Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including RLAM, LOIM, Synthesis, Putnam, Victory Hill, and DWS. . Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has this week announced the launch of its Sustainable Growth Fund.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), the Canadian pension fund with net assets of C$434 billion (US$319 billion), recently completed its full withdrawal from oil production and thermal coal mining – thereby becoming one of the first institutional investors to have done so.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Man Group, CalPERS, Triodos IM, Low Carbon and Bridges Fund Management. . Imane Kabbaj has been appointed as Responsible Investment (RI) Director, Portfolio Oversight, at active investment manager Man Group.

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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. He also contributed to the drafting of the UK’s Net Zero Strategy and the upcoming UK Government Green Finance Strategy.

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

PE firms have helped to grow the popularity of impact investing. According to a report published by Ceres , the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has grown to 128 investors who collectively manage $43 trillion. A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In 2020, U.S.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including OnePlanetCapital, Cardano Advisory, Marsh, Brown Advisory and Xpansiv. Anthony Chant has been appointed as Investment Director at OnePlanetCapital , the climate change focused early-stage venture capital fund.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, the ISSB delivered its long-awaited sustainability standards, to overwhelming but not universal acclaim. Double trouble – Undoubtedly, the most significant development in sustainable investment this week was the release of its first two standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

Our] book of business does not have much direct exposure to Chinese corporates, but a lot of our corporates potentially have exposure through their Scope 3.”

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 9, 2023

The energy supply sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions , responsible for approximately 35% of total emissions. “Buildout of proven renewable infrastructure is one of the key levers to clean up energy supply,” Frances Aderhold, Sustainable Investing Research Analyst at FTI, told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

McMahon says the overarching objective is to develop a “climate positive” portfolio of assets that will deliver on net zero targets, while having measurable impacts on biodiversity and soil health. in February, marking the highest rate since December 2017, mainly driven by preserved meat and meat products for domestic market.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Vanguard, MEAG, Earth Capital, SUSI Partners, Actis, INVL and FSF. . The company has seen seven-fold growth since its IPO in 2017, with an operating capacity of 1.9

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. .

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Ashley Thomson, Global Witness’s US Senior Policy Advisor Similar concerns have also been raised by Tariq Fancy, BlackRock’s former sustainable investment chief, who criticised the firm for “misleading investors” by using the ESG label, calling it a “dangerous placebo”.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is not renewing its membership in Climate Action 100+in recognition of the significant investment it has made in its investment stewardship team and engagement capabilities, as well as the development of its own climate risk engagement framework over the past couple of years.” degrees Celsius.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Published last October, CA100+’s latest net zero company benchmark results showed 82% of focus companies have set long-term GHG reduction targets and 87% have set medium-term targets, while 29% disclosed how much they invested in climate solutions in the past year during the first year of the metric’s introduction.

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