Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Competition barriers to collective sustainability initiatives by investors expected to be lowered. Regulators will soon provide investors with clearer guidance on the acceptable boundaries of collective action to achieve net zero and other sustainability objectives, according to competition lawyers.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BlackRock Global Head of Sustainable Investing Paul Bodnar announced that he will be departing the firm, to join the Bezos Earth Fund. BlackRock has changed the way the financial sector thinks about sustainability. The fund has provided over 100 grants to date, allocating more than $1.6

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Renaming trend may lead to a short uptick in greenwashing, but ultimately will accelerate the path to net zero and offer sustainable investors more choice. In fact, current growth in ESG investments is derived largely from retrofitted funds, a report by PwC noted. It’s always better for investors to have more choice.”

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

We will be focused not only on our corporate sustainability efforts, which include reducing the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing our reporting infrastructure, but also expanding our stewardship and sustainable investing practices across our global investment portfolios.” . Major 2021 CSR Achievements.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Alongside the new climate-related disclosure requirements, the government also introduced plans for a new sustainable investment taxonomy to help categorize green and transition economic activities.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While the divestment movement was largely born on campuses decades ago, some big names have finally joined the divestment deluge in the latter half of 2021 – including California State University, Loyola University in Chicago, Harvard and the University of Toronto. The findings should no doubt add fuel to the movement’s fire.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, BondLink, Moody’s, Intercontinental Exchange and more. . It consists of two indexes, the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 500 index and the FTSE JPX Net Zero Japan 200 index.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

” Wallace joins Edmond de Rothschild from asset manager Natixis Investment Managers, where she has served as Global Head of Sustainable Investing since 2021, after serving as Head of ESG Strategy and Development at Natixis’ sustainable investing-focused subsidiary Mirova US.

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GreenBiz

MAY 3, 2021

Mon, 05/03/2021 - 02:00. It is the first time I have spoken in my capacity as chair of the advisory board of Imperial’s new Leonardo Centre , a research facility for sustainable business, which will formally launch in June. How can we transform our business model to become net-zero, regenerative, fair and equitable?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. In 2021 , the PE industry reached more than US$5 trillion in assets under management, with expectations to grow well beyond $11 trillion by 2026. Research by BlackRock shows that PE outperformed the S&P 500 and MSCI World indexes by 2.8

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Last year, the UK government published a summary of responses to a call for evidence on whether pension trustees work effectively and are supported to make decisions in the best interests of pension savers.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

End of Week Notes And 4 ways that it’s having a positive impact on the world Sustainable investing had another successful year of growth, performance, and influence in 2021. Our Sustainable-Investing Framework describes six distinct approaches to investing with sustainability in mind.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

assets was either in sustainable investments or tied to ESG practices, 3 with assets set to surge from $35 trillion to $50 trillion in the next three years. Net-zero carbon goals are now expected, and the emphasis is on what companies are doing to get there.”. “Net-zero Continuing growth for sustainability bonds.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

False dawn Things started to change in 2021. Many also signed up to the Net Zero Investment Managers Initiative and the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Many investment managers and asset owners – which at that time committed to net zero – didn’t fully appreciate how they were going to meet their objectives.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In this article, I’ll do a quick summary of 2020 and then present four sustainable business trends that could finally explode in 2021. 2020 Sustainability Summary. Besides, the global responsible investing driven assets hit $40.5 Sustainable business trend 1 – Eco-designed Products.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

billion at the final close of its inaugural direct private markets strategy dedicated to investing in climate and environmental solutions, the Horizon Environment & Climate Solutions I. GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Franklin Templeton is committed to advancing ESG and sustainable investing goals while making sure these investments are productive, profitable and make an impact. trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2021. Tweet me: @FTI_Global Appoints Anne Simpson as Global Head of Sustainability [link].

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Dutch court reiterated oil and gas major’s legal obligation to meet net zero, but short-term progress requires investor pressure. She encouraged investors to vote against directors’ re-elections and restrict new investments in firms that continue to be misaligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector. Mon, 02/15/2021 - 01:00. His ability to achieve his agenda will require action from key sectors across the country, including the investment and business community. Advancing policies that support the growth of a sustainable American economy also supports U.S.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2023

There is a growing divide between private market investors adopting sustainable investing strategies and those choosing to distance themselves from sustainability-related themes and considerations due to the anti-ESG movement.

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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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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. SDG Academy The SDG Academy opened its second office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in July 2021.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Managers investing in sustainability offerings, but net zero ambitions still open to question. . An annual study of the largest 500 global asset managers by TAI, the sustainable investment research arm of consultancy firm WTW, found that the top 20 firms’ share of total assets increased from 44% in 2020 to 45.2%

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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. Go like the wind The global energy crisis, sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, highlighted the importance of ensuring a steady flow of domestic, sustainable energy supply.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The ruling referred to ads displayed in bus stops in London and Bristol in October 2021, in the run-up to the COP26 climate conference, promoting HSBC’s initiatives to provide up to $1 trillion in finance and investment to help clients transition to net zero, and to help plant 2 million trees.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00. If successfully on stream by summer 2021 as its designers hope, the service should drive not only increased transparency but also increased accountability. Sustainable investments should grow as divestment from carbon-intensive industries intensifies. Ian Kearney.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2024

“Such assessments will also need to be regionalised, as different jurisdictions have access to different technologies and capital.” Last year, Robeco extended its Sustainable Investing (SI) Open Access Initiative to the public. There’s a lot of greenhushing going on because the industry expects perfection.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

How Wall Street can win on climate In 2021. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 01:00. At the start of 2021, leading investors openly recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk and a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. A 2050 net-zero vision may be an inspiration, but it is not a plan. Ben Ratner.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Article 8 funds promote “environmental and/or social characteristics”, while Article 9 refers to products that have a sustainable investment objective; all holdings within a fund must be sustainable investments that meet the standard of “do no significant harm”.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers.

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ESG Today

APRIL 8, 2024

The firm’s climate platform invests in and supports growth businesses working to achieve net zero targets. Recent climate tech investments include carbon credit market-focused startup Patch , and real estate decarbonization solutions provider Accacia. based sustainable investing team.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Natron's cutting-edge sodium-ion batteries presented an ideal opportunity to both potentially expand our sustainability investment portfolio to our ground operations, and to help make our airport operations more resilient. Learn more about their sustainability investments here: [link].

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ESG Today

JULY 12, 2022

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) unveiled its 2025 strategic ambitions today, focused primarily on extending its sustainable investing capabilities and offerings, with the goal to become “the sustainable asset manager of reference in Europe.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. Investment is the catalyst in the ongoing growth of PV, and will be integral in ensuring solar is well-positioned to help meet our net zero targets.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2022, Nasdaq OneReport became the first Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) software provider to receive GRI certification for the revised Universal and Topic Standards, released in Fall 2021, through GRI’s Certified Software and Tools Provider program. growth from 2021. The issuance equals 2.4x

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The study, by the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, is an invaluable read for the stewardship professional, who may nevertheless sigh at the prospect of having to meet its nine criteria. Famously, the original version declared that there was no justification for further oil and gas exploration beyond 2021.

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