ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

For the study, the 2023 CxO Sustainability Report: Accelerating the Green Transition, Deloitte and market research firm KS&R surveyed more than 2,000 C-level executives in 24 countries, across a broad range of industries and enterprise sizes, ranging from $500 million in revenues to over $10 billion.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps. Talk about mega-trends.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This makes their investment horizon extremely long, stretching decades into the future, to ensure they have adequate assets for their payouts and to keep contributions as low as possible for current workers. In its 2022 TCFD Report , AIMCo estimated that the risk to the value of its public equity and bond portfolio is higher under a 1.5°C

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. The industry is large – so large that society won’t be able to tackle the climate crisis and other major challenges without the active participation of PE firms and their portfolio companies. InBC Investment Corp. trillion.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Adam Scott is d irector and Patrick DeRochie is s enior m anager for Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, a charitable initiative that tracks the climate strategies of Canadian pension funds and works to protect pensions and the climate by bringing together beneficiaries and their pension managers to engage on the climate crisis. .

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

ESG Advisory services include ESG and climate strategy development, GHG footprinting support, Board engagement strategies, ESG investor engagement advice and ESG and climate report development support for companies. 2022 also marked the first year that ESG Advisory expanded headcount into the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 23, 2024

The survey found that sustainability was one of several areas anticipated to see increased investment in 2024, as business leaders feel increasingly confident about future growth, with 56% of respondents reporting optimism about the outlook for their organizations, compared to only 42% in the prior year’s survey.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Experts have backed United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) call to recognise the interconnectedness of environmental and social-related issues in tackling climate change. trillion between 27 March and 28 April this year, with these owners citing data challenges as the biggest barrier to sustainable investment adoption.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 2, 2023

Climate change is here. It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels] and avoid the very worst of climate change. But only with dramatic, immediate climate action.” Scotia Global Asset Management demonstrated the lowest level of climate resolution support (0%).

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

And a breakdown of the Colorado pension fund’s total returns by sector shows that oil and gas stocks had the lowest returns during this period (even with high returns from 2021 to 2022 due to skyrocketing energy prices caused by the invasion of Ukraine). billion by not divesting from fossil fuels appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 29, 2024

In recent years, some of the group’s largest members – including Microsoft, Ford, Meta, even Shell – have publicly challenged the trade organization’s advocacy around climate change. Climate-forward corporations the world over are starting to raise their voices against trade groups that actively undermine climate policy.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Globally, there is an urgent need to take climate action and address related risks and opportunities as we transition to a lower carbon economy. The physical and transition effects of climate change can influence a business’ bottom line and its ability to compete in the future. SCALING UP: OUR 2022 PRIORITIES.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. 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.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Why Investing in Women is Crucial Right Now by Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest. Sustainable Investing & Stakeholder Capitalism by Jon Hale, Ph.D Tech Savvy Millennial Investors Positioned to Thrive in the “Roaring 2020s” by David Weinstein of Dana Investment Advisors. Included in the 200th issue are : . of Morningstar.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

Even after the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close last November, the ESG landscape still remains unclear. Environmental, Social and Governance and sustainable finance currently are like the Wild West. The question is: How soon will this change? Changing ESG Landscapes.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Just as more than 95% of climate scientists accept the truth of climate change, most corporate leaders recognize that their role in society has changed. Tellingly, the 2023 list is dominated by renewable-energy players high in sustainable revenue. in 2022 – and eight times greater than the ALCC’s 6%.

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ESG Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Timo Pfeiffer, Chief Markets Officer at Solactive, said: “Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, which translates into a surge in demand for climate investment strategies. This new ETF provides investors with a highly diversified global government bond exposure aligned to climate objectives.

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ESG Today

MAY 28, 2024

Edinburgh-based global investment company abrdn announced today the appointment of Dan Grandage as Chief Sustainability Officer, Investments, replacing Amanda Young in the role, who left the business at the end of April after leading the firm’s sustainable investing group since early 2022.

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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. Global sustainable funds attracted record inflows in just the first three quarters of the year, while their overall assets under management approached $4 trillion.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

-based financial publication The Banker to produce the world’s first list of green-ish banks ranked by the percentage of revenues they earn through sustainable lending, underwriting and investments.

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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. We’ve seen significant changes in public investor expectations on climate change over the last two years,” says Emily Foshag, portfolio manager at Principal ®.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

DESCRIPTION: January 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Franklin Templeton announced the appointment of Anne Simpson as Global Head of Sustainability, a newly-created role charged with driving Franklin Templeton’s overall strategic direction on stewardship, sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategy globally.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

The survey also showed that 70% of respondents believe retail investors are likely to drive RI growth over the next two to five years, fuelled by increased concerns about climate change and social justice. RIA says investors are demanding quality responsible investments that are transparent, credible and financially savvy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. . Leaders of the world’s richest nations are not delivering the clear and consistent policy signals that business is calling for to enable the fastest possible transition to the sustainable, more secure, clean energy future that the world desperately needs. .

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

Alums of our Multicultural Innovation Lab, an in-house accelerator for diverse-led tech startups, are finding innovative ways to curb carbon and promote sustainability. DESCRIPTION: By now, the alarms over climate change seem to be sounding nearly every week. SOURCE: Morgan Stanley.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By pledging to grow its portfolio of oil and gas assets, CPPIB is making an alarming bet on the world failing to limit global heating to safe levels, putting the CPP at risk from an accelerating energy transition and our retirement security at risk from catastrophic climate change.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. 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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In September, the CMA issued a consultation to help inform its advice to the UK government on how competition and consumer regimes can better support the UK’s Net Zero and sustainability goals, including preparing for climate change. The post EU Guidance on Net Zero Cooperation Due in Q2 2022 appeared first on ESG Investor.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In light of my forthcoming retirement in December 2022, I am especially pleased to be included in this 30th anniversary issue of GreenMoney. It has been a tremendous privilege to be embedded in the evolution of ESG Investing for 50 years , first at ICCR and then at Boston Trust Walden. SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Launched in 2017, Climate Action 100+ is an investor initiative that has targeted the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to promote taking necessary action on climate change, and align their business strategies with net zero in order to help limit average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability Matters More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues. Sustainable investing can be a win-win for emerging-markets investors. It can be impactful, playing an important role in allocating capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Australia’s government has been urged by investors to provide the policy detail needed to attract capital to climate adaptation ahead of the launch of its national plan next year. Disasters caused by climate change were estimated to have cost Australia US$38 billion in 2021, and are forecast to rise to at least US$73 billion by 2060.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2025

Like several others, Travelers has been hiking home insurance premiums and restricting coverage to protect itself from the financial impacts of extreme weather events associated with climate change, such as the recent Los Angeles fires.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

-based firm specializing in advising on climate-aligned investment enhances WSP’s commitment to providing clients with sustainable and resilient solutions. CFA will enhance WSP’s best-in-class expertise in helping clients address climate change. SOURCE: WSP.

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Jon Hale

MARCH 13, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a lot of discussion about sustainable investing, highlighting the growing influence of sustainability concepts on investing in general. Financial Materiality First, while “ESG” is often used as the umbrella term for what we call sustainable investing, it has a narrower meaning.

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