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APRIL 16, 2023

Top 10 Business Sustainability Topics of 2023 Sustainable Innovation 1. With new pressure to act on climate change, NBS members want to know how to get to net zero throughout operations. Get Started: How to Be a Net Zero Company offers guidance (with a video). How to adopt sustainable innovation.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Barclays announced the establishment of a new Energy Transition Group within its Corporate and Investment Bank, responsible for advising clients in the exploration of energy transition opportunities, and supporting clients on the path to net zero.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2023

Weak economic activity, high interest rates and myriad geopolitical pressures present significant headwinds for private equity, weighing down valuations and slowing investment at a time when the private capital is vital to accelerating the net zero transition.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. The good news is that every recession eventually creates new opportunities, so continue reading about 2023 sustainability trends. Sustainability trends 2023: Impact Valuation.

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ESG Today

APRIL 12, 2024

The appointment follows the launch by Barclays of its new Energy Transition Group within its Corporate and Investment Bank in January, responsible for advising clients in the exploration of energy transition opportunities, and supporting clients on the path to net zero.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

Barclays announced today the appointment of James Edmonds as Global Head of Sustainable Project Finance in its Corporate and Investment Bank, leading a project finance team focused on helping clients transition to net zero.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Other articles suggest ways to improve the ESG framework, examine the right metrics to measure impact, and urge practitioners to shift power back to communities when collecting and analyzing data. ” Part of the Collective Impact: 10 Years Later series. It’s time to go from net zero to net impact.”

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Welcome to your new job, incoming Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho ! G is for … – The ESG-related risks of investing in the mining sector tend to be most discussed in terms of the environmental and social impacts of an industry considered integral to the net zero transition.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

UK bank Barclays announced today a new goal to facilitate $ trillion of sustainable and transition financing between 2023 by the end of 2030, marking a significant increase over its current targets of delivering £150bn of social and environmental financing by 2025, and £100bn of green finance by 2030.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

But a UK-wide transition plan is perhaps the most crucial because it sets the scene and gives [investors and companies] long-term certainty to deliver net zero,” Gardner added. Progress on the latter is slated for Q4 2023.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Visit corporateknights.com in April 2023 to nominate any change agents under 30 that you think should be considered for next year’s list. Raised by two environmentalists, she’s dedicated to ensuring women have equal opportunity to succeed in our net-zero future. He also advises public banks on greening their investments.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Global $100 Billion Climate Finance Goal Expected to be Met in 2023: Report. Carlyle Invests $350 Million in Distributed Solar & Storage Platform Aspen Power. L Catterton Appoints Tehmina Haider and Michael O’Leary to Lead New Impact Investing Strategy. Sustainable Finance. Private Equity & Venture Capital.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Fifty-four per cent of survey respondents said they expected to use impact investing in the next two years, up from 45% at the time of the survey.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2024

The report was released in collaboration with the Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) and advisory firm The Good Economy – which co-founded the Place-Based Impact Investing Network alongside the Institute for Economic Development and the Impact Investing Institute last year. As of June 2023, around 4.4%

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Fifty-four per cent of survey respondents said they expected to use impact investing in the next two years, up from 45% at the time of the survey.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Fifty-four per cent of survey respondents said they expected to use impact investing in the next two years, up from 45% at the time of the survey.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2023

There is a growing divide between private market investors adopting sustainable investing strategies and those choosing to distance themselves from sustainability-related themes and considerations due to the anti-ESG movement. Most impact investments are focused on energy (62%), followed by climate (60%) and agriculture (44%).

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This commitment is strategically divided: $50 million supports nonprofit grants that empower organizations driving climate and social impact, while the other $50 million is dedicated to equity and debt investments in early-stage climate startups (Seed to Series A) and venture funds. Why the Regenerative Future Fund?

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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. Andrew Niebler, co-founder, Karner Blue Capital, LLC.,

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

This AGM season, investors have filed numerous shareholder resolutions to accelerate finance sector action to address climate risks and meet net zero commitments. AGMs to be held by Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on 25 April, and by Goldman Sachs on 26 April, are seen as key indicators of investment sentiment.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last night, Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) Co-chairs Amanda Blanc and Baroness Joanna Penn revealed the TPT’s workplan to support financial decision making and capital allocation to ensure companies and financial institutions deliver on 2050 net zero commitments. The deadline for submitting feedback is 31 March 2023.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

With ESMA flagging a tripling in the size of the SDG fund market between 2020 and 2023, impact-washing is also in their sights. Regulators are already pushing back against the risk of greenwashing with a range of fund disclosure , naming and labelling rules. The post Take Five: Into the Stratosphere appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We have seen green shoots of progress from the pensions industry in recent years, with dozens of pension providers making net zero commitments. Although the majority have publicly set net zero targets, the ranking showed significant failings in their climate plans.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

CA100+ centres if attention on companies that are key to driving the global net zero transition, with its focus list comprised of 171 companies, with a total market capitalisation of US$10.3 Net Zero Company Benchmark 2.0 A core component of phase two of CA100+ is the evolution of its Net Zero Company Benchmark.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It did, however, suggest that LGPS administering authorities may wish to consider ESG factors with regards to their investments, which may contribute to the governments key missions including making Britain a clean energy superpower and accelerating to net zero is one of the key missions of the government.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2022

If the UK stands any chance of minimising further dangerous heatwaves, it must take the necessary steps to realise its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050; an ambition that needs £2.7 trillion of investment over the next 15 years. The insurer is setting high expectations for its asset manager partners.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

US-headquartered investment management firm Invesco has announced the launch of a Net Zero Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund for European investors. Man, Invesco’s Co-Head of Global Investment Grade Credit, said: “The transition to net zero is a global initiative, impacting all sectors and geographies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

Circular economy in decline Recent research from Circularity Gap found that the circular economy is in decline with rising material extraction. In fact, it has shrunk from 9.1% in 2018, to 8.6% in 2020, and now 7.2%

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 9, 2024

The regulator was due to engage in a wide-ranging review of UK legislation relating to stewardship in the second half of 2023 alongside HM Treasury, the Department for Business and Trade and the Financial Reporting Council. Responsible investment is consistent with long-term enlightened value creation.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

trillion in 2021. Since the IA began tracking these funds in 2000, responsible fund inflows have “tended to be more consistent than non-responsible investment funds” across both retail and institutional markets, she says. trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4 ESG integration alone is not sufficient for inclusion.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched its Responsible Horizons Emerging Markets (EM) Debt Impact Fund , offering investors “unparalleled” financial and impact opportunities, according to Portfolio Manager Simon Cooke.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

“Capital has continued to flow into sustainable agriculture,” says Cooper, admitting that last year was tough given the plethora of severe macro shocks which saw many of the big allocators of capital inundated with re-ups – diverting funds into existing portfolio investments – and general “firefighting”.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Staying on track In December, ABP announced its plan to reduce its CO2 footprint across its entire global investment portfolio by 50% in 2030 compared to 2019 and set aside €30 billion (US$32.5

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 5, 2023

C What the G7 ministers said: “We underline our commitment, in the context of a global effort, to accelerate the phase- out of unabated fossil fuels so as to achieve net zero in energy systems by 2050 at the latest in line with the trajectories required to limit global average temperatures to 1.5°C.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

It is going to establish an office in Beijing in mid 2023,” says Peiyuan. The world cannot win the fight against climate change without China successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy, with it accounting for 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world’s greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

“The current lack of [standardisation] poses a significant cost to asset owners and limits their ability to incorporate these issues into investment decision-making,” says the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), a group of 74 institutional investors with US$10.6 trillion in assets. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The UK government has “comprehensively failed” to set out a robust green industrial strategy to compete with other countries leading the way in the transition to net zero.

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