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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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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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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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Despite historic policy wins—such as the Inflation Reduction Act, which is driving a clean energy investment boom in the U.S.—the These disasters impact supply chains, products, and the services on which consumers rely, and the impacts will only increase without dramatic action. Despite recent policy wins in the U.S.—such

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Operating in the food and beverage packaging and processing industry, we recognise the importance of promoting social sustainability throughout our value chain and focus on our own workforce, workers and communities in our supply chain, and workers in collection and recycling of packaging.

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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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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

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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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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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 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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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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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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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

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

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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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Investors and businesses should not underestimate potential future liabilities, says Bethan Rose, Sustainable Investment Analyst at Evenlode Investment. The World Bank accepts that carbon prices need to grow over the long-term to drive investments at the necessary scale and pace.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

In 2023, over 7.7 Unfortunately, however, the multi-stage, multi-national supply chain is not that coordinated yet and, with a ban looming, it is unlikely to reach full circularity. Single-use, disposable e-cigarettes or vapes are a big problem for the environment, one that is toxic.

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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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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

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

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The next focused more deeply on the rising profile of social factors, driven partly by the development of the sustainable investment regulations and frameworks around the global. RepRisk tracked 1,116 social incidents globally linked to both misleading communication and a social issue over the five-year period to September 2023.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In a move to better support emerging markets’ (EMs) climate transition efforts, 12 UK-based pension funds have unveiled draft guiding principles that will inform their sustainable investing strategies. . Focus on intentionality .

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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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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 21, 2023

Sustainable Development Report 2023. Paris: SDSN, Dublin: Dublin University Press, 2023. Finland holds the top spot on this year’s 2023 SDG Index, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Website: [link] Data Visualization: [link] New SDG Transformation Center: [link] Citation Details: Sachs, J.D.,

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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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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including PwC, MSCI, Fenergo, Sentifi, and CME Group. . PwC’s research suggests that 66% of European institutional investors intend to stop investing in non-ESG funds, with two-thirds of that number planning to do so by the end of 2023.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Electric vehicle (EV) sales across the world are trending upward, not only driving decarbonisation but reshaping an entire industry and its supply chain. million car sales in 2023. Europcar grew the proportion of EVs to 12% of its total fleet in 2023, with customers driving them for 3.5

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

Ali Al Suhail, Associate at DAI Magister, offers a round-up of funding, regulatory and technology initiatives announced in Dubai aimed at mobilising sustainable investments. These will be crucial for advancing the net zero transition and unlocking the climate and socio-economic benefits of cross-border supply chains.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

Financial institutions were recently granted a temporary stay of execution on compliance with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Under the exemption, they will initially only need to check for any human rights and environmental harms in their clients’ own operations, rather than across entire supply chains.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Tumelo, DSD Lab, Exabel, YoujiVest, R3 and Hope for Justice. .

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