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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

When she walked out that day in 2009, she wasn’t sure she still wanted to be an accountant. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. The professor – one Louis Chauvin – was a standout in McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

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Three Prominent Pension Fund Leaders Join Ceres Board of Directors

3BL Media

First elected to the City Council in 2009, Comptroller Lander co-founded the Council’s Progressive Caucus and has a strong track record of partnering with community advocates to win transformative change for a more just and equitable city. Mr. Kirkwood has more than 20 years of banking and economic development finance experience.

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This Week’s People Moves: Simpson Swaps CalPERS for Franklin Templeton

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Ninety One, Robeco, Mirova, Adam Street Partners, ThomasLloyd and NGFS. We are confident that Anne’s expertise will take our efforts on sustainable investing to the next level.”

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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems

James Militzer

In 2009, developed countries committed to mobilizing US $100 billion per year for climate action in developing countries by 2020. Make multilateral development banks (MDBs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) catalysts of mobilization. of the annual climate and SDG investment needs in EMDEs. They failed.

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Staying the Course

Chris Hall

It covers all types of asset managers and strategies, as well as various kinds of asset owners – including insurance firms, banks and sovereign wealth funds, expanding from its traditional pension fund base. This more diverse membership spurred the PRI to revise its strategy, Atkin explained.

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No Quick Fix to Europe’s Gas Dependency

Chris Hall

Even Germany’s decision to permanently shelve Nord Stream 2 , the partial ejection of Russian banks from Swift , and oil and gas majors exiting equity partnerships with Russian companies in recent days have been ignored by the former intelligence officer. Investing in a renewable future.

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The ESG Interview: Profits that Don’t Cost the Earth

Chris Hall

“We also look to generate good financial return for investors typically investing in real assets like land and trees, and in the production of a sustainable food and other commodities.”. McMahon says: “We’ve got three different strategies covering Australia where we invest in pasture raised beef cattle.