Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. and 4 percentage points a year, respectively, between 2002 and 2020. While the PE industry has been slow to dive into ESG, there are signs that PE investment is starting to align with global ambitions for a sustainable economy. InBC Investment Corp.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. Here are a handful leading the pack on six key indicators. It pumped €8.6 More than 58% of its execs are women, up from 43% last year.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In just the first six weeks of 2021, SPACs raised $33 billion, more than was raised by all SPACs before 2020. Second, the growing number of sustainability SPACs offers investors more opportunities to back companies that match their values.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave? Mon, 09/21/2020 - 00:30. About 77 percent of ESG funds that existed 10 years ago are presently available, whereas only 46 percent of traditional investment vehicles maintain that survivorship. ESG is a value-add," she noted in a recent conversation. "It

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report, The National Women’s Law Center found that over 1 million fewer women were in the labor force in January 2022 as compared to the beginning of the pandemic (February 2020), while men have largely recouped their labor force losses. 2 Further, the gender pay gap in the U.S.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Active ownership plays a central role in managing risk and performance in ESG investing. Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship Julie Moret highlights examples on how active ownership works with human rights and diversity. SOURCE: Northern Trust.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

Morgan Stanley will measure CO2 impact of loans and investments. Mon, 07/27/2020 - 00:15. Michael Holder. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sustainable investment assets in the U.S. trillion in 2020, according to US SIF. The post The case of the suddenly missing trillions in ESG investments appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. 14 – It’s an ESG whodunnit. totaled $17.1

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

While researching, I looked back at our special 150th issue (from January 2020) and realized once again the articles are still quite interesting – so consider checking those out as well. . Why Investing in Women is Crucial Right Now by Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest. Sustainable Investing & Stakeholder Capitalism by Jon Hale, Ph.D

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Donor advised funds (DAFs) numbered roughly one million accounts hosted across 1,000 community foundation and nonprofit sponsors, with $160 billion in assets at the end of 2020. DESCRIPTION: by Timothy Freundlich, ImpactAssets . And, historically they grant more than 20% of assets each year.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While some investments are neutral (deemed neither “clean” nor “dirty”), in many cases these companies are still investing most of their capital into assets that will either lock in further GHG emissions or become stranded assets as the energy transition takes shape. dollars) through 2030. Whereas just 2.7% Top Company Profile.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Mon, 10/05/2020 - 02:00. Shareholder proposals provide an early warning signal of risks and opportunities for management and boards," said Heidi Welsh, executive director of the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2). SEC rule change stifles key risk signal, disenfranchises retail investors. Sara Murphy.

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Jon Hale

JUNE 17, 2022

Here are a few questions I fielded about sustainable investing that seem to be on the minds of a lot of folks: What is the real purpose of sustainable investing? Tamaya Resort and Spa, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, site of this year’s US SIF Conference How should advisors talk to clients interested in sustainable investing?

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

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ESG Today

JULY 22, 2022

Last year, Iberdola announced plans for its financing structure to have an increasingly higher percentage of green and sustainable products, estimated to account for nearly two-thirds of its debt by 2025. Iberdrola has also been actively scaling its clean energy capacity.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

What switching to satellite offices could mean for sustainability. Mon, 08/10/2020 - 01:45. Sustainable cafeterias might be replaced with high-waste food delivery services. . Jesse Klein. Both these situations give the company much more control over building decisions. .

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The new fund is launching with $400 million in commitments at its first close, with initial investors including Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Tokyo Century Corporation, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Sustainable investment growth equity platform Planet First Partners announced today that it has raised €450 million at the second close of its second funding round, following the latest commitment to the fund by Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA parent Ingka Group.

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3BL Media

APRIL 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: EarthX invites you to apply to participate in our 2022 E-Capital Summit—an industry-leading sustainability investment summit taking place in Dallas, Texas in April! EarthxTV, which launched in Fall 2020 is a web-based platform for balanced, inclusive environmental conversations, programs, emerging media & films.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Planet worked with SCS Global Services , (SCS) an organization specializing in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental and sustainability quality performance claims, to certify its operations as carbon neutral in accordance with the internationally recognized PAS 2060: 2014 Carbon Neutrality Standard.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

The new fund expands TDAM’s sustainability suite, which also includes TD North American Sustainability Equity Fund and TD North American Sustainability Balanced Fund, launched in 2020.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

Martin Currie is a global active equity specialist with leading credentials in sustainable investing, crafting high-conviction portfolios for client-focused solutions. Investment excellence is at the heart of its business. As a Specialist Investment Manager of Franklin Resources Inc., Find out more in this video.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable solutions represented nearly two thirds of 2021 net sales. Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020. Sustainable investments : Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

Emphasizing the impact of a company’s core products and services, the Global 100 is one of the world’s most valued and transparent sustainability ratings. To determine its rankings, over 6,000 companies were assessed across 25 key performance indicators including sustainable investment, carbon productivity and racial and gender diversity.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A 2020 research study on NYC small business needs conducted by Next Street found that an estimated 68 percent of revenue generated by local businesses stays within the community, making them a vital economic driver. In New York City alone, more than 227,000 small businesses employ 1.6 million workers, creating jobs, opportunity, and wealth.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Pacifists may choose not to invest in companies that manufacture weapons. Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity. In the U.S.,

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ESG Today

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2020, New York-based BlueMark was launched as a spinoff from women-owned impact investing consultancy Tideline, in order to help bring accountability and trust in the impact investment process.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

The SFAC compiled the report after it assumed responsibility for creating a green taxonomy after the Canadian Standards Association, a non-profit industry body, failed to reach consensus among fossil-fuel and investment-industry representatives in 2020.

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2022

These technologies helped companies avoid 45 million metric tons of CO2 emissions in 2020—85 times more than Schneider’s emissions during the same year (Display). Since assuming this role, he has become a thought leader in socially responsible investing, utilizing the SDGs as a road map for identifying thematic investment opportunities.

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ESG Today

MARCH 15, 2023

While sustainable investment and finance groups welcomed the budget’s climate-focused measures, they criticized Hunt for not going further to drive the UK’s net zero efforts, or addressing the need to respond to major clean energy and industry packages launched by the U.S.

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3BL Media

MAY 20, 2022

The plan for such a research partnership got a kickstart from a paper written in 2020, by Jordy Lee, a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines in the US and now Program Manager of the affiliated Payne Institute for Public Policy. In Responsible or reckless? Footnotes. [1]

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2023

The report features the company’s substantial progress toward its 2030 sustainability goals. Sustainable investments : Invested $900 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020, up from $528 million in 2021.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This followed the period of highest net inflows into funds with ESG words in their name during late 2020 and early 2021, supporting the view that funds respond to extra demand from investors by changing their names.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2024

By: Priyanka Bawa , Senior Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice Despite more net zero targets being set than ever before, and more science-based targets being used to back them, 2022 research from South Pole shows that one in four businesses do not intend to talk about their science-aligned climate targets.

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2022

It sets out the progress made in collaboration with customers and partners across 40+ sustainability projects against its 2025 goals, which include targets on farmer livelihoods, child labor prevention, and climate action. However, Vivek Verma, CEO Coffee at ofi points out that this will only offer temporary respite to the world’s 12.5m

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