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ESG is the private equity industry’s next frontier

Corporate Knights

Shilpa Tiwari is executive vice-president of social impact and sustainability at Citizen Relations and the founder of Her Climb. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a blueprint of 17 ways to make the world a more just, inclusive and sustainable place.

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These 50 Canadian corporations are betting big on green

Corporate Knights

Since 2002, Corporate Knights has recognized this work by publishing the Best 50 list of Canada’s top corporate citizens – the businesses that prize sustainability as well as commerce. Crucially, the companies’ average sustainable investment (as a percentage of total investment) hit 58.9%

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These 50 Canadian corporate citizens are a cut above

Corporate Knights

Since 2002, Corporate Knights’ ranking of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens has been tracing public and private companies as well as Crown corporations with more than $1 billion in revenues. The average percentage of sustainable revenues achieved by 2023 Best 50 companies is 46.3%, up from 36.8%

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. GRI now produces the most widely used sustainability reporting standards in the world. When I started, I had to explain to companies why they should care about ESG. They’re coming.

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Policy Paramount in Driving DACCS Development

Chris Hall

IPR, which was commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2018, stressed that policy is “central to any scale up” in the development of clean energy technologies. The IPR DACCS 2050 forecast is roughly consistent with the growth trajectory of solar power between 2002 and 2022 from 2030 onwards.

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This Week’s People Moves: UN Creates High-Level Group to Monitor Net Zero Pledges

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Tritax Group, Vortex Energy, Climate Impact Partners and WTW. . Alan Somerville has been appointed Director of ESG at real estate investment company Tritax Group.

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This Week’s People Moves: Iggo to Chair AXA IM Investment Institute

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA IM, Macquarie AM, Pollination, Sphera, ISSB, and CDP. . AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has announced the launch of the AXA IM Investment Institute, with the appointment of Chris Iggo as Chair.

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