Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The fund is categorised as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Candriam, owned by New York Life Investments, has approximately €145 billion (US$159.79 The post Candriam Captures the Long and the Short of Sustainable Investing appeared first on ESG Investor.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Global investment manager Franklin Templeton announced the launch of the Franklin MSCI Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETF, a new exchange traded fund for European investors, investing in emerging market securities transitioning to a low carbon economy. and Europe-focused funds.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

Despite this, investment levels in SFDR’s Article 8 and Article 9 funds continue to grow, reaching €4.05 How does SFDR define Article 8 and Article 9 funds? Article 6 covers funds that do not integrate any kind of sustainability into the investment process. What impact has SFDR had?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2024

By contrast, three international funds—Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP in the Netherlands, Ircantec in France, and New York City Public Pensions—all earn average scores of A-, and A- or better for aligning with the Paris agreement and dropping fossil fuels. This article first appeared in The Energy Mix.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

These proposals confirmed concerns that the envisaged measures were not limited to simplifying existing and incoming EU corporate sustainability reporting requirements, but were instead aimed at significantly scaling back the measures in their application and scope.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Supporting resilience and just transition are as important as climate mitigation, says Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center. Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress. Going Beyond Net Zero Emissions.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Industry experts have stressed the need for simplicity and clarity around Europe’s ESG fund labelling, as the European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) consultation deadline looms.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Within the SFDR, Article 9 funds represent a significant opportunity for investors that look for rapid abatement and sustainable land use practices combined with strong returns on investment in the medium to long term. SFDR offers three main classifications: Article 6, Article 8, and Article 9.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Also speaking on the panel, Ingrid Kukuljan, Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing at Federated Hermes, said robust measurement to demonstrate project additionality was critical to the markets ability to deliver high integrity credits.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

Investor engagement with governments is an increasing area of focus, as investors move from a stewardship approach focused on company engagement to collaborative engagement with governments to address systemic risk – and thus create an enabling environment for sustainable investments.

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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. The post How the US Is Running Away with Green Investment appeared first on ESG Investor.

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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. These aim to “provide exposure” to the European, US and Japanese equity markets, with the ETFs qualifying as Article 9 under SFDR.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Finding investible projects can be a challenge.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 29, 2022

Institutional investors are increasingly attracted to climate-focused passive investment vehicles as a systematic and cost-effective way of transitioning their portfolios to net zero. . Recently, passive products that are ‘Paris-aligned’ – meaning they are decarbonising in line with a 1.5-2°C Window shopping .

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

and Benefit Business and the Planet This article by Dr. Hao Liang is part of “The Basics” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. The numbers speak for themselves: According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $35.5

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 2, 2022

This article originally appeared in Business Green. As responsible investors search for the most sustainable companies to back, the outcomes of these debates could not be more important for global efforts to rapidly cut emissions.

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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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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. ClimateWatch reports that while 193 out of 197 countries have ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, covering 94.6% of emissions.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Speaking at the IPR webinar, Jennifer Anderson, Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG at Lazard Asset Management, said it is “really clear that when we get effective government policy it can really transform the landscape for these technologies”. There is currently no carbon pricing regime that includes DACCS.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2022

Management of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies could soon become central to asset owners’ sustainable investment strategies. From Paris to Kunming. The 2015 Paris Agreement set a single goal, of keeping climate change to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, albeit modified in 2018 to 1.5°C Article 2.1.c

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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

JULY 27, 2022

Combined, these trends promise to form what Goldman Sachs described as a “virtuous cycle” that has developed in Europe, in which increased ESG fund labelling requirements trigger greater inflows, which prompts wider taxonomy adoption, which attracts more investment, and so on. . “A The data backs this up.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including 2DII, RMI, Nasdaq, Clarity AI, ISSB, Integrum and Accenture. . By uploading their portfolios to the dashboard, asset managers will be shown whether it can be classified as Article 6, 8 or 9 and why.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

The High Seas Treaty provides the certainty needed for greater sustainable investment into the ocean, says Karen Sack, Executive Director at the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). They are also cost-effective investments that will help meet the Paris Agreement and Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

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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. Gresham House aims to support efforts to enhance indigenous vegetation over the long-term. “To

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Man GLG, UBS AM, Aon, Clean Growth Fund, Foresight, Azalea and SUSI Partners. . It will target companies that are well-positioned for the transition to a low-carbon economy and aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Her Triple B Framework – an approach to blended finance incorporating behavioural change and greater alignment of different types of capital – underpins the Bahamas Sustainable Investment Programme , announced at Clinton Global Initiative in September and in Dubai during COP28.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

It has been referred to as the ‘Paris Agreement for Nature’ for its potential to set a global agenda to tackle biodiversity loss. The GBF will set targets to be used by governments, investors and corporates to inform strategies to protect natural capital over the next decade.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including BlackRock, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, SUSI Partners, AXA IM Alts, Octopus, KGAL and M&G. . ” Franklin Templeton , an US-based international investment management firm with US$1.45

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

We should be measuring common facts that people agree are important to achieve sustainable investment goals. Duncan says Net Purpose brings “structure” to sustainability data by setting impact-focused goals against which a company can be measured. “We need more data and fewer scores,” she says. Ratings are subjective.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In particular, many states have enacted laws or other policies requiring state entities to integrate sustainability factors into their investment policies, processes and decisions. For instance, Illinois enacted the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act in 2019. This article was co-authored by Alan R.

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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. Sustainable business trend 1 – Eco-designed Products. read my article about standing out in a zoo of company ratings ). Conclusions.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

C objective of the Paris Agreement would of course significantly limit these impacts. The harsh reality is that societies and investors will need to adapt to living – and investing – on a hotter planet. Rapid decarbonisation and achieving the 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. Critically, assessing nature risks is undoubtedly a more multi-faceted process than counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The World Bank estimates that a carbon price of $50 to $100 per ton of CO2 is required by 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Sustainable Investing – Greater Scrutiny. The 10 Big Things To Watch Across World’s Energy Markets in 2023. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 14:05. Type of Content. Standard Format.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

degree Celsius increase in global temperatures, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement, and a 2 degree increase which is considered more likely based on recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Investing in green bonds ensures that capital is supporting progress towards climate change targets.

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