3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Climate change; racial and gender diversity; stakeholder capitalism—several years ago, investment advisors might have been surprised to hear these terms come up in conversations with clients. Though it’s been around for decades, interest in sustainable investing has exploded over the past five years.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from. About the Authors.

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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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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

APRIL 21, 2025

Toronto Hydro estimatesit will invest $10 billion in climate infrastructure across the city EV charging, equipment renewal, etc. before 2050, and 75% of the citys net-zero strategy relies on these investments. Alliander Alliander is the developer and operator of the Netherlands energy networks.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

Shilpa Tiwari is executive vice-president of social impact and sustainability at Citizen Relations and the founder of Her Climb. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a blueprint of 17 ways to make the world a more just, inclusive and sustainable place. InBC Investment Corp.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nasdaq’s ESG Advisory practice is staffed by former ESG investors and ESG ratings agency analysts, sustainability consultants with decades of collective experience as well as individuals who ran sustainability programs in-house at Fortune 500 organizations. Metrio In 2022, Nasdaq acquired Metrio, expanding our suite of ESG Solutions.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

At the same time, the world cannot afford to slacken its pace in meeting global, long-standing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a range of social, economic and environmental benefits, and helps fulfill all 17 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The AI market alone is expected to reach $4.5

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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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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

20 – The world’s largest multilateral bank will no longer fund fossil fuel projects post-2022. The European Investment Bank is on a new strategy to unlock $1.1 trillion for climate finance and sustainable investment over the next decade. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

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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

JUNE 26, 2024

New figures showed that carbon emissions in 2022 fell to “significantly lower” than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, giving hope that Canada can meet its net-zero commitments. Crucially, the companies’ average sustainable investment (as a percentage of total investment) hit 58.9% for the average large Canadian corporation.

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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. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion. The current list has been updated with data through January 31, 2022.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 29, 2024

Ever since the chamber successfully lobbied to torpedo the biggest piece of climate legislation to reach Congress – the Build Back Better Act – in 2022, more and more members have indicated that if the organization doesn’t change its tune, they’ll be cutting ties. This isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2023

The amount of these pension funds’ actual investments labelled as “sustainable” rose to $276 billion in 2021, up from just $163 billion a year earlier. The dashboard shows that sustainable investments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1 79000 0.14

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), an expert group mandated by the European Commission to advise it on the development of sustainable finance policies, announced today the publication of a new report with comprehensive recommendations aimed at simplifying the EU Taxonomy.

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

DESCRIPTION: July 5, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) announced the 2022 NACD Directorship 100™ — the most influential peer-nominated leaders in the boardroom and corporate governance community. The complete list of the 2022 NACD Directorship 100 is available at [link].

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

In 2022, however, there are many important new regulations and standards in development to bring clarity to this picture. Here is a taste of some of the upcoming ESG regulations and standards around sustainable finance we’ll see in 2022. 1, 2022, but fully integrated on Jan. Changing ESG Landscapes.

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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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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Tellingly, the 2023 list is dominated by renewable-energy players high in sustainable revenue. Topping the Best 50 this year (up from second place in 2022 and 20th in 2021) is a pure-play clean energy company: Innergex Renewable Energy. In third place is Hydro-Québec, which was the top company in 2022, 2021 and 2018.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

While b oth the Global 100 and ACWI fell somewhat in 2022, since its inception on February 1, 2005, the Global 100 Index has generated a total investment return of 270.7% G100 Rank 2022. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. Sustainable Revenue. % Sustainable Investment. %

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Prologis (NYSE: PLD), the global leader in logistics real estate, today announced its commitment to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain by 2040. Prologis currently has approximately 200 EV charging stations and 325 MW of rooftop solar (as of April 2022). “We

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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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

In a survey of 200 European and North American fund managers with social and environmental exclusions, 37% of funds reported having a nuclear energy screen in 2022, down from 43% in 2021. By 2022, the conversation around nuclear was shifting around the globe. More managers are dropping their nuclear exclusions.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 8, 2024

Originally published in Northern Trust's 2022 Sustainability Report ASSET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS Throughout 2022, Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) continued to expand its sustainable investment solutions with the launch of a variety of innovative pooled vehicles for global investors.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We regularly leverage our operational experts such as KKR Capstone and our Sustainable Investing subject-matter experts to help our portfolio companies develop, shape, and enhance their climate-focused strategies. INVESTING IN A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION. SCALING UP: OUR 2022 PRIORITIES.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? However, there is always room for improvement, even among these leaders, and especially when it comes to disclosing specifics in their sustainable financing commitments.

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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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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO, December 2, 2022 /3BL Media/ - United Airlines announced a strategic equity investment in Natron Energy, a battery manufacturer whose sodium-ion batteries have the potential to help United electrify its airport ground equipment like pushback tractors and operations at the gate.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has informed asset managers that it will be testing the ESG and sustainable investing claims made in their communications with investors, as part of its efforts to reduce greenwashing risk.

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ESG Today

MARCH 27, 2023

As part of the overall path to a greener planet, Solactive is committed to increasingly develop more sustainable investment solutions and we are pleased that Fidelity is committed to the same goal and chose Solactive as the index provider for this new product.”

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

Toronto-based Evolve is far from alone in its struggle to launch responsible investment (RI) funds that stick and for different reasons. As it stands, without those requirements in place, financial advisers have little incentive to offer sustainable investment options and strategies to their clients. 77% 2024-07-31 100 U.S.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The Forum’s mission is to promote the knowledge and practice of sustainable investing, with the goal of spreading the inclusion of environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) criteria in financial products and processes.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Timo Pfeiffer, chief markets officer of Solactive, comments: “In Partnering with NTAM, we designed indices that may offer suitable ways to diversify portfolios in all market environments with indices that target high sustainability standards. As of September 30, 2022, Northern Trust had assets under custody/administration of US$12.8

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2022

DESCRIPTION: LONDON, March 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Impact Cubed, a leading provider of ESG data and sustainable investment solutions, has launched new tools on its automated platform so investors can see into fund holdings, measure impact, and report to regulators. SOURCE: Impact Cubed.

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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. Eaton’s 2022 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report details Eaton’s forward-thinking approach to climate-related risks and opportunities.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, September 9, 2022 /3BL Media/ - On the heels of layered crises and big challenges for small business in the New York City region, JPMorgan Chase , M&T Bank , Principal Foundation , Santander Bank , and Surdna Foundation have come together to launch the NY Small Business Funders Collective (SBFC).

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