ESG Today

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The agreement marks a continued collaboration between HSBC and IFC, following the previous joint launch of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), which reached investor commitments of nearly $540 million at final close in 2022.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The Finance and Biodiversity Day at COP15 stimulated important discussions on how to align financial flows with the new biodiversity framework, but real actions remain to be seen.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

According to La Banque Postale, the new impact debt fund, classified as Article 8 under the SFDR regulation, will provide long-term support for projects that make a substantial contribution to mitigating climate change or are committed to decarbonizing their operations. .”

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Following these pressures, ESMA noted that “the uptake of ESG investing and the growth of ESG markets levelled off in 2023, and that investor interest in products with sustainability features appears to have remained relatively flat in the first half of 2024, with Article 9 funds seeing net outflows of €9.4

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JUNE 24, 2019

Share This Article. We’re committed to the policies that work that create the incentives. And as I always say like we owe this to our kids and our grandkids and we could do it.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

In a 2021 article in the Boston Review , he argues that nuclear energy could accelerate the energy transition and reduce emissions in places with stable, centralized grids, but these hard-energy systems are dependent on bureaucratic state planning.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

Dutch firm’s fifth impact-focused investment strategy launches amid continued demand for Article 9 funds. ING Asset Management’s new SDG Impact Strategy will provide clients with exposure to companies that contribute specifically to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responding to strong demand for ‘dark green’ investments.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Asset managers decide to re-label existing funds as green investment vehicles for two reasons, according to Paul Lacroix, Head of Structuring at Smart Beta specialist investment firm Ossiam, an affiliate of Natixis. The first is client demand for investment solutions that are ESG-based,” he tells ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

It had previously been possible to launch an EU environmental opportunities fund, claiming Article 8 classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) , while allocating as little as 10% of assets to demonstrably green investments.

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Eco Coach

MARCH 3, 2020

In general, the trend is that investors are increasingly asking organizations what they are doing in terms of going green. A recent CNBC article suggests that green investing could even be a mega trend.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This article was first published in Reuters Women have been a major force behind the most important milestones we have achieved on fighting climate change. When you look hard at climate progress, you can see the mark of women leaders.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

International investors view labeling fossil fuels as ‘green’ investments as unjustified, even if these projects play a role during the transition. This article was co-authored by Putra Adhiguna , Energy Technologies Research Lead, Asia, at IEEFA.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JULY 3, 2024

This article first appeared in Forbes. Simplistic anti-business, anti-corporate or anti-capitalist sentiment is a failure of experience as to what can be achieved through green investment and markets. Temperatures in Delhi, India recently hit more than 50C, leaving thousands hospitalised and a rising death toll.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2022

The environmental taxonomy must implement minimum safeguards to ensure the EU isn’t “closing its eyes to the social impacts of greening its economies”, according to Signe Andreasen Lysgaard, Strategic Advisor on Business and Human Rights at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. . of the Taxonomy Regulation,” the report said.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

However, it offers capital providers certainty about which kinds of assets would be accepted as green investments in both regions. This article was originally published on Regulation Asia. The post SOEs Undermine Credibility of China’s Green Bonds appeared first on ESG Investor.

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B the Change

MARCH 30, 2023

The resource highlights green investment strategies, sustainable promotional products, methods to eliminate food waste, guidance on tradeshow materials and travel, and business climate solutions. This article was originally published at [link]. Determine your key climate goals and lean on the community to achieve your goals.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

This means that the entirely predictable and necessary Ratchet-driven call post-2025 for increased policy and significant uplift of global investment into clean energy and clean technology systems must be heeded with a tagline of ’we really mean it this time’. But critically there are two other areas which have been pushed to the background.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

He writes The Green Market Oracle , among the Web’s most comprehensive resources on the business of the environment. He is also the author of numerous articles on sustainable positioning, green investing, enviro-politics, and eco-economics.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This article was first published in Forbes Today 100 CEOs announced a push for governments to boost the business case for green investment, in the run-up to COP29 in Azerbaijan. C global warming target.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Define your terms – Those seeking transparency of a different kind – ie clarity on what constitutes a sustainable investment – might have been disappointed after the European Commission recently declined to offer one in response to requests from regulators.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In its review, however, the Commission expressed concern that the Article 8 and 9 classifications were being used as de-facto sustainability quality labels, raising potential greenwashing risks. That is why if I am confirmed, I will look into the possibility of creating a proper labelling system.”

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2024

of the total AUM of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) Article 8 funds and 60.8% of AUM for Article 9 funds, ahead of Ireland, France and Sweden. Sustainalytics found that funds classified as Article 8 had registered the highest inflows since late 2021 during Q3 2024, netting 38 billion of new money, up from 26.5

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This article was first published in Forbes The election of President Trump and the establishment of an administration closely tied to the fossil fuel industry is, without doubt, a major setback for global efforts to combat climate change.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 12, 2024

BBC reported : With energy watchdog the International Energy Agency reporting that global investment in clean technology is running at double the size of coal, oil and gas in 2024, the new U.S. administration might not want to drive this type of green investment into other, more eager countries.

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CleanTechnica

OCTOBER 12, 2019

I’ve long been interested in climate action, and as I’ve become more interested in investing, I’ve become totally passionate about how to do sustainable investment RIGHT – or at least BETTER. In my last article about learning to invest sustainably, I wrote that it’s hard to find funds that truly align with my green sensibilities.

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