Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With the looming Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030, nations are adopting different approaches to stimulating their green economy and encouraging sustainable investment. Clearly, the US is doing a better job at turning words into action.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

“To deliver their own plans effectively, companies need clear and coherent policy settings, as well as understanding the direction of the economy and how that flows from international agreements – most notably the Paris Agreement,” he explained. Some companies may also need to tap into some form of government support.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“Forests are essential both for preventing dangerous climate change, catastrophic biodiversity loss, and for securing the human rights and livelihoods of more than a billion people,” said Vemund Olsen, Senior Analyst – Sustainable Investments at Storebrand Asset Management. Natural risk.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2022

Aligning investment portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement requires engagement with the real economy, said Claudia Bolli, Head of Responsible Investing, Swiss Re. Swiss Re has committed to reduce listed equities and bond emissions by 35% by 2025. Engagement is just one piece of the puzzle. Data tools .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

Last year, the IGCC developed a 2023 to 2025 resilience strategy that will underpin its work supporting investors, policymakers and companies in Australia in driving economy-wide climate-focused adaptation developments and mitigate the costs of the physical risks of climate change in the coming decades.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

The net zero race The former MP also emphasised the importance of the Global Stocktake , and the development of new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, which need to be submitted by 2025 with detailed sectoral commitments.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

Double trouble – Undoubtedly, the most significant development in sustainable investment this week was the release of its first two standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Notably, ISSB Chair Emmanuel Faber added a dose of reality, describing the release as a “starting point”.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

World Bank President Ajay Banga announced a commitment to devote 45% of its annual finance to climate by 2025. Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The MEE wants to have a scientific and clear methodology to assure the quality of the CCER,” said Dr Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of SynTao Green Finance – the founding organisation of China’s Sustainable Investment Forum.   The CCER will now focus on four initial sectors: afforestation, solar power generation, offshore wind and mangrove planting.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. C goal of the Paris Agreement. index looks to respond to the growing demand for sustainable investment tools.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

Sustainable bond issuance in Asia ex-Japan rose to a record US$85 billion in 2021, according to Refinitiv data, and the market is expected to almost double in 2022, and quadruple by 2025. . Conditions are also “ripe”, as a Moody’s report asserts, for the increased issuance of sovereign sustainable bonds in the region. .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU’s FuelEU Maritime initiative is also set to apply from 1 January 2025. Starting at a 2% reduction in 2025 compared to 2020 intensity levels, it will increase to 6% by 2030, and eventually reach 80% in 2050. It will impose constraints on the average annual GHG intensity of onboard energy used by ships.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

In our progress report this year [following the new protocol], we hope to have deeper insights on emissions reductions that can be shared ahead of COP28 and the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement,” said Bolli. NZAOA aims to grow its member base to 200 or US$25 trillion in cumulative assets by 2025.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

oriented investment funds in 2021. [1] oriented assets to exceed US$41 trillion by 2022 and $50 trillion by 2025 — representing one?third In particular, many states have enacted laws or other policies requiring state entities to integrate sustainability factors into their investment policies, processes and decisions.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Capital Management, says that investors need to pay attention to SAFs, with aviation representing “one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise”. Trouble on the tarmac A key challenge in scaling up SAFs comes from production.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

According to analysts Circle Economy, adding circular economy solutions to countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement will enable global temperature rises to be kept “well below” 2?C. “It is a resilient system that is good for business, people and the environment,” says the Foundation.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The GBF’s Goal D, on implementation, contained an unambiguous commitment to aligning public and private financial flows to its overall objectives, with supporting language in the enabling targets, analogous to the Paris Agreement clauses that put climate change on the global agenda in 2015. “We billion by 2025.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

As soon as it’s released – which should happen in the next six months – developers will move quickly to finalize investment decisions. But developers who plan to start operating in 2025, including three hydrogen-based steelmaking projects, will need to reach a final investment decision in 2023 to start on time. million euros.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She cited the massive growth of ESG initiatives as a great achievement but was wary of the lack of democratized data that can clearly define certain ESG investments as sustainable. While there is still a long way to go to meet the Paris agreement, Free ended the panel with a simple blueprint to reach it.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Heightened attention Established in 2017, CA100+ aims to collectively supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas emitters to take action on climate change. CA100+ has been credited with having a key influence in more companies having a Paris-aligned transition plan.

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ESG Today

MARCH 5, 2025

The FCAs SDR regulations were introduced by in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk. The funds actively engage with investee companies to sustain their climate reduction efforts, in addition to seeking to outperform their benchmarks.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

As a result of increased coal use and investment, China could miss several climate targets it has set for 2025 unless drastic action is taken soon, the CREA has warned. An estimated 114 gigawatts (GW) of capacity was approved for Chinese coal power projects in 2023, with 70 GW still in construction.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

If sustainable investment is to be any more than a meaningless platitude, the publication reasoned, it has to be able to support the transition of big polluters, rather than dot the landscape with a few windmills. When the Paris Agreement was signed, this was a level the world was not projected to reach until 2045.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Concepts of fiduciary duty will be tested, states will take increasingly different positions as federal agencies retrench following the demise of the Chevron precedent , and shareholder resolutions – on sustainability themes in particular – will face greater scrutiny from a post-Gensler Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Chris Hall

JULY 24, 2024

The continent now boasts 84% of the world’s total assets under management in sustainable funds. Still, even in Europe, sustainable fund inflows are now only a fraction of what they were three years ago. In Europe, there is no ESG backlash to speak of, she says.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the potential rollback of climate policies, to fears of a hostile environment for sustainable investing, to threats of the US leaving the Paris Agreement once more – speculation has been rife. The reelection of Donald Trump to the US presidential office will have sent shivers down many an ESG investor’s spine.

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