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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. But after investment markets recovered from the 2008 financial crash, asset managers enthusiastically embraced sustainable investing to raise client money under the ESG banner. The reports show that assets rose steadily but incrementally between 1995 and 2012 to US$3.7

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Macquarie Acquires 50% Stake in Enel’s Greek Renewables Business for €250 Million

ESG Today

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) announced the acquisition of Greece-based renewable energy company Enel Green Power Hellas from Enel Group for a total equity consideration of approximately €250 million. Macquarie added that it has formed a partnership with Enel Group to develop a pipeline of renewable energy projects in Greece.

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China Approves First Carbon Neutral ETFs 

Chris Hall

The SEEE was founded in 2008 as the first environment and energy exchange in China. . The SEEE said the new carbon neutral ETFs will further raise the ability of the capital market to service the economy’s green transformation and enable institutions and retail investors to contribute to green investment. .

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Solvency II: Roadblocks to Sustainable Investments Remain Despite Reforms

Chris Hall

UK ministers enthuse about the post-Brexit potential to unleash a new wave of green investment, but not everybody is convinced. In part, this piece of Brussels law-making was a response to the collapse in September 2008, at the height of the financial crisis, of the world’s largest insurer, American International Group.

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Building a Dark Green Superhighway

Chris Hall

The rise of taxonomies of sustainable activities reflects a recognition from policymakers that global financial markets depend on a shared classification system if they are to identify ‘greeninvestment opportunities. Taxonomy proliferation.

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Seven ways to tackle inflation without raising interest rates

Corporate Knights

And won’t it make essential green investments more difficult? Prices went through the roof when the Bank of Canada printed money in response to the 2008 financial crisis and then the pandemic, distributing it to the banks – combined with historically low interest rates in a relatively rigid housing market –.

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Navigating EHS and Sustainability in 2025: What to Expect From the Incoming U.S. Administration

3BL Media

BBC reported : With energy watchdog the International Energy Agency reporting that global investment in clean technology is running at double the size of coal, oil and gas in 2024, the new U.S. administration might not want to drive this type of green investment into other, more eager countries.