ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

This week in ESG news: EU launches green industrial plan to counter US Inflation Reduction Act; California lawmakers propose rule requiring full value chain emissions disclosure from companies; survey finds large majority of companies boosting spend this year on sustainability initiatives despite headwinds; Amazon sets corporate renewable energy record; (..)

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 20, 2022

ESG analytics and data science platform Clarity AI announced today a new partnership with financial markets data and infrastructure provider and LSEG company Refinitiv to develop a new tool to help LSEG customers comply with SFDR reporting requirements.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Headcount growth was focused on individuals with key skill sets including: banking, ESG investing, in-house corporate ESG, ESG rating agencies and ESG standard setters. In 2023, Nasdaq OneReport plans to continue to update its platform with the latest regulatory frameworks, helping clients mitigate risks and accelerate their ESG efforts.

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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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ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The UN SDGs refer to the 17 categories of goals adopted in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with the aim to protect the planet and improve the quality of life globally. SDG targets include ending poverty and hunger, improving education, and protecting the environment.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 2, 2023

While a focus on ESG has been prevalent for some time now, this surge in interest has been fueled by Canada’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and an increasing number of stakeholders who expect ESG considerations be integrated into their investment programs.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including SDI AOP, UBS, Climeworks, AXA, Moody’s RMS, Fathom, Reask, Carbon Direct, Genpact and Climate Vault. . Swiss bank UBS has signed a ten-year agreement with Climeworks ,?a a provider of CO2 removal through direct air capture.?Climeworks,

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

This includes supporting customers by providing sustainable investing and financing opportunities related to their transition to a more sustainable future. Environmental Footprint: The bank achieved its 2023 energy use goal early (in 2021) and continues to monitor performance to ensure ongoing reductions.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. The Eurosystem central banks last year defined their common stance for applying climate-related sustainable investment principles.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It also pointed to a lack of tools for investors to integrate social issues into their investment strategies and an “overwhelming focus” from international bodies and investor initiatives on climate and nature-related issues. trillion and US$14.2 trillion and US$14.2

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Tumelo, DSD Lab, Exabel, YoujiVest, R3 and Hope for Justice. . The DSD Lab will address this over the next two years and help firms reduce costs of complying with mandatory disclosures.” .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 19, 2024

The information shortfalls facing smaller pension schemes when developing sustainable investment strategies are the inspiration for Independent Governance Group’s (IGG) recently released IGGiQ tool, which aims to improve ESG data integration and management. It’s about having a consistent database.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including ISS ESG, MSCI, Persefoni, PwC, Workiva, 9fin, Sphera, and Liquidnet. . Data, analytics and research services provider MSCI has launched Risk Insights, the first module of a new analytics platform, MSCI Insights.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including PwC, MSCI, Fenergo, Sentifi, and CME Group. . PwC’s research suggests that 66% of European institutional investors intend to stop investing in non-ESG funds, with two-thirds of that number planning to do so by the end of 2023.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including WWF, UNEP, S&P Global Sustainable1, ISS ESG, and CHOOOSE. The Cyber Risk Score will be added to ISS’ Benchmark Governance Research and Voting reports for S&P 500 companies ahead of the 2023 proxy season.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more. Scoot Science , a specialist developer of ocean analytics and related risk and finance tools, has closed a US$4.1

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

ESMA’s clarifications are being interpreted as requiring all investments made by an Article 9 fund to support its sustainability objectives. That may be a factor, but the real issue is the difficulty in defining sustainable investments. Acting in good faith. topped 90% of the fund. Second guessing the regulator.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Industry experts have stressed the need for simplicity and clarity around Europe’s ESG fund labelling, as the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) consultation deadline looms. C, and 69% more than would be consistent with 2°C.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Clearstream, Proxymity, Malk Partners, Integrum ESG, CGI, and Arvani. .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including SDI AOP, ISS ESG, Euronext, YourStake and Datia. . These new data points are also available via ISS ESG’s proprietary platform DataDesk, and will be featured in ISS ESG Corporate Rating reports in 2023.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Participating investors will focus on mobilizing companies deemed to be systemically important to the goal of reversing nature and biodiversity loss by 2030; the initiative is encouraging investor signatories to participate ahead of its spring 2023 launch. SOURCE: Ceres.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The TNFD issued its recommendations on nature-related disclosures for corporates and financial institutions in September 2023, in response to the Target 15 of the Global Biodiversity Framework, which calls for private sector disclosures.

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Chris Hall

MAY 8, 2024

F irms like rezonanz , launched earlier this year, aim to provide improved voting and engagement analytics for asset owners to bolster their stewardship efforts and improve visibility of asset managers’ activities. The group plans to introduce an engagement tracker by the end of Q2.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

The think tank will study the effectiveness of the proposed metrics over the course of this year, before incorporating them into its existing Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA) tool from 2023. . Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5%

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The market for ESG data and analytics has since grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry, fueled by an expanding web of sustainability disclosure regimes, and the exponential growth of ESG integrated and sustainability-labelled funds, ETFs, and other indexed financial products. billion index product line.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ability of corporates to comply is critical to investors, who will increasingly rely on the new standards to make sustainable investments. However, the report warned that EU firms are “running out of time”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

“Biodiversity in rural England is clearly not the same as a Brazilian biome, and [companies in each region] have vastly different potential risks and impacts,” notes Aela Cozic, Sustainable Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at UK-based investment manager Fidelity International.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

It was developed in collaboration with Aviva, the Oliver Wyman Forum and 2X Global and will be tested by a group of investors over the course of 2023. in 2022 from 22.6% in 2021. In 2019, just 15% of the US$16.9 billion in climate-related venture capital funding went to start-ups with at least one female founder, BCG said.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Anti-trust claims seen as lacking merit, but further ‘anti-ESG’ tactics from politicians are expected in 2023. . Earlier this week, the US SIF Foundation’s latest biennial  Report on US Sustainable Investing Trends found that climate change was the most important ESG issue for US asset owners for the first time. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2023

The first qualitative phase of the 2023 study consisted of direct conversations with ten asset owners with at least US$124.8 The first quantitative survey received 500 responses, with the data and analytics provider looking to publish its second survey report by the end of September.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 21, 2023

Sustainable Development Report 2023. Paris: SDSN, Dublin: Dublin University Press, 2023. Finland holds the top spot on this year’s 2023 SDG Index, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Website: [link] Data Visualization: [link] New SDG Transformation Center: [link] Citation Details: Sachs, J.D.,

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

To better inform their investment decisions and decarbonisation efforts, investors want visibility of companies’ interim milestones, as well as a comprehensive account of how each goal will be met. . How committed are companies to achieving these targets? How do they translate on a net zero journey?

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Despite Trumps less-than-supportive stance, unforeseen sustainable investment opportunities may thrive during his tenure. Texas topped the list in 2023, having generated approximately 119 terawatt-hours (TWh) of wind power accounting for about 28% of total US installed wind capacity. California generated approximately 6.2

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 29, 2025

For example, recent research from the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEFFA) found that in 2023 alone, EU companies invested 249 billion (US$259 billion) in EU taxonomy-aligned activities. Another milestone Not everyone is convinced.

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