ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Guest Post: Rethinking Corporate Sustainability in a World Running Out of Time. UK Regulator Targets Greenwashing with New Sustainable Investment Labels and Disclosure Rules. RBC Sets Goals to Reduce Emissions in Loan Book. Triodos Commits to Reduce Emissions in Loan Book and Investments 32% by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. She was generous with her time and provided a wealth of insight into “ethical investing,” as responsible investing was known then. . Climate change cannot be addressed by only changing your portfolio.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group have also pu blished a new report on the importance of shareholder proposals , in collaboration with the US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF). The SEC has also issued seperate guidance warning shareholders against asserting their intention to vote against management to influence decision-making.

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ESG Today

JULY 7, 2022

Saying that he takes “a very very financial and investment view of the topic,” Kirk decried the practice of central bankers to “out-hyperbole the next guy” in raising concerns about the long-term implications of climate risk, and urged central banks to spend more time focusing on inflation and growth, and less time on climate.

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ESG Today

JUNE 26, 2022

UK Launches “Green Nudge” Initiative to Encourage Sustainable Investment Choices. EU to Require Auditing of Sustainability Reporting, Disclosure by Large non-European Companies. ESG Data Platform ESG Book Raises $35 Million. Bank of America Sources 160 MW of Solar Energy to Power Operations. ESG Services and Tools.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. Deutsche Bundesbank, acted as lead central bank, but all other Eurosystem central banks have the opportunity to join the agreement.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2024

We should be striving to incorporate these costs into existing accounting systems rather than running parallel ‘books’”. The EU is debating whether and how to put a monetary value on its natural ecosystems as the bloc updates existing regulation on environmental economic accounting.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Broadridge, ESG Book, Ada Fintech, Redington, Greyparrot.ai, and Viridios.ai. . Arabesque S-Ray has been rebranded as ESG Book.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Marco Folino 27, Vancouver manager of sustainable investing, BentallGreenOak When Marco Folino started working as a management consultant, he found that there were rarely enough sustainability experts to help companies considering integrating ESG into their strategic goals. A better world doesn’t just have to be a side hustle.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The need for reform of the global financial architecture has been building, and was acknowledged in October’s annual World Bank / IMF meetings. At least in Europe, managers can look forward with greater certainty to comprehensive sustainability reporting from corporates , if not necessarily their supply chains. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Cubed, NatureAlpha, Sylvera, Carbon Trust, Themis, Manifest Climate and AirCarbon Exchange. The training tool has been accredited by the London Institute of Banking and Finance.

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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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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy is one of the cornerstones of the EU Action Plan on financing sustainable growth and is also the foundation of many other pieces of legislation currently being implemented. By refining reporting practices and legislative clarity, the EU Green Taxonomy can become an even more powerful driver of sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

ICCR and the Shareholder Rights Group have also pu blished a new report on the importance of shareholder proposals , in collaboration with the US Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF). The SEC has also issued seperate guidance warning shareholders against asserting their intention to vote against management to influence decision-making.

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Just Capital

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This week, we’ve got an interview with AOL cofounder and investor Steve Case about his “Rise of the Rest” tour, the subject of his new book of the same name. The SEC has proposed a common benchmark for how sustainable investment products are labeled, marketed, and reported. banks in 2022. (Revolution).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

However, McMahon is realistic about the amount of investment institutions will allocate to real assets, and within that, how much will make it to sustainable agriculture specifically. “An The World Bank has forecast a 37% jump in food prices, with President David Malpas warning this week that the world is facing a “human catastrophe”.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Defining Metrics: Ensuring Impact for Sustainable Development Perrine Toledano, Head of Extractive Industries at the Columbia University Center on Sustainable Investment moderated this session, emphasizing the lack of standardized sustainability metrics and the extent to which this delays progress on the SDGs.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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ESG Today

JULY 24, 2022

This week in ESG news: Vanguard launches its first impact fund; Biden considers declaration of climate change emergency; Deutsche Bank appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer; UK government given 8 months by high court to come up with a climate plan; BlackRock acquires waste-to-renewable gas company for $700 million; PepsiCo issues $1.25

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

A long hot summer is doing little to slow the pace of change for those at the sharp end of sustainable investing. . This week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.? . A ‘critical turning point’ – The week started with a collective sigh of relief.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2025

Last September former European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi presented a report entitled The Future of European Competitiveness. I would say there are three factors standing in the way of more sustainable debt financing, said van Hoorn. One, technological novelty. Three, a lack of historical track record.

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ESG Today

JULY 17, 2022

Persefoni Launching Financed and Portfolio Emissions Analytics Suite for Banks, Investors. EcoVadis Acquires Sustainable Supply Chain Data Mining Provider ecotrek. Mizuho Appoints its First Chief Sustainability Officer. ESG Book Appoints LSEG’s Leon Saunders Calvert as Chief Product Officer. ESG Services and Tools.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

“Several regions, including Shanghai, Huzhou, Chongqing, Hebel and Tianjin, have introduced transition finance policies or standards,” says Dr Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of SynTao Green Finance – the founding organisation of China’s Sustainable Investment Forum.

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