Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. On this score, as of January 31, 2022, the Clean200 has outperformed its MSCI ACWI peers by 3.94% since the Clean200 was launched in July of 2016.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2025

Its worth noting that bank finance is expected to be prioritised at first, with no reference in the proposals to adjusting the EU Taxonomy so that defence industries can be considered sustainable. Few options have been ruled out ahead of official legislative text proposals, which are expected on 21 March.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Ahead of next week’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings, ex-White House advisor Lawrence Summers called for a “reinvented” World Bank that would prioritise sustainability, supporting global public goods such as climate adaptation , partly via expanded partnership with the private sector. Will their auditors be next to blow the whistle?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

A report by the firm predicts that banks, insurers, private equity and investment managers will spend as much as US$256 million on specialist software by 2027. Verdantix , a London-based research and advisory firm, has forecast a five-fold increase in spending on carbon management by the finance industry.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Last year we had great hopes that 2022 would be the year to build back better in the aftermath of COVID-19. In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

There are 90 new companies on the list this year, and some of those companies cracked the top 10, including Deutsche Telekom (in third place), Verizon Communications (fourth), Agricultural Bank of China (sixth) and Contemporary Amperex Technology (10th). For the first time, global investment in renewables rose above $1 trillion in 2022.

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