James Militzer

MAY 3, 2022

The latest Fair Finance India Policy Assessment 2020 noted this discrepancy, highlighting that assessed banks in India have scored highest on the themes of financial inclusion, followed by corruption and transparency and accountability, whereas they have scored very poorly on the environment theme, which includes climate change and nature.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Walmart Hits Goal to Reduce 1 Billion Tons of Supply Chain Emissions 6 Years Ahead of 2030 Target Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 350,000 Tonnes of Carbon Through Agroforestry Rio Tinto Signs Australia’s Largest-Ever (..)

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

Lack of green bond issuance Also, speaking on the webinar Olumide Lala, Co-Founder of consultancy Climate Transition, said it was “worrisome” that despite all the opportunities, Africa wasn’t raising sufficient funds for climate finance.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But if you are not willing to concede any returns from your “impact” investments, your options are limited. We interviewed more than two dozen professionals with expertise in asset management, impact investment, asset allocation, and measurement. Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Privately-owned UK investment and asset management firm Low Carbon has announced its financial close on the Mörknässkogen wind farm in Finland. We believe that the landscape is evolving into a bond picker’s market, and security selection will be increasingly additive to our future return.” .

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And governments and multilateral development banks have never made the issue a real priority. However, there are other funding solutions, such as providing impact finance to clean cookstove manufacturers and distributors through equity investments or green bonds. The IEA estimates that these programs face a $5.5

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Appetite for emerging market green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds has surged since the COP26 Summit which saw some of the world’s richest countries promise US$100 billion in finance for climate mitigation in developing countries. EMIA lists recipients of the gold standard on its site.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2022

CFSL , the investment management subsidiary of the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation, has partnered with asset manager abrdn to launch a range of ESG-focused funds for charitable investors. State-owned investment bank UK Infrastructure Bank is set to be the cornerstone investor of a new fund launched by Octopus Investments.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Global Impact Credit fund aims to target durable growing businesses with a clearly identified impact thesis. The fund won’t be limited to green bonds, instead spanning across the corporate and credit universe, including renewable energy, not-for-profit hospitals and development banks.

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Chris Hall

JULY 27, 2022

Poland was the first sovereign to launch a green bond in December 2016. According to data provided by Refinitiv, EM sovereign green bond issuance accounts for around 18% of total sovereign volumes, at US$28 billion from 28 issues. . Pole position . Since then, it has been followed by other EM peers. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Public sector-led funding initiatives, such as the EU’s latest commitment to invest in sustainability-focused projects across select emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), will not meaningfully reduce the private sector investment gap in the blended finance market, said experts calling for systemic reform.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The fund will be managed and overseen by David Whitehead, Equity Portfolio Manager on Mediolanum multi manager team, responsible for ensuring that the product outcome meets client expectations, including positive impact. Mediolanum International Funds is the European asset management platform of Medio lanum Banking Group.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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ESG Today

JULY 23, 2023

ESG Services and Tools ESG Book Launches In-Depth Company ESG Performance Scores Deloitte, Salesforce, AT&T Collaborate on IoT-Powered ESG Data Management Solution Guest Post: Data, Disclosures and the New Dawn of Leadership ESG Investing AXA IM Alts Invests $49 Million in Amazon Rainforest Restoration Projects DWS Launches U.S.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2023

It’s really grown up a bit and I’m hopeful that others will see that as well and be able to make investments that are helpful.” The post A Market for Peace appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

The world cannot win the fight against climate change without China successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy, with it accounting for 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world’s greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Shell Board of Directors Sued over “Flawed” Climate Strategy Wendy’s Commits to Slash Emissions Across Operations, Franchisees and Supply Chain HVAC Giant Carrier Commits to Net Zero Emissions Across Value Chain (..)

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The original goal of impact investing was to build out the spectrum between philanthropy and commercial investment. Wealth is given away on one end of the spectrum and invested in profit-maximizing assets on the other. In that way, philanthropy and impact investing can complement each other.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Companies to EU Climate Reporting Requirements ESG Services and Tools MAS Releases Finalized Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers Deloitte Launches Sustainability Upskilling Programs for its Professionals with MIT, NYU, ASU Stripe Launches Platform Enabling Businesses to Pre-order Carbon Removal Sustainable Finance FAB Sets $135 Billion (..)

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

ASFI started back in 2021 on a sustainability roadmap for Australia, including a taxonomy and other sustainable-related policy initiatives. “It was a really smart move,” says Reynolds. Graham says at an ASFI event in December the Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a sweeping sustainable finance agenda.

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