Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

Divesting from fossil fuels isn’t just good for the planet. billion in returns over the last 10 years by not divesting from fossil fuels. In 2016, Corporate Knights analysis showed that the New York State Common Retirement Fund lost at least US$5.3 billion from its investments in coal, oil and gas.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. 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. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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