ESG Today

APRIL 17, 2023

Santiago Olivares, Azora’s Managing Partner, said: “This investment will help accelerate Abatable’s growth strategy by enabling it to acquire Ecosphere+ and enhancing its ability to provide impactful decarbonisation strategies across a broader range of companies and industries.” The post Carbon Procurement Startup Abatable Raises $13.5

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2022

The growth equity investment was led by TPG Rise Climate , the $7 billion climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, TPG Rise and saw participation from existing investors infrastructure investment firm Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and private equity firm Trilantic Energy Partners North America.

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ESG Today

MARCH 13, 2023

Founded by the GRI in 2015, the GSSB is an independent operating entity with sole responsibility for the development of GRI sustainability standards, which were launched in 2016. Adams said: “With a growing recognition of the importance of sustainability reporting, GRI has a huge part to play.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

Oversight lacking The CARET project is a response to a problem that has its roots in the early 2000s, when small and medium-sized money management firms started to issue funds and other products with little regulatory oversight using basic ESG screening, engagement, thematic and impact investing strategies. In the U.S.,

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

For Scope 1 and 2, Essity undertook to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, and for Scope 3 by 18% by 2030 compared with 2016. Investments in and development of new business models in addition to green solutions attract more customers and consumers. Investment decisions consider both financial and environmental impact.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When Jay Koh cofounded The Lightsmith Group in 2016, few people were talking about the need to invest in solutions to help people. The post Jay Koh, The Lightsmith Group: Financing climate adaptation and resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . If asset owners can feel confident that their capital will make a difference. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2023

Investment flows from asset owners have contributed to the growth of the impact investment sector, but current levels of capital still fall short of driving real-world environmental and social progress in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). billion between 2016-18 to US$14 billion between 2019-21.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Many companies are committing themselves to ESG principles and targets but despite the necessity of corporate sustainability, it’s still considered a relatively nascent field in Asia, especially given the range of skillsets required to make a measurable impact and deliver sustainable change.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Founded in 2016 by Justin Jacob Louis, the brand opened. Section 35’s hoodies, t-shirts and sweats blend Indigenous themes with a streetwear vibe. The post Indigenous-led streetwear brand Section 35 lands funding from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

Daniela Barone Soares, CEO of Snowball Impact Management, says positive social and environmental outcomes must stand alongside financial performance. Through impact investing, asset owners “hold real power to spawn positive change… and can mitigate the very issues that threaten the long-term value of their assets”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2024

The report was released in collaboration with the Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) and advisory firm The Good Economy – which co-founded the Place-Based Impact Investing Network alongside the Institute for Economic Development and the Impact Investing Institute last year.

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James Militzer

APRIL 19, 2023

Today, a massive climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap still persists — and even after the SDGs and Paris Agreement laid out a critical role for the private sector in 2016, the subsequent years have brought only modest increases in private investment mobilization. trillion — up from $2.5 trillion pre-pandemic.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Prior to the current downturn in funding, this momentum had drawn growing interest from investors, with Bain & Company noting that India’s share of global fintech funding more than doubled from 2016 to 2022, with the sector seeing almost $20 billion in new funding — and the addition of 18 fintech unicorns — in 2021 and 2022 alone.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Kiva began lending to refugees in 2016, after assessing that traditional financial service providers were reluctant to lend to these individuals due to the misconception that they were too risky. For refugees and displaced people, access to financial capital is critical to rebuilding lives.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

The fifth edition of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance’s biennial review highlighted that US$35.2 billion in assets was being managed under impact investing strategies, compared to US$24.8 billion in 2016. .

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Pierre-Laurent Macridis 28, Montreal head of strategy, corporate development & impact, Fondaction Asset Management Pierre-Laurent Macridis tries to develop solutions that will tackle a problem in the most efficient way. His work has catalyzed more than $500 million in impact investing, primarily targeted toward climate change.

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B the Change

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Lemonade took the first route and decided to go public in 2020, having gained certification in 2016. Lemonade and Its B Corp Message: A B Corp Going Public First, let’s remember that there are B Corps that have gone public, and publicly traded businesses that later decided to join the B Corp movement.

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Just Capital

JUNE 27, 2023

Large-Cap Diversified Index (JULCD) , which tracks the top 50% of companies ranked by JUST Capital across all industry sectors – have since delivered both competitive risk-adjusted returns and concrete, measurable impacts that better the lives of millions of everyday, hard-working Americans. Let’s start with performance.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Asset owners and managers have increasingly turned to the SDGs when developing and implementing their impact investing strategies, with US$5-US$7 trillion a year needed to achieve the global targets by the end of the decade. . Since 2016, the company has reduced its usage of insecticide and herbicide by 74% and 60% respectively. .

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James Militzer

MAY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, UPI, introduced in 2016, has significantly transformed the landscape of payments, offering instant, 24/7, cost-effective and seamless digital transactions. This digital public infrastructure has reduced transaction costs and enabled numerous business models to emerge, from e-commerce to payment-led super apps.

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Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 12, 2022

Another distinction is that ESG investment considers ESG factors to have financial implications, as opposed to only ethical ones. In other words, a positive impact is valued above financial returns. trillion… Current investment in these sectors is around US$1.4 trillion, leaving an investment gap of between US$1.9

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“Given the increasing shortfall in investment capital needed to finance the UN Sustainable Development Goals , it has become obvious that the involvement of the private sector will be crucial going forward,” said Matt Christensen, Global Head of Sustainable and impact Investing at Allianz GI. . “As

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James Militzer

JANUARY 23, 2023

Leadership in Unprecedented Times Tamul made it through several near-death crises — including in 2016 (demonetization) and 2018 (floods) — but the COVID-19 pandemic brought the operation to the brink of permanent closure.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

Lloyd has served as a Member of the IASB since 2014, and Vice-Chair since 2016. Led by Matt Christensen , Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, the unit will combine existing equity and debt investing expertise with a newly created impact measurement and management capability.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2023

The regenerative natural resources fund targets raising capital from accredited investors, with an investment period of four years and a term of 12 years. Wiltshire said its team had invested more US$4.5

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 12, 2022

based impact investing firm SDS Capital Group closed its $150 million Supportive Housing Fund, which will build 1,800 units statewide, with 1,200 in Los Angeles. billion bond measure that voters approved in 2016 promised to support the construction of 10,000 new homeless housing units. Late last year, L.A.-based

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James Militzer

MAY 31, 2024

And a 2021 report from The Economist found that global online searches for sustainable goods had increased by 71% between 2016 and 2020. In Europe, for instance, opting for lower-emission or recycled products has become an easily achievable change, as these products are now offered by many brands.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

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. From a mere three billion USD in 2012 it has grown to $81 billion in 2016 and could reach $150 billion this year. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In 2016, Executive Director Dimple Abichandani approached GSF’s board of directors for a one-time increase in funding to bolster grantees after the election. They are more willing to take risks, more interested in talking about power dynamics, and less tethered to traditional norms and practices.

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James Militzer

MAY 26, 2022

Indeed, after enterprises’ support for refugee initiatives ramped up in 2015 and 2016, it started to trend downward in the following years. Betsy Alley is an independent researcher and analyst focusing on issues related to impact investment and development finance. Photo courtesy of manhhai.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Catalytic capital from public and/or philanthropic sources should attract private sector investment in sustainable projects by de-risking investment opportunities. billion between 2016-18, decreasing by 60% to US$14 billion between 2019-21, with 25% of these commitments coming from institutional investors.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

Ortec Finance, a provider of risk and return management technology and solutions, develops a broad range of scenarios and long-range projections on how the climate crisis could impact investments.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

Poland was the first sovereign to launch a green bond in December 2016. ESG-labelled debt products promise borrowers greater access to a growing number of engaged investors, including EM issuers. . Pole position . Since then, it has been followed by other EM peers. .

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3BL Media

JULY 2, 2024

In addition to the positive climate impact, the removal of smoke from cooking with wood will have significant health outcomes on women and children. Related resources: Impact Investing Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia About ATEC ATEC is a global leader in IoT-enabled electric stoves which connects households to global carbon markets.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 3, 2022

trillion in 2016, accounting for one-third of total global assets under management. Impact investing on the ESHG level is about investing in companies. According to the US SIF Foundation , $12 trillion in assets under management using ESG strategies at the beginning of 2018 grew to $17.1 trillion in 2018 and $22.8

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