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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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. Is the nuclear industry using a smokescreen of net-zero to cover up its sustainability problems? More managers are dropping their nuclear exclusions.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With the looming Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030, nations are adopting different approaches to stimulating their green economy and encouraging sustainable investment. The UK, meanwhile, is trailing behind in terms of green investment.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The agreement marks a continued collaboration between HSBC and IFC, following the previous joint launch of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), which reached investor commitments of nearly $540 million at final close in 2022.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

Lagarrigue and Arora both joined KKR in 2022. Before joining KKR, Lagarrigue was a founding partner in growth equity firm General Atlantic’s decarbonization-focused fund, BeyondNetZero , and Arora served as head of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group for Asia-Pacific.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to H&M’s 2022 Sustainability Report, Scope 3 makes up nearly 99% of the company’s emissions. Ulrika Leverenz, Head of Green Investment at H&M Group, said: “H&M Group has been engaged in climate mitigation for years and we continuously push ourselves to demonstrate climate leadership within our industry.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In its report , published last week, the PSF proposed changes to ease the compliance burden of the EUs taxonomy reporting rules and enhance their coherency with other pieces of sustainability regulation. The taxonomy, which came into effect in 2022, outlines economic activities that can be considered as sustainable across EU member states.

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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. EU regulation goes hand in hand with a decade-long trend of increased focus on green investment in the EU.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

ING Asset Management’s new SDG Impact Strategy will provide clients with exposure to companies that contribute specifically to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responding to strong demand for ‘dark green’ investments. The funds downgraded in Q4 2022 were worth a combined €171.1

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will closely monitor funds’ use of incoming green investment labels, potentially stopping asset managers from using them in the event of misuse. . The outcome of the consultation, which closed for comment in early January 2022, has been pushed back to this autumn. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Wind generation increased by 24% in 2022 to 80 terawatt-hours (TWh) following a 3 GW increase in capacity, the CCC report said, adding that solar generation reached 14 TWh in 2022, a 15% increase on 2021 levels.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

In 2022, ClientEarth, the Good Law Project and Friends of the Earth challenged the country’s Net Zero Strategy and won the court’s support. That is a much more compelling investment prospect than policy uncertainty and flip-flopping.” Last year, financial institutions collectively managing £1.5 trillion (US$1.89

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Having launched its framework in November 2022, the TPT aims to finalise its disclosure framework and implementation guidance and will develop sectoral guidance. Levick added that several national entities, including the UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank plan to utilise the green taxonomy to guide investment decisions.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

COP27 deadline for Green Finance Strategy likely to be missed, as investors await details on sustainable investment framework. Investors are expecting details this week on the new UK government’s strategy on energy and inflation, but time is running out for updates on key climate and green finance policies ahead of COP27.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This year has seen a continued uptick in activity, with global green and sustainability sukuk issuance totalling US$4.4 billion during the first half of 2022, following a record annual issuance of US$6.1 The total outstanding on sukuk bonds is estimated at US$749.6 billion, according to Fitch Ratings , of which just US$19.3

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This is the view of experts speaking to ESG Investor in response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 Autumn Statement on 22 November, which many investors had hoped would increase certainty around the government’s climate policy ambitions following months of u-turns and rollbacks.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

This surrender was part of a wider pullback, as banks, investment funds and asset owners axed billions of dollars from sustainable investment funds and reined in marketing excesses. More than US$8 trillion removed from sustainable investment tally. sustainable investment, to US$8.4 Canadian and U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

Improving transparency and disclosure Kathlyn Collins, Head of Responsible Investment and Stewardship at asset manager Matthews Asia, says there has been a substantial number of environmental policies introduced in China over the past few years. ChinaSIF estimates that the size of China’s ESG market in 2022 was RMB 24.6

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Define your terms – Those seeking transparency of a different kind – ie clarity on what constitutes a sustainable investment – might have been disappointed after the European Commission recently declined to offer one in response to requests from regulators.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The latest benchmark report from PwC Luxembourg reflects a challenging year for sustainable investment in Europe, but suggests asset owners are becoming more sophisticated and selective in their approach. of the total AUM of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8 funds and 60.8% billion in 2022.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

And expect the Trump administration to reverse a Biden Department of Labor rule expressly permitting pension trustees to consider ESG issues in investment decisions. But on climate disclosure and fiduciary rights, this will create regulatory confusion more than a firm barrier to sustainable investing.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

“It’s an unparalleled and historic piece of climate legislation that’s likely to be a significant catalyst for driving investment into the country’s [net zero] transition for years to come,” says Nikita Singhal, Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG at Lazard Asset Management.

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