Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

trillion on December 31, 2019, to $3 trillion at the end of 2021, according to the 2022 Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report published last week by the Responsible Investment Association (RIA). . trillion in total assets in 2019 to 47% of $6.4 The value of portfolios classified as responsible investments (RI) dropped from $3.2

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Greenwashing Negative Screening Positive Screening Impact Investing 259

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 10, 2024

It didn’t help that tech companies in general have had a rough time since 2022, and now higher interest rates are negatively affecting utilities with high up-front capital costs for large green energy projects. Negative screening – also known as divestment – is common for “sin sectors” like tobacco, weapons and (increasingly) fossil fuels.

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Sustainable Investment Divestment Negative Screening Greenwashing 327

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Devillers added that the survey also found that best-in-class and ESG integration strategies were more prevalent in Europe and the US, while negative screening strategies prevailed in Asia Pacific.

Impact Investing 111

Impact Investing Negative Screening Sustainable Investment 111

Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio. To serve this constituency, asset managers have long offered “values” or “socially responsible” (SRI) funds that offer a “negative screen.” Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Figure 3: Calculated impacts of company A for the fiscal year 2019 (own operations and upstream supply chain). Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. Source VBA.

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Net Zero Carbon Offsets Supply Chains Supply Chain 52

Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In its most simplified form, ESG investing is “negative screening”—not investing in companies with harmful practices or actively engaging company leadership to change those practices—whereas impact investing refers to investments made with the intention to create measurable positive impact alongside financial return. .”

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