ESG Today

JUNE 29, 2023

The firm said that the newly created role reflects the critical role that sustainable investment and decarbonization will play in driving future client returns. He will also take over the responsibilities of current Global Head of Responsible Investment, Justin Travlos, who is leaving the business towards the end of 2023.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

More and more enterprises are rapidly adopting sustainable finance, with a demonstrated 10% growth in global markets reported in 2023. In a study by Deloitte, 90% of respondents indicated that sustainable finance is already central to almost everything they do, or it is becoming integral to much of what they do.

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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. 2022 Sustainability Summary. Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials.

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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.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 ESG integration alone is not sufficient for inclusion.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Investment in adaptation offers significant opportunities that are yet to be comprehensively tapped,” said Rena Pulido, Head of Sustainable Investment Australia at IFM Investors, a A$221.7 It will be important for taxonomies to include adaptation to further mobilise much needed investment in adaptation,” she told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Investors are increasingly considering sustainability beyond the risk management lens, with the global impact investing market reaching an estimated US$1.64 These would require EU-domiciled funds with impact-related labels to meet an 80% sustainable investment threshold.

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Sustainability Update

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2023, the focus of the investor letter is on the positive aspects of sustainable investing — with the theme, “Making Investing More Accessible, Affordable, and Transparent to More People is Core to Our Mission at BlackRock.” Included in the 2023 letter: The BlackRock Story. The reason? “As

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 20, 2024

What immediate and then the longer-term trends could we be monitoring to identify sustainable investment opportunities in 2024 and 2025, and well beyond? What “mega forces” are at work today re-shaping the global capital markets and presenting investment opportunities (or, presenting risk in ignoring opportunities)?

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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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Impact Investing Net Zero Sustainable Investment Digitalization 52

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

AUGUST 18, 2023

Measuring impact performance will help investors to identify strategies in pursuit of SDG goals, explains Sarah Wang, Manager of Impact Products, Morningstar Sustainalytics. 2023 marks the halfway point to the deadline for achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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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

MARCH 15, 2024

The report , published alongside the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) and Proxy Impact, reviewed at least 527 shareholder resolutions filed on ESG issues for the current proxy season. The environment remains a central shareholder concern with more than 190 proposals filed, a near 20% increase on 2023.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Aware Super, Candriam, Pensions for Purpose, M&G, Earth Capital, Impact Cubed, and Sphera. . Mostyn will step into the role from March 2023 after the planned retirement of current Chair Neil Cochrane.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 4, 2024

Latin America’s next phase of impact investing must embrace the region’s specific challenges and opportunities, says Ahmad El Jurdi, Principal at Lightrock. In recent years, Latin America has been at the core of a paradox within the global investment landscape.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Federated Hermes, Finance Earth, BlackRock, SSEF, Advantage Capital and the IKEA Foundation. . It will also will invest in impactful businesses operating across the nature restoration value chain.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

The report , published alongside the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) and Proxy Impact, reviewed at least 527 shareholder resolutions filed on ESG issues for the current proxy season. The environment remains a central shareholder concern with more than 190 proposals filed, a near 20% increase on 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. And he hopes that his impact-investing management firm (which he co-founded and helped launch this summer) will play an important role in closing the US$2.5-trillion Stephanie Willsey.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Coinciding with her speech, the UK government published an interim review of UK pensions investment, which Reeves said sets out our plans to create Canadian and Australian style-megafunds to power growth in our economy. At least 13 mergers were completed in the year to June 2022, according to investment consultants Barnett Waddingham.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Janus Henderson, First Sentier, PGIM, US SIF and IIGCC. . Dunstan will begin her new role on 9 January 2023, and will be responsible for overseeing Janus Henderson’s responsible investing efforts.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

At the time of speaking to EIOPA, 21 NCAs had not identified occurrences of greenwashing “due to resourcing constraints, low supply of products with sustainability features, and because the relevant sustainable finance requirements are new or not fully in force”. This week, the European Commission published a new package of measures.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 20, 2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) proposed this week two voluntary product categories and a sustainability scale to grade financial products.

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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

JULY 21, 2022

Sindhu Krishna, Head of Sustainable Investments at Phoenix Group, explains how the asset owner is holding managers to account. And] get ahead of the curve as nature-related issues rise in importance in the business agenda and prepare for the future market adoption of the TNFD framework in 2023”. “We’re

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Franklin Templeton, RLAM, LifePath UK, DWS, Jenson and BNPP AM. . The transaction is expected to close in H1 2023 and is subject to regulatory approval by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.

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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. The EET enables asset managers to gather all reporting on the EU taxonomy, SFDR, MiFID and Insurance Distribution Directive requirements.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

UK-based investment manager Octopus Investments has launched its UK Affordable Housing strategy for institutional investors. The strategy will target initial commitments of between £200-£300 million across multiple closes in 2023, with the goal of delivering affordable homes to address the “ ongoing housing crisis ”.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The TNFD formally launched its final recommendations on 18 September 2023. Between the 19 th and 20 th centuries, 95% of cabbage, 91% of corn, 94% of pea, and 81% of tomato varieties used in the United States were lost.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . Privately-owned UK investment and asset management firm Low Carbon has announced its financial close on the Mörknässkogen wind farm in Finland.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BlackRock, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, SUSI Partners, AXA IM Alts, Octopus, KGAL and M&G. . The deal will see ten wind turbines built and in be operation by the end of 2023.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BNY Mellon, DWS, Milltrust Ventures, EFFV, SUSI Partners and responsAbility Investments.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

The draft provides “structure” for US companies already reporting climate-related information to investors, said Lisa Woll, CEO of the US Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF). . All emissions disclosures would be phased in between 2023-2026. . Today’s proposal thus is driven by the needs of investors and issuers.” .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 9, 2024

In its current form, its contribution to real-world sustainability impact is limited,” the book reads. But it also offers reasons to be hopeful, as a wholesale reappraisal of sustainable investing – including the establishment of minimum ethical standards – could help investors to “make a difference”.

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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. Put simply, the private equity market is in a challenging environment.

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