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U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Corporate Knights

financial industry has reassessed trillions of dollars in sustainable investments, stripping them of their previously reported environmental, social and governance (ESG) status, says the 2022 biennial Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends , released this week and based on a survey of asset managers and institutional investors.

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Impact Cubed's New EU Taxonomy Solution Provides Global Insights Into Green Investments

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: LONDON, February 23, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Impact Cubed today launched its new solution to help investors meet the European Union’s (EU) Taxonomy regulation. The outcome is a seamless approach to customized sustainable investing. SOURCE: Impact Cubed. Media Contact: Arleta Majoch, COO Impact Cubed Arleta@impact-cubed.com.

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Global ESG assets drop 14% as industry tightens grip on sustainability claims

Corporate Knights

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Under the new definitions in 2022, those assets are 14% lower at US$30.3 trillion. “We

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

As a scholar in sustainable finance, I believe that while these initiatives and discussions are important, we need more targeted and urgent investments in nature-friendly solutions to reverse biodiversity loss. We need to encourage more targeted investments in nature-positive solutions that reverse biodiversity loss.

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Is Indonesia Sinking to the Bottom of the Pack?

Chris Hall

Inclusion of coal in green taxonomy would border on state-sanctioned greenwashing, says Christina Ng, Research & Stakeholder Engagement Leader, Debt Markets, and Putra Adhiguana, Energy Technologies Research Lead, Asia, at IEEFA. A huge controversy erupted last year when the EU labeled gas power plants as sustainable.

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SOEs Undermine Credibility of China’s Green Bonds

Chris Hall

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. Chief among the efforts was the publication of China’s Green Bond Principles in July 2022.

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Banks Must Radically Change Climate Perspective

Chris Hall

It will also intensify its work on the effects of transition funding, green investment needs and transition plans, exploring the case for further changes to its monetary policy instruments and portfolios. These announcements followed the ECB’s third assessment of European banks’ progress on the disclosure of climate and environmental risks.

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