Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

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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Net Zero CDP Zero Carbon Sustainable Investment 96

Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

“It’s a potentially a landmark moment that’s going to help investors put the topic on the table for other investee companies and ensure the integration of responsible tax into their sustainable investment strategies,” he said. . billion in corporate tax in developing countries, according to a 2020 report by charity ActionAid. .

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Development Sustainable Investment 98

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Trustees should instead consider the potential financial impacts of climate change at the asset, portfolio and whole-economy levels, the paper states. As such, the FMLC encouraged trustees to consider what they require from them to support them in the delivery of their fiduciary duties.

Climate Change 78

Climate Change Sustainable Investment Development 78

James Militzer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

A 2014 study found that investors were over twice as likely to fund the exact same startup if the pitch was delivered to them by a male founder rather than a female founder. In addition to providing guarantee mechanisms for banks, the initiative offers training to WSMEs and other groups of women on financial literacy and business development.

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Banking Development Supply Chain Supply Chains 119

Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

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.

Sustainable Investment 81

Sustainable Investment Climate Change Development 81

Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

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.

Development 78

Development Sustainable Investment Climate Change Banking 78

James Militzer

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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. Leveraging Investment to Advance Global Climate Goals The entire world is grappling with climate risks.

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Logistics Impact Investing Climate Change Development 52

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. Investment is the catalyst in the ongoing growth of PV, and will be integral in ensuring solar is well-positioned to help meet our net zero targets.

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Net Zero Sustainable Investment Manufacturing Green Investing 64

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The report revealed that 54% of institutional investors will invest in infrastructure equity by 2029, up from 46% over the next 12 months while 50% will invest in infrastructure debt in five years time, up from 45%. But Canadian pension schemes are increasingly channeling capital into sustainability. trillion in assets.

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Net Zero Sustainable Investment Impact Investing Climate Change 69

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Fabrizio Ferraro, Professor of the Strategic Management Department at IESE Business School, considers sustainability-focused engagement in the face of the anti-ESG movement. What does this mean for ESG investing? Consider the case of shareholder engagement and stewardship.

Climate Change 69

Climate Change Academics Sustainable Investment Waste 69

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. Part-credit for this meteoritic growth has been given to the Green Bond Principles (GBP) launched in 2014.

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Green Bonds UNEP Banking Climate Change 64

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Yet as these countries transition to running more sustainable economies, there will be more growth potential for these types of sukuk,” it added. While Indonesia and GCC are the leading jurisdictions in terms of issuance (with 53% of the total) much current demand comes from the developed world. Extra layer of governance.

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Green Investing Development Sustainable Investment Green Bonds 52

Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, Climate Solutions, Willis Towers Watson, Actis, and Persefoni.

Net Zero 52

Net Zero Analytics Banking Green Bonds 52

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Go like the wind The global energy crisis, sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, highlighted the importance of ensuring a steady flow of domestic, sustainable energy supply. As a small island beset by grey skies more often than blue, energy generated by offshore wind power has long been considered the strongest renewable option.

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Net Zero Climate Change Stranded Assets Green Investing 89

Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2023

While its roots may be longer, stewardship is synonymous today with sustainable investing. The latest version of the code places a greater emphasis on ESG issues, as well as on the role of investors in promoting sustainable and responsible investment practices.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, AllianzGI, EQT, PGIM and KPMG. . Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have appointed Sue Lloyd as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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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. While the increased focus on ESG is more a developed markets phenomenon so far, the factor is not historically expensive even there.

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Development Sustainable Investment 52

Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Sevva.ai, which ranks companies’ performance against UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally, downgraded the overall ratings of stocks listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange to zero, on grounds that investing in the securities cannot be considered to be in line with UN SDGs.? “In ESG ratings platform?Sevva.ai,

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2023

Between 2007 and 2019, Exxon delivered less than 1% in shareholder returns (capital gains and dividends) per annum, around 10% in total over the 12-year period, the report noted.

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Net Zero Divestment Climate Change Sustainable Investment 52

Corporate Knights

APRIL 17, 2023

As per 2014 data from the search engine Ecosia, which partnered with local groups to quantify the success of the initiative to date, the Wall initiative had planted approximately 22.3 After all, as Alison Loat, the managing director for sustainable investment and innovation at OPTrust puts it, “What’s at stake isn’t the future of the planet.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Society, Economy and Environment are the three pillars for sustainable development, therefore, environmental protection is expressed directly through Goals 13 (Climate action), 14 (Life Below Water), 15 (Life on Land) and indirectly through Goals 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities).

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Development Decarbonize Paris Agreement Academics 52

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2024

since 2014. Tommy Piemonte, Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Bank fr Kirche und Caritas (BKC), has claimed that the commission barred him from engaging in a public forum discussion on defence spending and how this intersects with sustainable finance.

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