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General Atlantic Acquires Sustainable Infrastructure Investor Actis

ESG Today

According to General Atlantic Chairman and CEO Bill Ford, the acquisition comes amidst a “global paradigm shift toward sustainability,” which will require “an economic transformation and a capital investment on a massive scale.” Caesar said: “We are very excited to be joining forces with General Atlantic.

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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. Jessica Fries is CEO of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), an initiative established in 2004 by then–Prince Charles to bring the financial and sustainability communities together to drive change.

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Private Equity Firms Are Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future 

Richard Matthews

According to Prequin , the size of PE assets under management has multiplied 6 times since 2004, tripled in the last decade and Prequin predicts that PEs will grow by 30 percent between 2019 and 2025 when PEs are expected to reach $8.3 A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments.

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This Week’s People Moves: New Engagement Head for Federated Hermes

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Federated Hermes, UBS Asset Management, Swiss Re, Longevity Partners and North Sky Capital. Responsible investment manager Federated Hermes has hired Ross Teverson to lead its engagement team for Asia and Global Emerging Markets.

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Health leaders discuss Mechanisms and Coordination of Global Health Governance and Finance

Sustainable Development Network

Watch the webinar recording: On November 21, 2022, SDSN and the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University (CSD) hosted the second of three webinars to discuss the Lancet COVID-19 Commission’s findings and recommendations, as presented in their final report: The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from COVID-19.

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Turn off the Engines 

Chris Hall

His own system change model – developed over the past two decades – has three categories: traditional ESG, mid-level system change and high-level system change. Unilever scores well. They’ve been a long-term ESG leader. Those fixed laws of nature define and control life on this planet.

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How cracks emerged in Africa's plan to plant a wall of trees across the continent

Corporate Knights

By 2004, Smithsonian magazine reported that Niger’s Zinder region had 50 times more trees than it did in 1975. In light of these achievements, the global community needs to pay closer attention to the Great Green Wall and invest in Africa-led initiatives that have delivered measurable results for some of the most vulnerable on Earth.