Chris Hall

JUNE 9, 2023

While reviewing the implementation of transition plans by FIs, MAS will recognise that a short-term increase in their financed emissions may arise due to actions supporting longer-term climate-positive outcomes. First, to realise that investing in solutions now will bring both immediate and future benefits.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 22, 2024

Border to Coast’s low-carbon theme looks to engage with companies in high-emitting sectors and banks identified as key to financing this transition. Border to Coast has collaborated with Royal London Asset Management to engage with four UK banks to pioneer the integration of just transition into their net zero strategies.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In addition, institutions should have interim decarbonisation targets that are “consistent” with the 2030 target, set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , of reducing CO2 emissions by around 45% from 2010 levels. A number of large US banks are reported to be on the verge of leaving GFANZ.

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Sustainability Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

Backed by a $75 million debt finance commitment from Australia’s ‘green bank’, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ( CEFC ), the facility is designed to provide a substantial boost to Australia’s recycling sector while also expanding onshore recycling capabilities.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To quickly grasp the scale of their nature-related exposures, investors and corporates should view new reporting and risk management processes as an extension of existing climate strategies, delegates heard at the PRI in Person 2023 event.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through the Singapore-China Green Finance Taskforce, MAS is also working with the PBOC (People’s Bank of China) to promote the uptake of financial products that reference the China Green Bond Catalogue and the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy, and eventually the CGT when the mapping is completed.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The power of eight – Should policymakers from the G20 or anywhere else need guidance on what effective climate policy looks like to private investors, help was at hand this week from the Investor Agenda , a grouping of climate- and investor-focused organisations including the Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Some were shocked by the anger expressed at the forum by ex-US VP Al Gore, who distanced himself from US Climate Envoy John Kerry on the growing role of petrostates and oil company executives in climate change negotiations.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

A key factor in meeting demand for climate-positive investment could be the growth of climate-aligned bonds. According to the International Energy Agency, US$4 trillion of clean energy investment will be needed annually by 2030. ESG bond issuance reached US$1 trillion in 2021 for the first time according to Refinitiv.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

The fund acquires or leases land and aims to introduce ecological and organic management practices, in order to develop an overall “climate positive” portfolio of assets delivering on net zero targets. SLM Partners is an asset manager which specialises in sustainable land and real assets.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. “We

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“It’s an industry you can’t put on the internet; we will need shipping in the years to come, which means we have to ensure it is sustainable in the long term,” says Stephen Fewster, Global Head of Shipping Finance at Amsterdam-headquartered ING Bank. . Buoyed by solutions .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

McMahon says the overarching objective is to develop a “climate positive” portfolio of assets that will deliver on net zero targets, while having measurable impacts on biodiversity and soil health. The target fund size is €250 million. The latest ONS figures show UK food prices increased 6.2%

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Mixed picture Do climate-related disclosures provide investors with the decision-useful information they need as they seek to reduce portfolios emissions while orientating capital to climate-positive investments?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

C future, Gosling acknowledges there is scope for climate-positive action by asset owners and managers. “If we are talking about UK asset owners and their managers, which may be based in London but are US-owned firms, that language actually turns out to be a barrier and a gap in understanding rather than an aid,” says Lee.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The travel-intensive strategy firm BCG said it aspires to be "climate positive" by removing more carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere than it emits. But getting to zero — or neutral or positive or some other goal — is not without controversy. Bank of America CEO: Each public company needs to reach carbon zero.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Academic institutions responsible for £5 billion have sent requests for proposal asking banks and asset managers to develop climate-positive deposits and funds. Moving on – Twenty-one British universities took initial steps towards ensuring their cash and investments cannot be used to finance fossil fuel projects.

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Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Visa aims to become a climate positive company by leveraging its global network to increase sustainable commerce and providing clients with sustainable card options and guidance on sustainable accounts, including access to high-quality carbon offsets.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2024

In other US climate-positive news, the Biden administration recently awarded US$4.3 In related news, NatWest Group issued this week the first bond by a UK bank dedicated to financing and re-financing electric vehicles (EV), raising net proceeds of €750 million (US$811.4 billion.

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