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Major investor alliance working to clean up greenwash lurking in ESG

Corporate Knights

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. The value of global sustainable investment assets jumped from US$23 trillion in 2016 to US$35 trillion in 2020.

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UK Fiduciary Duty Review Puts Doubts to Bed

Chris Hall

But it’s not going to turn pension funds into climate activists. Widened horizons Although the paper is predominantly focused on climate change, its findings may be extended to other sustainability themes, such as nature.

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This Week’s People Moves: SBTi Appoints First CEO

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Science Based Targets initiative , Chronos Sustainability, WTW, Aviva and Actis. Hollis previously led the company’s Traditional Credit research team, having joined WTW in September 2014 as a Manager Researcher in the fixed-income team.

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US Poll Prompts Investor Focus on Political Spending

Chris Hall

US corporate political spending on midterm elections doubled from 2010 to 2014 and doubled again from 2014 to 2018. billion in 2018. “Further, in the aftermath of the 6 January 2021 insurrection, broad misalignment in corporate sustainability strategy and political spending and lobbying activity was evident,” she said.

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Lessons from a Decade of Investing in a Frontier Market: What Impact Investors Can Learn from Nepal’s First International Private Equity Fund

James Militzer

The Challenges of Bringing Private Equity Investing to a Frontier Market I launched Dolma Impact Fund I in 2011, along with its fund manager Dolma Fund Management, achieving its first close in 2014. address these interrelated challenges, we have invested in clean energy generation through solar and run-of-river hydropower.

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Take Five: Less is More

Chris Hall

In this case, the consultation elicited a howl of frustration at the bureaucracy of Europe’s sustainable investment architecture, suggesting that efforts to streamline and simplify are due. But these exercises often tell us much else of interest beyond their core area of investigation.

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Red Light, Green Light

Chris Hall

“It’s a dangerous game to play, and it is undermining investor confidence; there are certain issues, like climate change, where political games shouldn’t be played.” Matthew isn’t the only one dissatisfied with progress. But here, too, progress has stuttered.