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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Despite appearances, sustainable investments have quietly had a great year. Given the poor performance of green energy stocks and the chorus of opposition against anything viewed as “woke,” it’s easy to get lost in the narrative that the shine has worn off sustainable investing. It was a different story in 2022.

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How to Guide a Conversation Around Sustainable Investing

3BL Media

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. ESG benefits.

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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

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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Take Five: Future-proofing to the Fore

Chris Hall

Parallel performance In time, the need to restock Europes military may even challenge one of the most fundamental and longstanding tenets of sustainable investing: negative screening of controversial weapons.

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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

The value of portfolios classified as responsible investments (RI) dropped from $3.2 trillion on December 31, 2019, to $3 trillion at the end of 2021, according to the 2022 Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report published last week by the Responsible Investment Association (RIA). .

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“Massive Move” to Impact Investing Underway – BNP Paribas 

Chris Hall

Estimates vary widely on the current size of the global impact investing market due largely to a lack of consensus on how impact investing is defined. According to the Impact Investing Global Market Report 2023 the market grew from US$420.91 billion in 2022 to US$495.82 billion in 2027.

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Philippine SEC Finalises Green Fund Rules

Chris Hall

Under the new rules funds must allocate two-thirds of their NAV to sustainable investment objectives. . The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its final rules for sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds. .