Environmental Finance

JANUARY 30, 2023

The green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond market has enjoyed a strong start to 2023, said JP Morgan,

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Foundation FSSC’s FSSC 24000 Social Sustainability Management System Certification Scheme is currently being benchmarked under the SSCI’s Processing and Manufacturing scope (Social). We invite you to email your questions and comments to the SSCI team via email by 15 December 2023. Why Host Stakeholder Consultations?

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Moody’s forecasts the GSSS bond market to grow 10% in 2023 to issuance of $950 billion, after declining 18% in 2022 to $862 billion, from a record $1.05 Despite the 2022 decline, the sustainable bond market substantially outperformed the global bond market, which saw issuance volume fall by 27%. trillion in 2021.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Despite the slower Q3 performance, however, Moody’s maintained its full year 2023 GSSS issuance forecast of $950 billion, representing 4% growth over the prior year, with the report highlighting an anticipated return to growth in the fourth quarter, driven in part by COP28-related initiatives.

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

Top 10 Business Sustainability Topics of 2023 Sustainable Innovation 1. How to adopt sustainable innovation. NBS members want to know how to create and implement sustainable innovations. Social sustainability requires considering their needs. Sustainable Finance 10.

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 21, 2023

Approximately 400 market practitioners this week assembled at Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income EMEA annual conference to discuss the major issues for green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bond issuance.

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Environmental Finance

MAY 23, 2024

Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond issuance in emerging markets reached an all-time high last year, according to a joint report by Amundi and the International Finance Corporation, largely driven by growth outside of China.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today plans to adopt the “Sustainability Focus” label introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for three funds within its UK domiciled equity fund range.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

DALLAS, November 13, 2023 /3BL/ - Mary Kay Inc., a global advocate for corporate sustainability and stewardship, released its ‘ Special Report on Sustainability 2023 ’ detailing the brand’s unwavering commitment to enriching women’s lives and ensuring a sustainable future for all.

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3BL Media

JUNE 11, 2024

Tetra Pak launches its 25th Sustainability Report, which tracks the progress the company has made against its sustainability agenda. It focuses on five interdependent areas: food systems, circularity, climate, nature and social sustainability. Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 1, 2024

Global issuance of labelled sustainable bonds – including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition bonds – declined sharply in the second quarter of 2024, as fewer new issuers entered the market and issuers contend with regulatory scrutiny, according to a new report released by Moody’s Ratings.

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded sharply in Q1 2024 over the prior quarter, rising 36% to $281 billion, up from $207 billion in Q4 2023, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 29, 2024

By region, Moody’s anticipates that Europe will maintain the largest share of GSSS volumes, after accounting for 45% of issuance in 2023, with sustainable bonds representing 20% of total bond issuances, and growing to $428 billion in 2023 from $411 in 2022, as sustainability issues remain top of mind for issuers.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Overall, S&P anticipates the growth trajectory for GSSSB volumes to more closely mirror the broader conventional bond market as the sustainable bond market matures, following several years of outsized growth, with GSSSB’s share of issuance volumes growing from 5% in 2019 to 13% in 2023. trillion to $1.05

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new rules form part of the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The bank has since raised that goal several times , and is now targeting €500 billion of sustainable financing and investment volumes between 2020 and 2025. Earlier this month, Deutsche Bank revealed that it has reached €279 billion towards its sustainable finance and investment goal as of the end of 2023.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 16, 2024

(NYSE: CCK) (Crown) ( www.crowncork.com ) has announced the latest winners of its annual Chairman's Sustainability Awards, which honor individual manufacturing facilities within the Company's global network for exemplary contributions across three categories – Environmental, Safety and Social.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2024

Our people making a difference is a series featured throughout Owens Corning’s 2023 Sustainability Report. On the benefits of an inclusive workplace Inclusion and diversity are key components of social sustainability. Born in Brownsville, Texas, U.S.,

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ESG Today

APRIL 27, 2023

Issuance volumes of green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds rebounded strongly in Q1 2023, resuming double-digit growth trends after falling 18% in 2022, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. trillion in 2021.

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3BL Media

JULY 23, 2024

Sustainable Sourcing: Joining the Global Shea Alliance, Mary Kay promotes economic well-being for the 16 million women Shea collectors in West Africa. Resource Conservation: Through a 16-year partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, Mary Kay has supported the planting of over 1.4

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3BL Media

MAY 28, 2024

We look forward to partnering with our customers as they leverage WELL to implement, validate and report on their strategies to advance social sustainability.” To access the WELL v2 - ESRS alignment tool and learn more about its benefits, please visit the resource page.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Based on data reported through CDP’s 2023 Forests questionnaires, Tetra Pak is among the 2% of companies that achieved an ‘A’ score out of over 21,000 companies assessed. He continues: “Our approach to nature is closely linked with our ambitions on climate, circularity, social sustainability and food systems.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The report, examining overall trends and outlook for the green, social, sustainable, and sustainability-linked bond (GSSSB) market, found that GSSSB issuance fell in 2022 by nearly 20% to approximately $854 billion, with declines across each bond type, as monetary policy and macroeconomic uncertainty challenged global bond markets.

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2023

After rapid growth in 2021, SLB volumes were hit last year and continue to be pressured as issuers face scrutiny of the credibility and robustness of their linked sustainability targets, and due to the sector’s exposure to high-yield issuance.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2024

Case Studies Journey Towards Enhancing Reputation & Futureproofing: Swedish Multinational Conglomerate Risk was top of mind for a Swedish multinational conglomerate which has embarked on a journey to future-proof its operations by initiating a 10-year strategy for social sustainability.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We are immensely proud to be acknowledged for our global efforts to drive environmental and social sustainability through our business operations, product innovation, and community engagement initiatives,” said Marc Bitzer, Chairman and CEO of Whirlpool Corporation.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The group’s latest report, “ A world in balance 2024:Accelerating sustainability amidst geopolitical challenges ” tracks advancements in organisations’ environmental and social sustainability over the last three years. In late 2023, executives were planning to increase investments in sustainability this year.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2024

Originally published in Northwestern Mutual 2023 Sustainability and Social Impact Report Since 1857, Northwestern Mutual has been committed to doing what’s right—working to deliver positive, transformative results for generations to come. Learn more about these investment options at northwesternmutual.com/esg-investing.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 14, 2023

Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition ( GSS+ ) bonds are shaking off recent macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, with the market on track to hit US$5 trillion in combined issuance by the end of the year. trillion by the end of the H1 2023, including US$448 billion in aligned GSS+ debt.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

trillion globally in 2023, according to the Global SWF Annual Report 2024. However, investing in social sustainability has several challenges, including difficult geopolitical environment in many countries, as well as a perceived lower rate of return and higher risk. But they invested less, and less often, than in 2022.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

Interest rate hikes prompted a decline in GSS bonds for first time last year, but declining inflation forecasts offer brighter outlook for fixed income in 2023. Green, social and sustainable (GSS) bonds endured a difficult 2022, with the fixed income instruments declining in value and issuance volume for the first year on record.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

In 2022, green bond issues accounted for more than half of all sustainable bonds issued in the same year (58%, $487.1 After demonstrating resilience in a turbulent economic environment, green bond issuances in the first half of 2023 increased by 22.2% over issuances in the same period of 2022, arriving at $351.9

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The UN Environment Programme’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023 estimated the adaptation finance gap to be somewhere between US$194 billion and US$366 billion per year, with adaptation finance requirements in developing countries likely to be 10 to 18 times greater than current finance flows.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Leading by Example Our annual Chairman’s Sustainability Awards offer another way for us to recognize the exemplary contributions made by our manufacturing facilities and operating divisions in three key categories: Environmental, Safety and Social Sustainability. Making a Positive Impact: Conroe, Texas (U.S.)

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Sustainability Matters

JANUARY 14, 2024

A third challenge — equally one we see as an opportunity — comes around social sustainability and workplace culture. Earlier this year we launched the revised carbon management standard, PAS 2080:2023, designed to help built environment organisations accelerate progress to a sustainable world by reducing their carbon emissions.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2024

Alongside the MTBP, MUFG also announced that it was nearly tripling its 2030 sustainable finance goal to 100 trillion yen (USD$703 billion) from its prior 35 trillion yen target, including 50 trillion targeting environmental issues, based on an anticipated increase in demand.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Regional Energy Masterplan spans four stages between 2023 and 2045, covering energy efficiency; heat management; and energy generation.

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