Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FFI, PVF, Zurich Resilience Solutions, South Pole, Normative, Verdantix and Alveo. Research and advisory firm Verdantix have forecast a rise in the value of the climate risk digital solutions market to US$4 billion by 2027.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It points out that climate disclosures are still a rarity in mainstream financial reporting – TCFD-aligned reporting is four times more likely to be disclosed in sustainability and annual reports than in financial filings.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA IM, ThomasLloyd, Redington, Impax AM, and EdenTree. . France-headquartered firm AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has added Mariana Villanueva and Matthieu Firiman as ESG analysts in its Responsible Investment (RI) team.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Persefoni, ISS ESG, BNPP AM, Ortec Finance, ESG Book, MSCI, SIX, Urgentem and Likvidi. . We look forward to years of partnership ahead.” .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Verisk Maplecroft, Fair Cost Index, Scope Ratings, LPA, Globalance, GoldenSource, FactSet, ClimateWorks and Higg. The product also will be listed on the Open:FactSet Marketplace.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

It is expected that US companies’ performance on disclosing and reducing Scope 3 emissions will be a point of contention during the 2022 proxy voting season. . If necessary, we will support a change in leadership to meet these standards.” . As of 31 May, 2021, CalSTRS manages US$306.7 billion in assets. .

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2022

Top of the agenda is the SEC’s proposal (the “Proposed Rule”) to standardize and make compulsory a set of climate-related financial risk disclosures for public companies, the leading point of a multi-pronged effort to stabilize the haphazardly constructed sustainable investing edifice.

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Chris Hall

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

OCTOBER 28, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Bloomberg, RepRisk, Pathzero and IETA. . Further analysis then identifies climate risk ‘hot spots’ within the portfolio.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Sustainable Trading, Impact Cubed, BME, ClimateTrade, MSCI, GeoQuant, ELEVATE Insig AI, and Higg.

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

While the usual flow of content that we monitor and share in the newsletter each week at times has a focus on Asia and the Pacific Basin region and subregions, we are bringing you much more detail in these stories – where you will find more information about the above research efforts and respective organizations’ reports in the Top Stories.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

FELD Action Tracker Concluding its first full year of operation, the SDSN-led Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker undertook systematic analyses of national policies in key partner countries, including a dedicated analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) presented by G20 and other countries ahead of COP26.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In our analysis, paying a greenium to invest in strong ESG-labeled bonds is a worthwhile trade-off. 1 Fatica, Serena and Panzica, Roberto, Sustainable Investing in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Bond Holdings and the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 21, 2021). View original content here. Location: New York.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Its flagship series “Counting on the World” explores the ways to harness data revolution for sustainable development, while its projects “Data for Now”, “POPGRID” and “Contracts for Data Collaboration (C4DC)” seek to improve the overall quality of SDG data and to strengthen the accountability of cross-sector data collaboratives.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Analysis this – How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? The study, by the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, is an invaluable read for the stewardship professional, who may nevertheless sigh at the prospect of having to meet its nine criteria.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

This year, for the first time, a company was excluded from an investment fund on the basis of biodiversity. CERES, the sustainable investing advocacy group, launched Nature 100 to mobilize investors to take actions to reduce nature loss and accelerate nature recovery. WHC webinars are all available for free.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

According to an analysis released in December, less than 30% of the largest firms in the S&P Europe 350 index have set biodiversity targets, while less than 13% of large APAC companies have done the same. “If We’re investing in the firms that are typically downstream from those with direct impacts.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

Type of Content. This analysis is from BloombergNEF. Sustainable Investing – Greater Scrutiny. We may take up to two hours to approve confirmed content. Content is reviewed for publishing: Monday-Wednesday 8 a.m. -8 The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:05.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2024

Many investors also have weapons-focused exclusions enshrined in their investment policies. Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s 2024 statement on sustainable investing, for instance, alluded to its exclusionary framework – which included civilian firearms and controversial weapons.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

After the four wasted years of the Trump administration, President Joe Biden has been left with the difficult task of both undoing the damage done and attempting to forge a new consensus at a time of division and contention. . It was always going to be a tall order to pass any suitably ambitious legislation through a split Senate.

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