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AB: Are Carbon Offsets the Next ESG Investing Frontier?

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DESCRIPTION: By Sara Rosner | Director, Environmental Research and Engagement—Responsible Investment and Satyajit Bose | Associate Director—Program in Sustainability Management at Columbia University. Carbon offsets occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

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Divergent Asian Taxonomies Create Confusion for Investors

Chris Hall

It also allows for the widespread use of carbon offsets, and assumes the availability and adoption of unproven carbon capture and storage technology. Carbon offsets are generally not an acceptable form of emission reduction for taxonomy purposes.”

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Divergent Asian Taxonomies Create Confusion for Investors

Chris Hall

It also allows for the widespread use of carbon offsets, and assumes the availability and adoption of unproven carbon capture and storage technology. Carbon offsets are generally not an acceptable form of emission reduction for taxonomy purposes.”

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

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She co-chairs the firm’s working groups on net zero and biodiversity and has managed firmwide initiatives on climate scenario analysis, carbon offsets, and ESG education and training. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, O'Connell was a desk analyst at UBS Investment Bank, where he helped to allocate capital on the trading desk.

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Impacts of a Uniform Global Carbon Tax

Chris Hall

Investors and businesses should not underestimate potential future liabilities, says Bethan Rose, Sustainable Investment Analyst at Evenlode Investment. The World Bank accepts that carbon prices need to grow over the long-term to drive investments at the necessary scale and pace.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: Morningstar Launches Gender Diversity Index

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Morningstar Indexes, Carnite, Persefoni, Blackstone, Tata and GaiaLens. . Morningstar Indexes has launched a gender diversity index in collaboration with Dutch gender equality data & insights provider Equileap.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: Broadridge Offers SFDR Reporting Service

Chris Hall

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. . UK-based AI-driven carbon market intelligence firm Viridios.ai