG Today
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Business and financial markets information service provider Bloomberg announced today the launch of a series of indices covering sustainable finance instruments including green, social and sustainability bonds.
Chris Hall
MARCH 7, 2022
The APLMA (Asia Pacific Loan Market Association), LMA (Loan Market Association) and LSTA (Loan Syndications and Trading Association) have published two new guidance documents as part of their continued work in relation to ESG and sustainable finance.
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ESG Today
AUGUST 8, 2022
India-based mortgage lender HDFC announced that it has secured the largest-ever social loan globally, signing a $1.1 The deal also marks the first social external commercial borrowing (ECB) loan out of India. Social Sustainable Finance
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Fiduciary duty is driving the growth of sustainable investing in the US. If you constrain me from doing these things, then I am not going to be able to deliver a service to you,” said Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America at Schroders.
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, Morgan Stanley IM, GMPF, Impax AM, Orchard Street IM and Nuveen. . NHPF2 is providing a sustainable and place-based solution for economic growth in the region and beyond.
ESG Today
AUGUST 31, 2022
Finland-based financial services company OP Financial Group announced today the launch of its new sustainability program, unveiling a series of ESG goals, including targets to reduce emissions in its loan and investment portfolios and boost its sustainable finance deployment.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Food and agriculture businesses commit to specific and time-bound environmental and social targets. But he added: “There is still a long way to go and the wider finance sector must use COP27 to supersize its ambition and grow a more sustainable food and agriculture sector.”.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Standardisation is required to accurately quantify the environmental and social impacts of land-use investments, says Ivo Mulder , Head of the UN Environment Programme’s Climate Finance Unit.
Chris Hall
AUGUST 19, 2022
But according to at least one informed investor, the Dutch migration to indoor farming offers a sustainable template for others, with its efficient use of water and reduction in harmful chemicals and carbon footprint. This week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.? .
Chris Hall
AUGUST 31, 2022
Sustainable investment experts predicted an even greater emphasis by investors on public policy, at a recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. First, our roundtable participants surveyed the existing regulatory landscape for sustainable investing.
Chris Hall
JULY 13, 2022
Redington’s 2021 ‘ Sustainable Investment Survey ’ noted that 50% of asset managers’ investment strategies consider gender diversity when researching portfolio companies, while 38% consider professional experience and 37% consider race.
Chris Hall
JUNE 13, 2022
Guidelines are part of exchange initiative to help listed companies adopt best practices in governance and sustainability. Asia-Pacific News Regulation ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITIES ESG GOVERNANCE REGULATION SOCIAL SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
Andreas Rache
JUNE 26, 2022
The “Social” dimension of ESG is hugely under explored and developed and covers under studied issues such as how companies treat their employees and care for the responsibility of their products. By Alina Hofer, Lea Katharina Kasper & Dr. Kristjan Jespersen. ? 5 min read ?.
Chris Hall
MARCH 28, 2022
Listed issuers will be required to disclose prescribed “common sustainability matters” and provide TCFD-aligned disclosures. The exchange group said it had observed considerable improvements among listed issuers since the launch of its Sustainability Reporting Framework in 2015.
Andreas Rache
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
By Steen Vallentin. ? 7 min read ?. COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference , has just ended.
Chris Hall
APRIL 29, 2022
Early-adopter asset managers are struggling to use the EU environmental taxonomy to measure the sustainability of their funds and inform investment decisions. . PRI report outlines recommendations to ensure clarity and ease the reporting process. .
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Events in Ukraine gave sustainability-minded investors pause for thought. Further, it can be seen as stemming from a series of governance failures, and as having huge and unpredictable environmental and social implications.
Andreas Rache
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In my PhD studies, I work with a different type of sustainability. Not the sustainability of carbon footprints or systemic transformations but a sustainability of reflection. Maybe comfort is sustainability’s biggest threat. By Tali Padan. ? 3 min read ?.
Chris Hall
APRIL 20, 2022
EC maps out the final hard yards for the sustainable funds’ regime. . Although the journey has been fraught with confusion and delays , the second part of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) – widely known as Level 2 – has reached the home straight. .
Environmental Finance
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
More than $600 billion of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds have been issued out of Asia, Environmental Finance Data shows
Environmental Finance
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Ronald van der Wouden, managing director at RockCreek, shares his view on how investors in green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds can stimulate discussions around the Paris Agreement
EJOLT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Sustainable degrowth challenges inequalities and the environmental destruction caused by a growth-oriented development paradigm; it calls for a downscaling of production and consumption, but also a rethinking of human and planetary well-being. By Nick Meynen.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Global integrated risk assessment firm Moody’s announced that it will transfer its sustainable debt Second Party Opinions (SPO) business to become part of its rating agency under Moody’s Investor Service (MIS), from its Moody’s ESG Solutions group. ESG Tools, Services Sustainable Finance
Eco-Business
JANUARY 22, 2020
To do this, the country has to work on making its supply chains more environmentally and socially sustainable As one of the world’s largest economies, China has a major role in enhancing global trade and fighting climate change.
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Before long, any asset manager thinking of slapping a ‘sustainable’ or ‘ESG’ label on its investment products for UK clients should think twice – at least. The FCA said: “We initially set out five categories for the labels, including a label for ‘not promoted as sustainable’.
Chris Hall
AUGUST 19, 2022
A recent report by the World Benchmarking Alliance noted that poor corporate governance performance and disclosure is having a knock-on effect on social equity, with just 1% of 1,000 of the world’s largest companies performing acceptably against its 18 core social indicators. .
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
To take one UK-based example, when FTSE4Good was launched in 2001, a pioneering benchmark for socially responsible investing (SRI), the focus was on carbon emissions. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Bloomberg, Normative, Sugi, ISS ESG, FE fundinfo and MSCI. .
Chris Hall
AUGUST 30, 2022
With fears growing over the future of Europe’s planned social taxonomy, hopes for a ‘just transition’ to a low-carbon economy will rest on other measures, including proposed minimum safeguards, the consultation on which has recently been extended. .
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Ashok Parameswaran, President of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, highlights the challenges of achieving environmental and social impact via emerging markets bonds.
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Given the continued declines, Moody’s has reduced its full-year forecast for global sustainable bond issuance to around $900 billion, from its prior forecast of $1 trillion. ” The post Sustainable Bonds Hit Record Share of Global Bond Issuance: Moody’s appeared first on ESG Today.
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Despite limited scope for standardisation, investors continue to push companies to be transparent about their social-related processes and policies. . But the development of standardised, comparable and comprehensive social data and metrics isn’t easy.
ESG Today
JULY 12, 2022
Venture capital investor Cathay Innovation announced today the launch of a $1 billion global fund investing in startups that support industrial and social sustainable transformation.
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
RIAA report finds managers increasingly reporting on outcomes of engagement on environmental and social issues. Investors are expecting real, measurable action towards environmental and social issues,” said Estelle Parker, Executive Manager, Programs at RIAA.
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including HSBC AM, Invesco, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Janus Henderson and Mirova. . US investment manager Franklin Templeton has unveiled a new social-focused bond fund.
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Increasingly, Indigenous people and non-Indigenous allies, via consumer activism and ethical investing criteria, are having a significant impact on the economic bottom line of companies that do not source their raw materials in a manner that is environmentally and socially sustainable.
Eco-Business
JANUARY 26, 2020
China has been at the forefront of the world's progress in sustainable development over the past decade.
ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Global issuance volumes for green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds (GSSSB) are expected to fall 16% this year to $865 billion, according to a forecast in a new report by S&P Global Ratings, as credit conditions continue to pressure overall global bond issuances.
CIM
JUNE 17, 2022
CIM was awarded “Sustainability Project of the Year” at the Analytics Institute, Analytics and AI Awards 2022. The award highlights the contribution to sustainability achieved through the partnership between CIM and Analog Devices.
ESG Today
JULY 29, 2022
Sustainable bond issuance outperformed the broader market in the second quarter of 2022, reaching a record 15% of global total issuance, according to a new report from Moody’s ESG Solutions. Reports, Studies Sustainable Finance
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Businesses—in their myriad roles as employers, suppliers, and investors—need to lean into end-to-end sustainability by taking actions that improve not only the environment but also livelihoods, particularly among vulnerable communities in their value chains. By Daniella Foster.
James Militzer
JULY 11, 2022
Major food manufacturers know that formulating their products with fonio can help them achieve their environmental and social Sustainable Development Goals. Most of the residents of our world rely on a handful of staple crops – namely, rice, corn and wheat – for sustenance.
Sphera
MAY 13, 2022
To be sustainable from the consumer’s perspective, packaging should be produced with a minimum of resources, be plastic-free and fully recyclable, but still look nice. And most importantly, are they focusing on the right aspects of packaging sustainability?
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