ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced plans to build a new gigafactory near Montreal, Canada, with investment in the first phase of the project to begin operations in 2026 anticipated to reach US$5 billion. The company said that the project is being developed with support from the Governments of Canada and Quebec.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2025

The SBTi develops standards, tools and guidance to help companies and financial institutions to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets in line with climate science and the goals of the Paris Agreement. It will then be pilot tested ahead of its a planned publication of the finalised CNZS in 2026.

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2023

Issues flagged by the regulators included the need to maintain consistency with other global sustainability reporting standards, and improved definitions to help reporters assess materiality. Overall, the ESAs were broadly supportive of the standards, with ESMA Chair Verena Ross calling EFRAG’s development of the ESRS “A major achievement.”

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 trillion by 2026, up from US$18.4 trillion in 2021.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

For small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the PSF has also developed simpler voluntary approaches to ease the compliance burden. The ambitious goal is to adopt these changes before the next wave of reports due in 2026. The PSF proposed allowing entities to use proxies and estimates where necessary.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

The asset manager’s sustainable investment engagements typically run for three-year periods, with engagement specialists in contact with selected investee companies to track progress against objectives. According to Robeco, each of its engagement topics were selected following consultation with clients.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector. degree celsius (1.5°C)

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2025

Were working with a few potential providers for VAS 2026, which will benchmark the quality of narrative reporting, he says. A consensus has developed around improving enforcement and creating mandatory obligations to file annual statements with a central government registry.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

ESMA has now declared that era to be over, with new guidelines and thresholds including a minimum of 80% of investments to meet funds’ environmental or social characteristics, or sustainable investment objectives.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

Follow that – ExxonMobil’s decision to sue two shareholders sent ripples across the sustainable investment pond, ahead of another fractious annual general meeting (AGM) season. This week, ExxonMobil weren’t the only ones consulting their lawyers on ESG-related matters.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For existing funds, the draft protocol asks Alliance members to phase in a systematic engagement approach with their external asset managers on carbon reporting and net zero targets throughout 2025, reporting on these engagement actions in 2026 and disclosing their full coverage of carbon data, explaining any gaps.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

Hosted on GIIN’s impact management platform IRIS+ , the beta Financial Inclusion Impact Performance Benchmark aims to provide data across a set of KPIs to assess financial opportunities, resilience and economic development within the financial services sector. billion in 2026. . universal access to clean water). .

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Asset managers and owners are advised to establish initiation targets by 2026 and sectoral, engagement, and portfolio targets by 2030 or earlier. “We hope this framework will help our signatories and other investors to set nature targets,” added de Horde. trillion in AUM.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

According to energy regulator Ofgem , as of last year, 220 projects awaiting connection to the grid by 2026 – with only half of them having obtained the required planning permission and start dates being pushed back by up to 14 years in some cases. He pointed to the many solar grid delays that have hindered progress.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

On Scope 3 reporting, a phased-in approach will also give companies an additional year before making disclosures.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

According to the World Bank , daily per capita waste in developed markets is expected to increase by 19% by 2050,” Stefanie Mollin, Global Equities Portfolio Manager at GIB Asset Management (GIB AM), a UK-based boutique with US$6 billion in AUM, told ESG Investor. billion tonnes. The economic cost is also substantial.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

This achievement was one of several high points in the pension fund’s 2023 sustainable investing (SI) report , published in April. It has dedicated a C$2 billion envelope to sustainable land management in forest and agricultural land sectors by 2026. Additionally, we don’t have any such data on private assets.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Moving forward, companies will have to report on their alignment to the new activities starting in 2025, while FMPs will need to disclose in 2026. Considering that aviation is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions, developing a common lexicon to describe and encourage sustainable investments is critical.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The vital and expanding role of stewardship in reaching sustainable investment goals is prompting a step change in the technology deployed to support it. A revised version of the code is due to published during Q1 2025, with a likely effective date in January 2026, having been last revised in 2019. trillion in AUM.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Robeco, CFSL, abrdn, UKIB, Octopus Investments, Downing, KGAL, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation. Dutch asset manager Robeco has launched a new bond strategy that will invest in diversified Asian fixed income.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 16, 2023

The SCF intends to shield vulnerable households, micro-enterprises and transport users from energy price spikes driven by ETS 2 through the mobilisation of €87 billion between 2026-32, predominantly financed by revenues generated by the ETS, with 25% of the funding supplied by member states. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

C. “We think that our strategy is aligned with societal priorities and it’s realistic and consistent with a just transition.” “We want to continue to invest in the economy and minimise the disruptions that climate change is going to cause,” Baker said. “It’s

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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.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Aviva Investors, T Rowe Price, EQT, Nuveen, M&G, ICI Global and SBTi. Sam Tripuraneni has been appointed Head of Sustainable Outcomes at UK-based global asset manager Aviva Investors.

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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. . In addition, it aims to aid investors in their measurement of their investment portfolios’ biodiversity-related impacts.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2024

The report recommended that the remit of the FRC be extended to develop and encourage best practice stewardship of UK listed companies and their institutional investors – eventually leading to the creation of the Stewardship Code, which was subsequently updated in 2012 and in 2020.

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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”. Tailwind for investors In recent years, SAF initiatives have proliferated.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Policy action is already taking shape, with the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act followed this week by the G7 Code of Conduct and an executive order from US President Joe Biden setting out standards for AI safety and requirements for developers and users of AI systems.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As we look ahead, Novata checked in with our Board of Directors and Sustainability Advisory Board for their views on what to expect in 2025. However, I see this as a pivotal opportunity for sustainability-minded investors to prove the thesis that sustainable investing is just good investing.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Instead, the UK is looking to align domestic ESG regulation with developing international standards. International and EU standards The UK government is seeking to ensure its ESG regulatory regime (and regulation of rating agencies) is not an outlier or one that seeks to set a ‘gold standard.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

“It’s an unparalleled and historic piece of climate legislation that’s likely to be a significant catalyst for driving investment into the country’s [net zero] transition for years to come,” says Nikita Singhal, Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG at Lazard Asset Management. gigawatts (GW) by 2024.

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