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

Corporate Knights

In Europe, regulators have gone even further, establishing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation , which comes into force on January 1, 2023, requiring funds to categorize themselves as light green (Article 8), dark green (Article 9) or conventional funds (Article 6), based on the degree to which investments support sustainability.?

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

More and more enterprises are rapidly adopting sustainable finance, with a demonstrated 10% growth in global markets reported in 2023. Negative screening This is the process of excluding certain sectors, companies, or practices from a portfolio based on specific ESG criteria.

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New Horizons Beckon for ESG Index Derivatives

Chris Hall

Based on parent indices, the first generation of ESG indices were created through application of negative or positive screening to the parent. Open interest at the end of 2023 was €5.5 Traded volume in 2023 grew at 5.3% Increasingly, best-in-class approaches are now gaining exposure to specific ESG themes.