Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

In a 2023 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that to meet net-zero goals, electricity’s share of total energy demand needs to double between now and 2030 to accommodate the electrification of transportation, building heat, industrial processes, agriculture and information technology.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance. Their creative thinking and perspective will help build more sustainable solutions for the future.". Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Investors can commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Market participants flag importance of double materiality to enhance Article 8/9 definition alignment, stress need to recognise transition strategies. Risk of uncertainty French asset manager Mirova’s response said the current definition of Article 8 products is “too broad”, while the definition of Article 9 is “too narrow”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

The last few years has seen an explosion of investments being labelled green or sustainable. Many large companies announced ambitious net zero targets and the contribution they will make to becoming a net zero economy. Sustainable growth? It is big business. However, there is reason for optimism.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The new ETFs are the latest from DWS to track the Solactive ISS ESG Net Zero Pathway Index Series, followed by the launch of the first funds in the suite in March, focused on eurozone and developed market equities. The underlying indices for the ETFs correspond to to EU Paris Aligned Benchmark (PAB) regulations.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

billion at the final close of its inaugural direct private markets strategy dedicated to investing in climate and environmental solutions, the Horizon Environment & Climate Solutions I. GSAM stated that the fund will be the first in a series of “Horizon Funds,” targeting investments in key sustainability trends.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The new fund aims invest in four key areas of technology supporting the achievement of net zero by 2050, including energy transition, decarbonizing industries, sustainable food & agriculture and sustainable transportation.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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ESG Today

JULY 12, 2022

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) unveiled its 2025 strategic ambitions today, focused primarily on extending its sustainable investing capabilities and offerings, with the goal to become “the sustainable asset manager of reference in Europe.”.

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ESG Today

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable investment firm responsAbility and asset manager ESG Asset Management (ESG-AM) announced the launch of the Transition to Net Zero Bond Fund. The fund focuses on companies that are taking measures to achieve CO2 emissions reductions and net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the long term.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Renaming trend may lead to a short uptick in greenwashing, but ultimately will accelerate the path to net zero and offer sustainable investors more choice. Investors must decide on how well-aligned funds are to climate action and sustainable outcomes, he said. It’s always better for investors to have more choice.”

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2024

The fund also failed to require its owned companies to publish science-based net-zero targets with plans to achieve them, encourage those companies to reduce fossil fuel production, or to explain how it “escalates its engagement” with companies that don’t align their practices with the demands of the climate crisis.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”.

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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

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

Eurosif Executive Director Victor van Hoorn calls for more transparency on corporates’ net zero transition plans. While asset managers have expressed concern about a lack of data to inform their fund classifications under SFDR, Morningstar data shows 37% of total EU fund assets being categorised as Article 8 or 9 last year.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This included the creation of the firm’s net zero investment framework, portfolio analytics tool, scenario modelling and climate reporting. Promoting private credit Hay will lead the development and execution of the sustainable investing strategy for Fidelity’s private credit capabilities.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) from 2021 aims to improve transparency about ESG features of investment portfolios by having firms classify them as Article 8 or Article 9 products. Article 9 portfolios should have “an objective of sustainable investments,” according to SFDR.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Earlier this month, CalSTRS, the world’s largest educator-only pension fund, selected Nordea Asset Management’s (NAM) Global STARS Equity strategy to manage US$450 million in global equity investments. Launched in 2016, the Article 8 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation fund’s AUM stood at US$3.1

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . But the sustainable investing boom has not been without growing pains.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Manulife IM, AXA IM, Nordea, DWS, Oaktree Capital, Ossiam, and Swiss Life Asset Management. The Sustainable Asia Equity Fund, Asian High Yield Fund, and U.S.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

This article was co-authored by Isabel Phillips, Senior Associate at Peters & Peters. While the CSDDD proposal undoubtedly reduces the depth of due diligence assessments, there is a requirement to look beyond immediate business partners where there is plausible information suggesting adverse impacts at other levels of the supply chain.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

Investor-specific guidelines include World Economic Forums Responsible AI Playbook for Investors , the CFA Institutes Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Investment Management and RAIs Guiding Framework for Responsible AI Integration Into ESG Paradigms tackles specifically sustainable investing. Delay is not an option.

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Jon Hale

AUGUST 8, 2022

and so it should come as no surprise that those who are fortunate enough to be investing increasingly want to make their investment decisions with sustainability in mind. 2) Know That Sustainable Investing Covers a Range of Approaches This is central to developing an accurate understanding of the field.

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ESG Today

MAY 4, 2025

Kering launches sustainable water strategy; UKs FCA pushes off sustainable disclosure rules for portfolio managers; new solutions launched to assess double materiality, buy and manage carbon credits; capital raises for circular economy tech, recycling robots, sustainable infrastructure, and more.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, despite growing concerns around a potential recession, many CEOs are planning to make sustainable investments a top priority. The views reflected in this article are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst & Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 5, 2024

These are essential for building wind turbines, EVs, advanced semiconductors, and virtually all other clean technologies, which countries need to transition their economies away from fossil fuels to net zero emissions by 2050. This article was first published by Climate Home News. Extraction is extraction and it’s damaging.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including EQT, DWS, Unigestion, MEAG, Brown Advisory and PGIM. The Unigestion Climate Transition fund falls under Article 9 of the EU’s SFDR and will be actively-managed.

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Church Commissioners for England, Morgan Stanley Investment Management , Newday, Gresham House, and T Rowe Price. Global asset manager T Rowe Price Group has joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM).

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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. As I wrote in my article , the many sustainability frameworks suck companies’ resources and confuse stakeholders.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Investors have grown to regard carbon credits with caution, particularly when used by firms to offset CO2 emissions as part of their net zero commitments. The development of the carbon market was further boosted at COP29 last month through agreement on Articles 6.2

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including RLAM, LOIM, Synthesis, Putnam, Victory Hill, and DWS. . Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has this week announced the launch of its Sustainable Growth Fund.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2023

Ex-Invesco Research Director Hazra to Lead First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, with research planned on engagement, human rights, biodiversity and diversity beyond gender. Other recent reports covered microplastics, microfibres and the challenges of the “rapid evolution” of sustainable investment for fund governance.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including HSBC AM, Ninety One, OnePlanetCapital, Mirova, Omnes and Bank of America. . HSBC Asset Management has expanded its sustainable equity ETF range with the launch of the HSBC Europe ex-UK Sustainable Equity UCITS ETF.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

BNEF expects a larger jump in 2023 thanks to even more generous tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) included in the US Inflation Reduction Act, and an acceleration in net-zero transitions by European companies. Julia Attwood, head of sustainable materials. Sustainable Investing – Greater Scrutiny.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In this article, I’ll do a quick summary of 2020 and then present four sustainable business trends that could finally explode in 2021. 2020 Sustainability Summary. Besides, the global responsible investing driven assets hit $40.5 Sustainable business trend 1 – Eco-designed Products.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

Sustainable investment experts predicted an even greater emphasis by investors on public policy, at a recent roundtable held by S&P Global Sustainable1 and ESG Investor. First, our roundtable participants surveyed the existing regulatory landscape for sustainable investing. Positive trajectory.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

C, adequate intermediate reduction targets, and a goal of net zero by 2050. As noted in my previous article, in 2021, the Hague District Court ordered Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, relative to 2019, including both its own emissions and end-use emissions.

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