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

Corporate Knights

Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion at the end of 2021 from US$17.1

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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. This dark green superhighway would run across all taxonomies. Taxonomy proliferation.