ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Issuances of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds fell in the third quarter of 2022, but continued to remain more resilient than the broader bond market, growing to a record 16% share of the market in the quarter, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It It is the same product protection, in a way, as that enjoyed by champagne.”. “My They are looking at it very much from a consumer perspective.”.

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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. Positive trajectory.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The final draft of the Platform for Sustainable Finance’s ( PSF ) social taxonomy proposal has been adjusted to integrate more fully with existing European sustainable finance legislation to minimise regulatory burdens. The Commission will now conduct a review of the social taxonomy in due course.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Climate change is the leading issue being addressed by US asset owners that incorporate ESG factors into their investment decisions, according to the US SIF Foundation’s latest biennial Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CDP, Loomis Sayles, UKSIF, Built by Nature, Arcadian AM, London Pensions Fund Authority and PLSA. Prior to joining, Stevenson was Head of Business Development at Neuron Advisers, a boutique quantitative alternative investment firm.

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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. Passive funds, she said, account for roughly 40% of all US sustainable investment assets under management.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

While we wait, we can tick off the other long-awaited elements of Britain’s greenwashing-proof sustainable finance architecture, starting with a green taxonomy. Around 80% of respondents across 27 OECD member countries said economic inequalities should be reduced and / or more should be done to ensure equal opportunity.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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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. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

“We need to gather as much information as we can on gender, ethnicity and broader diversity characteristics, in conjunction with developing a process where we can take action on this information to drive improvement,” Honor Fell, Sustainable Investment Officer of the Cambridge University Endowment Fund, tells ESG Investor. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2023

UKSIF has responded to the UK regulator’s discussion paper, asking for further clarity and innovation when linking sustainability goals to remuneration.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A clear sustainability business case should also be well articulated and understood by the board, management team, and employees as well as external audiences such as investors and customers. executives say their organization is increasingly focused on social sustainability. For example, the research cites, Verizon, a U.S.

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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. . Dutch asset manager Robeco has launched the RobecoSAM Biodiversity Equities fund.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Strategy looks to invest in issuers “actively” shifting towards renewables, environmentally sustainable practices. It will be available both as a SICAV – the JPMorgan Funds – Green Social Sustainable Bond Fund (SICAV), and as an ETF, the JPMorgan ETFs (Ireland) ICAV – Green Social Sustainable Bond UCITS ETF.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It also pointed to a lack of tools for investors to integrate social issues into their investment strategies and an “overwhelming focus” from international bodies and investor initiatives on climate and nature-related issues. trillion and US$14.2 trillion and US$14.2

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

The Commission has finally given us clarity on the general orientation of the RTSs,” says Victor van Hoorn , Executive Director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif). . He adds that instruments for which sustainability data is “lacking” will not be accepted as Article 9 products. .

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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. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The geo-political risks associated with last year’s war in Ukraine plus the current war in the Middle East has pushed the social element of ESG investing to the fore, while the impact of sanctions-screening has raised scrutiny on the social elements such as human rights and community needs still further.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Invesco, Edentree, AXA IM, HSBC AM, Octopus, Brown Advisory, NEC, Tabula and Global Palladium Fund. Invesco has rebadged its Invesco UK Companies fund as the Invesco Sustainable UK Companies fund.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Fiduciary duty is driving the growth of sustainable investing in the US. In early November, with both COP27 and the US midterm elections looming, a group of sustainable investment experts joined ESG Investor in New York to consider the evolving US regulatory landscape for sustainable investing.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

We need to revolutionise the mechanics of measurement to realise the transformational potential of sustainable finance. No matter what our aims – to profit from sustainable investments, improve impact on the world or better hold companies to account – measurement matters.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

Jennifer Wu, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, offers five reasons why sustainable investing will matter even more in 2023. 2022 saw sustainable investing go through extensive scrutiny. And the debate on what ESG is/isn’t is expected to continue this year.

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