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North Sky Raises $250 Million for Private Equity Impact Fund

ESG Today

billion across more than 140 impact investments on behalf of its various impact funds. North Sky has been at the leading edge of sustainable investing since that movement began in the private markets circa 2005. North Sky launched its first Impact Secondaries fund in 2013.

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Australian Investors Demand Greater Adaptation Action

Chris Hall

This has included legislating a 2050 net zero target and setting a legally-binding target to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 below 2005 levels. However, according to investors, greater action on adaptation is required by the government to address the steep the economic costs of climate change’s physical impacts. billion (US$143.3

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PRI Faces up to Changing World

Chris Hall

In early 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan invited a 20-strong group of global institutional investors to contribute to the development of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Asset owner signatories and industry leaders reflect on next steps for the investor body, as board considers new strategy.

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Breaking Down Responsible Investment

Sense and Sustainability

To reflect these three pillars, responsible investment is now more commonly known as ESG Investment , an idea and term which originated from a 2005 ‘Who Cares Wins’ conference and report. ESG investment is different from an older term, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), which more explicitly ascribes moral judgment.

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The ESG Interview: Call for Evidence

Chris Hall

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments at Phoenix Group, explains how the asset owner is holding managers to account. Krishna says: “We need to scrutinise [managers’] claims of impact investing thoroughly to ask how they define impact because there’s a range of definitions, and how they measure and report it.

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JUST Capital’s New Head of Investor Strategies Says It’s ‘Increasingly Irresponsible’ to Ignore ESG

Just Capital

Cambria will be leading JUST’s investor stakeholder and financial markets strategy, cultivating industry partnerships and initiatives with key market actors in the asset owner, asset manager, and sustainable and impact investing communities. So what’s the issue? I think that ultimately that perspective will prevail.

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ESG Explainer: Line of Duty

Chris Hall

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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