Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. In this newly created role, she will embed ESG across JLL’s capital markets teams.

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Jon Hale

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Of the 10 actively managed products among the 20 largest sustainable funds, only American Century Sustainable Equity ( AFDAX ) had a position in Meta, which dates back to 2013 before the fund was repurposed as sustainability-focused. But there is considerable variation in the approaches funds are taking to sustainability.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Research prepared by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) shows that there are close to 900 policy tools or revisions that support responsible investors in 2022. By comparison, in 2019, there were fewer than 600; and in 2013, 300. Economy wide transition: connecting financial and real-economy policy change.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

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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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

One example is Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, which launched its heat action plan in 2013, one of the first in South Asia. Since then, many cities around the world have formulated plans to future-proof their communities and infrastructure to make them climate resilient.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

Notable examples include: The World Bank (through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) issued its first green bond in 2008 with $440 M; The African Development Bank (ADB) issued a half a billion USD green bond in October 2013. You can follow my Susty Investing list on Twitter for news on the sector.).

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

Cambria has also co-chaired the Human Capital Management Coalition (HCMC) since 2013. You can argue that some people don’t like “sustainable investing,” some do, and some people don’t like “responsible investing,” some do. So what’s the issue? I think that ultimately that perspective will prevail. I don’t know.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Broadridge, ESG Book, Ada Fintech, Redington, Greyparrot.ai, and Viridios.ai. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2022

Only incremental progress has been made in closing these disclosure gaps, the paper said, with “non-disclosing” companies added to portfolios more quickly than the rate of disclosure, because sustainable investment strategies are now being applied more broadly across regions and smaller firms with lower disclosure rates.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

1 Fatica, Serena and Panzica, Roberto, Sustainable Investing in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Bond Holdings and the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 21, 2021). The views expressed herein do not constitute research, investment advice or trade recommendations and do not necessarily represent the views of all AB portfolio-management teams.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

The European sustainable funds universe comprised 3,196 funds in 2020, including an increase of 505 new sustainable funds and the repurposing and rebranding of at least 253 conventional funds. The two most effective styles from 2013 to 2021 have been quality and growth, which is also the case in a dividend yield universe.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Her Triple B Framework – an approach to blended finance incorporating behavioural change and greater alignment of different types of capital – underpins the Bahamas Sustainable Investment Programme , announced at Clinton Global Initiative in September and in Dubai during COP28.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including ISS ESG, MSCI, Persefoni, PwC, Workiva, 9fin, Sphera, and Liquidnet. . Sphera , a Chicago-based ESG software, data and consulting services firm, has acquired supply chain risk management software company riskmethods.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Regarding Goal 3 (Reduce child mortality), the global under-five mortality rate has declined by more than half, dropping from 90 to 43 deaths per 1000 live births between 1990 and 2015 and about 84% of children worldwide received at least a dose of measles-containing vaccine in 2013 (up from 73% in 2000).

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

This year, for the first time, a company was excluded from an investment fund on the basis of biodiversity. CERES, the sustainable investing advocacy group, launched Nature 100 to mobilize investors to take actions to reduce nature loss and accelerate nature recovery. and 45 in Mexico.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

After months of contentious debate, the EU agreed to add natural gas and nuclear to its EU taxonomy, the official list of acceptable sustainable investments to help Europe finance its ambitious climate goals. By 2022, the conversation around nuclear was shifting around the globe.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2024

North Sky has been at the leading edge of sustainable investing since that movement began in the private markets circa 2005. This team utilizes our global network of GPs, LPs, company founders and other market participants to source what we believe will be attractive, highly impactful investments.”

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

This surrender was part of a wider pullback, as banks, investment funds and asset owners axed billions of dollars from sustainable investment funds and reined in marketing excesses. More than US$8 trillion removed from sustainable investment tally. sustainable investment, to US$8.4 In the U.S.,

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Jon Hale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I don’t use the term “greenwashing” very often, because it often comes down to perceptions, but in this case, these firms’ sponsorships of SFOF certainly leaves doubt in my mind about their commitment to sustainable investing. The old paradigm is changing.

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