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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. trillion. “We Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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UK Blended Funds Bid on Social Shortfalls

Chris Hall

“We think that’s a sensible idea, but we feel we there is also a real opportunity to create a fund in parallel that could be linked to it that focuses on the smaller, more local investment needed by communities across the country.” the social impact investment market is currently worth approximately £8 billion.

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Blended Funds Bid to Tackle UK Social Shortfalls

Chris Hall

“We think that’s a sensible idea, but we feel we there is also a real opportunity to create a fund in parallel that could be linked to it that focuses on the smaller, more local investment needed by communities across the country.” the social impact investment market is currently worth approximately £8 billion.

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Sustainable Funds Landscape?—?Highlights and Observations

Jon Hale

With so many more people investing sustainably, and doubtless many more still on the sidelines, I’d like to see 2022 be a year marked by greater transparency to minimize gaps that I think are emerging between what investors expect and how funds are actually executing their sustainable investing mandates. Data as of Dec.

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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. You can follow my Susty Investing list on Twitter for news on the sector.).