Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Cryptocurrencies have been condemned over their environmental record at a time when traditional investments have been rapidly moving towards greener environmental, social and governance (ESG) values. So how long will it be until crypto earns its green credentials?

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Total put an impressive 34% of its total investment capital into sustainable projects – up from 26% in 2021. BP, in second place, directed 26% of its investments to green activities in 2022, up from 19%. Suncor invested 10.4% of its capital on green projects in 2022.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Portfolio-wide commitments to net zero emissions have surged among Asian investors, according to a new study from The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). A total of 40% of survey respondents had committed to net zero emissions, compared with none the previous year.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The UK’s net zero economy grew 9% in 2023 according to a new report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), with analysis provided by CBI Economics and The Data City. 1 The total gross value added (GVA) by businesses involved in the net zero economy now stands at £74 billion.

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ESG Today

MAY 11, 2023

For the report, the latest edition of the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker, MSCI assessed the climate change progress of companies within the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index (ACWI IMI), and included data from its “Implied Temperature Rise” metric. Click here to access the MSCI report.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

Now we can measure this green business exposure for the majority of companies and are able to count annual green investments that run into the trillions, growing six times faster than the economy at large,” Heaps says. “We did the best job possible with limited qualitative corporate disclosure.” “Now CLIMATE COMMITMENTS 1.5˚C

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the race to net zero, Victoria Judd, Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, explains how the US is lapping the UK and EU in stimulating its green economy. The UK, meanwhile, is trailing behind in terms of green investment. A good example of this is sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) investment.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Undermines Government ambitions to deliver Carbon Net Zero and to ‘build back better’. This unfair exclusion means that a number of clean heat projects, with insufficient time to complete by 31st March 2021, could be abandoned.”. Renewable energy projects in the agri-food sector excluded from BEIS’s RHI Covid-19 Extension.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Japan has committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, with an interim 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030. In 2021, the government unveiled plans to roughly double the share of renewable energy to 36%-38% of the energy mix by 2030, from less than 20%.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The UK’s net zero transition depends on huge amounts of private capital that can only be unlocked through climate policy certainty. trillion (US$1.89 As a small island beset by grey skies more often than blue, energy generated by offshore wind power has long been considered the strongest renewable option.

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Cisco CSR

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By creating sustainable financial offers, prioritizing green investment mechanisms and reallocation of capital, financing sustainable programs, and tracking the carbon footprint tracking of transactions, FIs can incentivize the integration of sustainability criteria into financial services decision-making.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

Pension scheme says country’s new framework will support its net zero strategy; asserts that divestment of fossil fuels amounts to “passing the buck ”. HOOPP aims to engage with investee companies to reduce their carbon emissions “brick by brick” and views divestment as “passing the buck”, said Wissell.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2023

times more equity value in fossil fuel production companies (US$880 billion) than in green investments (US$309 billion). times higher exposure to green investments than the average asset manager, the report noted, adding that Goldman Sachs and State Street are the most exposed to the fossil fuel production value chain, at 2.2

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

But OTPP was described as “raising the bar for climate leadership among Canadian pension funds”, following the publication of its 2021 Annual Responsible Investing and Climate Change Report. According to a Shift analysis , among the private companies it owns, it boosted emissions reporting to 56% in 2020, up from 37% in 2019.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Government responses could accelerate or delay the global transition to net zero emissions, according to Joe Noss, Senior Director at the WTW Climate and Resilience Hub. Do they take the blue pill – that is, increase investment in fossil fuels, quickly bringing online brown sources of energy that increase short-term energy security?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Collectively, mainland Europe and the UK is targeting net zero by 2050 – an objective set out as part of the European Green Deal by the European Commission – and realising this target will require significant investments in clean energy year on year.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Scottish Green Energy Awards returned to Edinburgh where more than 1,000 people saw winners in 13 categories receive trophies recognising their work in the clean energy sector, which supports 22,660 jobs. The 2021 Scottish Green Energy Awards was headline-sponsored by EDF Renewables.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Disorderly transition and portfolio risks loom large. 2025 will cause a fundamental re-appraisal For investors with 2030 and net zero commitments, the Stocktake / Ratchet cycle will show that success from significant company and policy engagement since 2015 has been difficult to spot. None of this will be fun.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

Net-zero CO2 energy systems entail: a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and use of CCS in the remaining fossil system,” says the report. This explainer looks at the potential of CCS in CO2 emissions reduction and the net zero pathways of investee firms in asset owners’ portfolios.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

UKSIF’s Alexander underscored a “critical” need to more clearly recognise transition strategies and investments in the SFDR, stressing their importance for an economy-wide net zero transition.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 29, 2023

Joined-up climate polic ies seen as vital to catalyse a “generational shift ” towards climate investments, t echnologies and solutions this decade. In 2021, rebounding fossil fuel prices had already lifted fossil fuel consumption subsidies to US$532 billion, roughly 20% above 2019’s pre-pandemic levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

I am looking forward to industry uniting in-person in December to raise a glass to celebrate the truly incredible work being done by our industry as we work towards our net-zero ambition.”. Nominations are now being accepted in the following categories: Best Community Project Award (sponsored by The Scottish National Investment Bank).

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

According to the International Energy Agency, US$4 trillion of clean energy investment will be needed annually by 2030. ESG bond issuance reached US$1 trillion in 2021 for the first time according to Refinitiv. A key factor in meeting demand for climate-positive investment could be the growth of climate-aligned bonds. “If

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Green hydrogen has huge potential and multiple use cases, but cost concerns and operational risks linger. The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. achieve net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The rise of taxonomies of sustainable activities reflects a recognition from policymakers that global financial markets depend on a shared classification system if they are to identify ‘green’ investment opportunities. In 2021, only four countries and the EU had regulations or guidance in place.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The case for more dynamic, quality green bond issuances The last UK green financing strategy expected that green gilts would “help catalyse further growth of the corporate green bond market in the UK” – this appears under-delivered. This plays a particularly crucial role in supporting the UK’s 2050 net zero goal.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

billion was invested into sustainable funds in Q4 2021 alone. Notwithstanding the concerns around benchmarks and passive instruments, ESG/SDG investing is experiencing a sustained mega trend in terms of capital being allocated to these types of investments. According to Morningstar, US$142.5 And just as well!

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Corporate Knights

JULY 18, 2023

This legacy no doubt contributed to her 2021 appointment as the inaugural chair of Canada’s Sustainable Finance Action Council, as well as Corporate Knights' 2023 Lifetime Award of Distinction.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). banks accounted for nine of the 12 largest financiers to the fossil industry in 2021, according to Banking on Climate Chaos , a report published in 2022 by BankTrack.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

trillion in 2021. Currently, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a “green” investment, which has led to a proliferation of green bonds that are not truly environmentally friendly.” ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6 trillion (US$3.57 trillion) growing from RMB 18.4

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2025

Her speech avoided any mention of climate concerns or Net Zero, a merciful omission, concluded The Guardian , but the reprieve from cuts could only be temporary, in its reading of events. The pledge to increase defence spending to 2.5%

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Not only does it echo an Australian ruling from 2021 which ruled that governments have a duty of care to protect young people from the impacts of climate change. The act also kickstarted an era of green investment competition.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

Ranstrand is also a board member at Belimo and served on the board of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste between 2019-2021. Mosley serves on numerous boards, including Eaton Vance, Progress Investment Management Company and New York State’s Common Retirement Pension Fund, and is a former Partner at Wellington Management Company.

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Chris Hall

MAY 26, 2023

Republican-leaning states are receiving larger climate investments per person than Democrat-led states, with Wyoming topping the list at US$39,192 per-capita amount of green investment for each resident.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

Aconsequence of this pushback came on New Years Eve, when global financial behemoths Bank of America and Citigroup left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, one of the investment industry climate coalitions championed by the United Nations. What does this mean for the year ahead? In 2024, large U.S.

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