ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For the report, Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2023, Schroders surveyed 770 institutional investors across 36 regions globally, representing nearly $35 trillion in assets under management. This implies clients want to take a more nuanced approach to sustainable investing than in the past.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 2, 2024

million) penalty for making false claims about some of its sustainable investment options. The Federal Court in Australia issued a judgement Friday, ordering Marsh McLennan company Mercer Superannuation to pay an A$11.3 million ($USD7.4 Mercer has admitted to the allegations in the case.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The AMF’s proposals aim to add more stringent requirements for providers of Article 8 and Article 9 funds under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which came into effect in January 2023. The EU SFDR forms part of the EU’s Action Plan on financing sustainable growth.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The council announced that a working group under the Federal Department of Finance has been formed to implement the greenwashing rules, with a full plan to be presented by the end of September 2023. Click here to access the greenwashing position paper and the sustainable finance report.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today a new focused sustainable investment approach, targeting four systemic themes, including nature loss, climate change, strong and effective governance, and social disparities, which will drive the firm’s engagement approach towards influencing positive change.

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 11, 2023

Entries to Environmental Finance 's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2023, which means this week is the last chance to apply.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In a lawsuit launched last year by Australia’s corporate, markets, and financial services regulator, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), however, ASIC alleged that ESG research was not conducted over a significant proportion of the bond issuers in the fund, exposing investors to investments with ties to fossil fuels, including (..)

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Environmental Finance

MARCH 6, 2023

Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2023.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

And that company has risen to the top of Corporate Knights’ 2023 ranking of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens. s Alterra Power Corporation in 2018 and Chile’s Energía Llaima in 2023, Innergex is now the largest independent renewable-energy company in both Canada and Chile, with expansion plans in the U.S. Having acquired B.C.’s

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

December 20, 2023 /3BL/ - From a field of 99 submitted papers, Biodiversity Risk was selected as the winner of the 2023 Moskowitz Prize at Northwestern University. Judging for the Moskowitz Prize is completed by a panel of some of the world’s most accomplished sustainable finance researchers and practitioners.

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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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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. Here are a handful leading the pack on six key indicators. It pumped €8.6

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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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Originally published in Black & Veatch's 2023 Sustainability Report By Deepa Poduva l, SVP Global Sustainability Leader, Black & Veatch In today’s world, sustainability has evolved from a corporate responsibility to a critical ethical and business imperative.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Alongside the new climate-related disclosure requirements, the government also introduced plans for a new sustainable investment taxonomy to help categorize green and transition economic activities. In its November 2023 Fall Economic Statement, the government announced a further commitment to expand mandatory climate disclosures.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Regulation is helping asset owners achieve their sustainable investment goals by driving corporate disclosures and honing ESG data quality, according to research from global index provider FTSE Russell. Fifty percent of asset owner respondents cited this as an issue in 2023, compared to 22% this year.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Vitasoy has been named best in class both on sustainable revenue and sustainable investments in the 2023 Corporate Knights Global 100. We want to grow faster than the market growth rate, but [to] do so sustainably.” Find out which company we named Zero of our 2023 winter issue. Annual revenues doubled to 7.52

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Between January 1, 2019, and March 22, 2023, the value of the top quintile of the SEI grew 146%, compared to 47% for the MSCI ACWI. Now is the time to identify and stake out positions in the companies that are investing in a low-carbon sustainable future,” says Heaps.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 24, 2023

At Ceres Global in New York City, 250+ investors and businesses launched a call for policymakers to protect the freedom to invest responsibly, following recent political attempts to frustrate sustainable investment practices. Companies will be asked to express interest in April. .

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As of September 2023, Clarity AI’s platform analyzes 70,000 companies, 430,000 funds, 201 countries, and 199 local governments. Clarity AI uses machine learning and big data to deliver environmental and social insights to investors, organizations, consumers, and governments.

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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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. The post Guest Post – The Bottom Line: Why CFOs Need to Lead ESG Reporting in 2023 appeared first on ESG Today.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

GRI was pleased to host its own event, Aligning Private Sector Disclosures with the Sustainable Development Agenda- Launch of Carrots & Sticks Report , during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC. GRI North America’s Head of Engagement and Public Affairs, Matthew Rusk, spoke at Nasdaq Annual NY Climate Week conference 2023.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Between January 1, 2019, and March 22, 2023, the value of the top quintile of the SEI grew 146%, compared to 47% for the MSCI ACWI. Now is the time to identify and stake out positions in the companies that are investing in a low-carbon sustainable future,” says Heaps.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Sustainable investing firm Mirova announced that it has been selected to manage “Objectif biodiversité” a new fund launched by a consortium of French institutional investors, targeting investments in businesses transitioning to sustainable business models and in innovative solutions for biodiversity preservation.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Sofidel According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), in 2023 sustainable investments in major financial markets will reach a 44% share of all assets under management in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe, totaling $44 billion invested in green assets.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sustainable investing assets in the United States have plunged by more than half to US$8.4 trillion at the end of 2019, according to a new report from the US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF). Sustainable investing assets skyrocket post 2014. trillion at the end of 2021 from US$17.1

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its much-anticipated consultation outlining measures to tackle greenwashing, including the introduction of three categories for sustainable investments. The consultation is open until 25 January, 2023, with the FCA aiming to finalise its proposals by mid-2023.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 17, 2024

Emphasizing the impact of a company’s core products and services, the Global 100 is one of the world’s most valued and transparent sustainability ratings. To determine its rankings, over 6,000 companies were assessed across 25 key performance indicators including sustainable investment, carbon productivity and racial and gender diversity.

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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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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

This week in ESG news: Most investors planning to increase sustainable investments this year, Morgan Stanley finds; ECB pledges to ramp focus on climate risk; Climate data platform Watershed raises $100 million at $1.8 trillion, and more.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 21, 2024

and Europe between 2026 and 2023. Rising interest rates and supply chain problems in the post-pandemic period have eroded values of clean energy stocks and funds. The Morningstar category of alternative energy equity funds posted an average annual return of -11% in 2022 and -10.5% on May 21.

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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2024

to push for ambitious federal climate policy at LEAD on a Clean Economy 2024 , we at Ceres also took time to reflect on the last year by honoring the business leaders, policymakers, and organizations that took extraordinary action in 2023 to build an advanced, abundant, and just clean energy economy.

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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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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Long joins CSAM after more than 16 years at financial publishing and information group Citywire, where she most recently served as Head of ESG and Cross-border Investment Research. She will start her new role at Credit Suisse in January 2023, and report to CSAM’s Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Jeroen Boes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Article 8 funds promote “environmental and/or social characteristics”, while Article 9 refers to products that have a sustainable investment objective; all holdings within a fund must be sustainable investments that meet the standard of “do no significant harm”.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The decision to include nuclear and gas were controversial, with several member states , sustainable investment groups , and the European Commission’s own sustainable finance advisory group opposing their classification as green activities.

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