Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A major report published Monday says Canada lacks adequate rules around investing in an era of climate change. And to avoid any doubt, regulators should declare that climate change is indeed relevant to a pension fund’s long-term financial performance.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Canada can succeed on its global climate commitments only if financial institutions move in the same direction and allocate money to climate solutions instead of climate pollution. Earlier this year, Canada was recognized as a “low-regulation jurisdiction” on sustainable finance by a UN sustainable investment group.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

At the GLOBExCHANGE conference, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that companies wanting to supply the federal government on contracts worth more than $25 million will need to comply with new climate change requirements. C scenarios, Routledge said.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. We agree that this shift is overdue.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Among the key priorities outlined by the HKMA’s new agenda include directives for banks to reach net zero financed emissions by 2050 and to provide disclosures on climate risks and opportunities, and for the HKMA to incentivize sustainable finance innovation and to provide sustainable-financed training programs for finance professionals.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Chouinard and his coauthors highlighted the many efforts to dollarize ecosystem services (including efforts by The Nature Conservancy plus PwC, the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, The World Bank and Puma/Kering plus Trucost and their environmental profit and loss, or EP&L).

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

“The Emerging Leaders program provides a forum where environmentally focused youth can explore and learn about climate solutions and sustainability efforts across public and private sectors,” said Alex Liftman, global environmental executive at Bank of America, which sponsored the program at GreenFin. Sheryl Owen.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2023

Some of Canada’s largest pension funds, such as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board , continue to finance oil and gas expansion. And in 2018, Ireland became the first country to divest its national investment fund completely from fossil fuel companies.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Morningstar analysis, which was released in July, is the first time the investment community has had an in-depth look at the climate commitments of NZAMI members. . They join other signatories in the banking, insurance and asset owner sectors that are also part of the GFANZ alliance. . Invesco, ranked No.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 28, 2023

Just as more than 95% of climate scientists accept the truth of climate change, most corporate leaders recognize that their role in society has changed. The average percentage of sustainable revenues achieved by 2023 Best 50 companies is 46.3%, up from 36.8% Especially if they want to succeed long-term.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2025

The survey also showed that 70% of respondents believe retail investors are likely to drive RI growth over the next two to five years, fuelled by increased concerns about climate change and social justice. Regulators and institutional investors (which includes banks, labour unions and pension funds) followed closely behind.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Requirements under SFDR include reporting on the alignment of investments with the EU Taxonomy, the EU’s classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to the EU’s key environmental objectives, starting with climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data provider appoints former Trucost CEO Richard Mattison to accelerate initiatives and develop fresh strategies for sustainable investing. Mattison has more than 20 years of sustainable finance experience and previously served as President of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 unit. million in Q3 , up from US$79.9

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

Early in our history, we were so unwelcome that on one occasion a bank chairman turned off the microphone at the bank’s annual meeting so that a church representative couldn’t ask a question. . How does this history relate to our climate change crisis and the debate over fossil fuels?

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment’s National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Peru (and the world) have lost an average of roughly 100,000 hectares of forest per year since 2006. In fact, they are banking on it. These losses have only accelerated.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

In response to accusations of greenwashing and growing regulatory scrutiny, a group of high-powered financial networks is working to standardize the often-opaque jargon of the responsible investing industry. In the beginning, most banks and large money management firms didn’t pay much attention. In the U.S.,

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At 28, Kurtis Layden, senior policy advisor in the Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has been a key advisor on the federal ban on some single-use plastics, taking effect in 2025. Ultimately, I hope to inspire others [so] that we can change the status quo.”. Kurtis Layden. 28, Ottawa. Pratap Sandhu.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 27, 2023

Chauvin framed the most urgent issues facing the planet – climate change, waste, pollution, slave and child labour – as accounting failures. Alyson Slater, head of sustainable investments, Manulife “They didn’t want it done in a fluffy way,” Todd says of her Vancity employers. Recent reports from the U.K.’s

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Mattison joins MSCI after serving as President of S&P Global’s sustainability unit, Sustainable1, and as CEO of carbon and environmental data and risk analysis company Trucost, acquired by S&P Global in 2016. Sustainability and climate change issues are reshaping the global investment landscape.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 21, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU Parliament approves new anti-greenwashing law; investors urge Shell to set Paris-aligned climate targets; Barclays launches new sustainable banking, energy transition investment banking teams; PwC CEO survey finds companies upskilling workers for climate megatrend; Australia drafts law requiring mandatory climate reporting; (..)

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

According to Pollination, the new partnership and investment will help extend its reach in key markets including Japan, South-East Asia, EMEA and Australia, and support the firm’s growth, including its investment strategy and decarbonization projects.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 7, 2025

Like several others, Travelers has been hiking home insurance premiums and restricting coverage to protect itself from the financial impacts of extreme weather events associated with climate change, such as the recent Los Angeles fires.

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3BL Media

JUNE 12, 2024

Originally published in Bloomberg's 2023 Impact Report Structural and systemic shifts accompanying climate change, such as resource scarcity, new technologies and regulations, pose business risks and offer opportunities to issuers and investors globally. Reporting on the business and science of climate change Bloomberg L.P.’s

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte Dow to Build $6.5

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Credit Suisse announced today the publication of its Climate Action Plan for its investment businesses, outlining the strategies and actions to be taken by Credit Suisse Asset Management and Credit Suisse Wealth Management to achieve net zero across their portfolios by 2050.

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced €800 million in new financing for a series of projects to support climate action in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The announcement was made during the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That’s why biodiversity loss alone could cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the coming years, in addition to trillions more related to climate change. There is a silver lining, because interconnectedness works both ways: tackling climate change and biodiversity loss in tandem can lead to twin wins.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

In fact, volunteer market offset activity hit US$1 trillion for the first time in 2021, according to the World Bank. Pending guidance from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change , for example, articulates company engagement and capital allocation best practices. Market Parameters and Rules Are Starting to Gel.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the two years since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement , what progress has the world made on climate change? Youth-led Innovation to Fight Climate Change On 9 November 2017, SDSN Youth co-hosted the official side event Supporting Youth-Led Innovation to Confront Climate Change: Opportunities for Action.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. City bonds are mostly AA.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion. And in that short period, we have seen a tectonic shift of capital. Source: CK) 1.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Shareholder proposals provide an early warning signal of risks and opportunities for management and boards," said Heidi Welsh, executive director of the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2). Over time, the shareholder resolution process has evolved to offer an additional benefit.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), which is now part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has committed to continue to prioritise engagement with companies on major environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, as well as human rights issues and executive pay.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector.

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3BL Media

APRIL 2, 2022

Kirsty Jenkinson Kirsty Jenkinson is the investment director for the Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies (SISS) team for CalSTRS, the largest educator-only public pension fund in the world with an investment portfolio valued at over $320 billion. Prior to joining CalPERS, Ms.

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