Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

It will do so under new sustainability reporting requirements, with carbon dioxide pricing on construction contracts , and with a focus on minimizing the impact on Norways natural areas. Royal Canadian Mint In 2023, Canadas coin producer released its inaugural Impact Report and committed to making its manufacturing carbon-neutral by 2030.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:05. BloombergNEF has analyzed these and other key developments, and here we look forward to what might be coming in 2023. As road and air traffic rebound, the International Energy Agency estimates China’s 2023 oil demand to climb by about 0.78

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

This week in ESG news: SEC chief says investors want supply chain emissions reporting to manage climate transition risk; survey finds over 80% of companies plan to increase sustainability spend next year; Apple & Nike launch supply chain decarbonization initiative; Porsche to use green steel in cars; KPMG launches decarbonization hub in Canada; (..)

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 14, 2025

Driven by irrefutable and irreversible economic logic that has and will continue to withstand political backsliding and resistance from entrenched incumbents, sustainable revenue and sustainable investment are outpacing average growth rates. Companies with sustainability data for 2019 forward included in the charts had USD $26.7

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

Hundreds of RI funds have been winding down in the United States and Europe in 2024 alone, and product development slowed significantly in the first nine months of the year when, according to Morningstar data , 246 new funds came to market globally, compared with 444 over the same period in 2023. Thats down from 31 in 2023.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2025

They are therefore taking things into their own hands, actively engaging with companies to eliminate modern slavery from supply chains. In the UK, the Global Slavery Index estimates that 122,000 people were living in modern slavery in 2023.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

According to research recently published by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and global law firm DLA Piper, the worlds largest asset management companies increased their ESG-specific engagement by 39% between 2020 and 2023, driven in no small part by the sustainability objectives of their asset owner clients.

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ESG Today

MAY 17, 2023

Investments to date include supply chain insights and risk analytics company Everstream Analytics. 1GT led Everstream’s $50 million capital raise in April 2023 aimed at driving the company’s innovation in operational risk and ESG performance to accelerate supply chain sustainability.

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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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ESG Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Chief Financial Officers with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) on their 2023 “to-do” list are probably occupied with disclosure, reporting, and regulation thoughts. You’d have to adapt production plants, which would have a financial impact, a supply chain impact, and a delivery impact.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In 2023, the CSRD was approved, introducing requirements for businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions and other disclosure requirements. After much wrangling , the CSDDD was adopted in April, enhancing requirements and obligations for companies in relation to the environmental and social harms of their operations and supply chains.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The new £960 million investment will be provided through a Green Industries Growth Accelerator to support clean energy supply chains across the UK, with investments focused on areas including offshore wind, electricity networks, nuclear, CCUS and hydrogen.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

trillion in 2023, spanning across corporates as well as sovereigns and supranationals. Although there are various tranches and instruments, research from RBC BlueBay Asset Management notes it can be easier to engage with investment-grade issuers than their high-yield counterparts.

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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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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

For the study, the 2023 CxO Sustainability Report: Accelerating the Green Transition, Deloitte and market research firm KS&R surveyed more than 2,000 C-level executives in 24 countries, across a broad range of industries and enterprise sizes, ranging from $500 million in revenues to over $10 billion.

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3BL Media

MARCH 29, 2024

“Impax Asset Management has long recognized the significant financial and economic benefits that will arise from a shift to cleaner vehicles across company supply chains,” said Julie Gorte, senior vice president, sustainable investing, Impax Asset Management. “We

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3BL Media

JULY 7, 2023

July 7, 2023 /3BL/ - Lab grown diamonds, certified under the SCS-007 sustainability standard, not only provide a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative, but also help reduce human rights abuses and concerns in diamond mining. EMERYVILLE, Calif.,

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James Militzer

JUNE 21, 2024

This interest is driven by new climate science findings and the strong performance of sustainable investments: In 2023, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds , delivering an overall return of 12.6%, which is almost 50% higher than that of traditional funds. trillion in 2022, a 15% decrease from 2020.

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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

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

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. . Further MSCI Insights modules are slated for release in Q4 2022 and 2023.

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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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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

From our perspective, it’s simply good investing. For example, businesses using forced labor in supply chains could face an import ban in the US. Article 9 portfolios should have “an objective of sustainable investments,” according to SFDR. Many ESG issues create risks and opportunities for companies.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2024

Minds were focused at Davos last week by the uncomfortable reality that investing in the destruction of nature is more popular and economical than investing in its protection.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The COP28 pledge to triple renewable energy investment by 2030 is off track, despite reaching record levels in 2023, according to a BloombergNEF report tactically published in time to prick the conscience of global leaders as they pass through the 79 th UN General Assembly (UNGA).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In late 2023, executives were planning to increase investments in sustainability this year. However, companies have not followed through: average annual investment in sustainability initiatives and practices now stands at 0.82% of total revenue, down from 0.92% in 2023.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

Jennifer Wu, Global Head of Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, offers five reasons why sustainable investing will matter even more in 2023. 2022 saw sustainable investing go through extensive scrutiny. The key in 2023 will be to maintain focus on the signals, not the noise.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

After all, the rising profile of social factors has been driven partly the development of the sustainable investment regulations and frameworks aimed primarily at addressing the climate crisis. For this reason, among others, questions about the status of social factors within ESG investing abound.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Stephanie Maier, Chief Sustainability Officer at GAM Investments, considers the opportunities that AI could enable in the sustainable investing space, and the risks that must be mitigated. According to Pitchbook , AI start-ups raised US$15.5

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

His resignation was even more impactful given he is the author of the government-commissioned review, ‘ Mission Zero – Independent review of net zero’ , published in January 2023 and looking at how the UK could deliver on its climate targets in a manner is more affordable, and pro-business.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In both the public and private sectors, this week saw incremental progress in support of sustainable investment objectives, rather than transformative changes. A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. 

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To quickly grasp the scale of their nature-related exposures, investors and corporates should view new reporting and risk management processes as an extension of existing climate strategies, delegates heard at the PRI in Person 2023 event.

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Sustainability Update

JUNE 13, 2024

In the coming years, Patagonia began creating their own organic cotton supply chain, and after much trial and error has achieved the admirable goal of sourcing entirely organic cotton for all its products. of chemical insecticides but only took up 2.5% of global cultivated land use.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

This explainer considers progress made by the IMO to date, how it compares to national efforts, and where investors fit into the sustainable shipping puzzle. The revised 2023 strategy now offers the industry “a clear direction, a common vision, and ambitious targets to guide us to deliver what the world expects from us”, according to Lim.

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