Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

The UK impact investment market reached an estimated £58 billion in 2020 according to research published last month, which while representing a significant increase in total market share still amounts to less than 1% of the available assets under management.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To be classified as a responsible investment fund by the IA, the fund needs to either have specific exclusions, a sustainability focus, or an impact investment strategy. This all suggests sustainable investment does not sacrifice returns, even in the shorter term. ESG integration alone is not sufficient for inclusion.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The engineer and financial professional, with a background in international development, also mentors Indigenous youth with Outside Looking In and in 2020 became the youngest board member of Environmental Defence. 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. Yet this hasn’t limited Lemonade’s social impact. In 2020, the year the insurance firm went public, the company was able to allocate $1.1 Since going public, the insurance revolutionary has seen its revenue continue to grow.

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James Militzer

MAY 28, 2024

Impact investing and impact measurement are booming. Despite recent challenges, impact investors manage more than $1.1 Meanwhile, the impact measurement and management of ESG, sustainability and impact investing is growing rapidly, projected to expand from a $7.6 billion industry in 2020 to $31.2

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Chris Hall

APRIL 13, 2023

Oulton, also Global Head of Responsible Investment at First Sentier Investors, noted that the current methodology doesn’t have a specific category to effectively capture SFDR’s Article 9 funds, which promote environmental and/or social objectives. trillion in 2020 to US$8.4 trillion, with US$1.5 trillion based in Europe.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

The numbers speak for themselves: According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $35.5 trillion was managed for sustainable and responsible investing globally in 2020. Intentionality means that investors intend to make a positive environmental or social impact through their investments.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The European Markets and Securities Authority (ESMA) released an analysis that noted the “absence of harmonised and standardised reporting requirements” for private sector actors against SDG targets, and concluded that most funds claiming to contribute to SDGs neither explained clearly how they aligned, nor invested any differently to non-SDG funds.

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Steven Mintz

MARCH 8, 2022

In addition to divesting from unethical stocks, you can make investments in companies that make a positive change in a practice called  impact investing. Environment, Additionally, impact investing generally gives lower returns than the rest of the stock market.  Barriers to Ethical Consumerism.

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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. However, despite this positive shift in consumer investment choices, a considerable portion of these ETFs are blatant greenwashing and lack meaningful environmental impact.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Then there are the guidelines adopted by the European Union in 2020, which the report sees as a positive development, before adding: “However, the alliance believes these benchmarks have some shortcomings.”. Concerns have been raised that sustainability-branded passive investment vehicles can be too broad-based to eliminate ESG risks. “For

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Jon Hale

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Net flows flew past the record set in 2020 and are 14 times what they were three years ago. The collective performance of sustainable funds was on par with the overall fund universe in 2020, perhaps even a bit better?—?and Sustainable Funds Universe, 2012–21 Source: Morningstar Direct. Data as of Dec. Net assets have increased 3.5

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

A person close to the Australian Treasury understands that the ‘Finance Agenda’ consultation is likely to include disclosures, taxonomy, transition planning and greenwashing, including financial product labelling. Parker from RIAA welcomes the potential for a product labelling system in Australia.

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