3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

The financial system is increasingly seen as crucial to averting such a scenario – not only to shift toward green investments, like renewable energy, but also to reallocate capital from fossil fuel-related investments to be consistent with net-zero goals.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In the race to net zero, Victoria Judd, Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, explains how the US is lapping the UK and EU in stimulating its green economy. The UK, meanwhile, is trailing behind in terms of green investment. A good example of this is sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) investment.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

Gailliot joins KKR after more than 20 years at Goldman Sachs as a private investor in the firm’s merchant banking division, most recently serving as head of the Energy Transition and the Diversified Industrials investment teams.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Lending lobby – For complexity, scale and reach, the food retail sector is rivalled by few industries, with banking being one of the exceptions. As such, investors have found it extremely hard – but critical – to get a handle on the ESG risks of the banks in their portfolios, especially their impact on climate.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Many of the difficulties stem from how multilateral development banks (MDBs) operate and interact with the private sector, but one channel for private investment flows was also flagged as problematic this week. Perhaps more significant was the African Development Bank’s US$750 million issuance, which attracted 275 investors.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

More details promised on sector-specific net zero roadmaps to stimulate investment in sustainable infrastructure. The UK government has acknowledged the need for greater policy clarity to enable the flow of investment into key sectors to deliver sustainable infrastructure and transition to net zero.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Nine out of ten – Using home-field advantage in New York Climate Week , US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled nine “voluntary” ‘Principles for Net-Zero Financing and Investment’, aimed at promoting “consistency and credibility” in the actions of financial institutions that have made net zero commitments.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Government responses could accelerate or delay the global transition to net zero emissions, according to Joe Noss, Senior Director at the WTW Climate and Resilience Hub. Do they take the blue pill – that is, increase investment in fossil fuels, quickly bringing online brown sources of energy that increase short-term energy security?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

UK ministers enthuse about the post-Brexit potential to unleash a new wave of green investment, but not everybody is convinced. She concluded: “Smart regulation is desirable in encouraging green investment. The reforms are still under consideration, so it is too early to say what will be in the final package.”. “I

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Scottish Green Energy Awards returned to Edinburgh where more than 1,000 people saw winners in 13 categories receive trophies recognising their work in the clean energy sector, which supports 22,660 jobs. Outstanding Service Award, sponsored by Green Investment Group: Blargoans Ltd.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Collectively, mainland Europe and the UK is targeting net zero by 2050 – an objective set out as part of the European Green Deal by the European Commission – and realising this target will require significant investments in clean energy year on year.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

“I am looking forward to industry uniting in-person in December to raise a glass to celebrate the truly incredible work being done by our industry as we work towards our net-zero ambition.”. Nominations are now being accepted in the following categories: Best Community Project Award (sponsored by The Scottish National Investment Bank).

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Green bonds are structurally no different to conventional bonds under the same class (with the same ranking, covenants and security package among all creditors in the case of distress). For example, in a comprehensive global green bond index , 92.0% are investment grade (4.5% are rated non-investment grade and 3.5%

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 25, 2022

Achieving net zero by 2050 could require the climate bond universe to reach US$36 trillion by 2025 and over US$60 trillion by 2030, it added. The ESG-labelled bond markets are typically considered to include green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition bonds.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

When I led Canada’s Social Investment Organization (SIO) in the early 2000s, one of our most important debates concerned the question of whether the organization should develop an industry-wide label for socially responsible investment, as sustainable investing was called back then.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Green hydrogen has huge potential and multiple use cases, but cost concerns and operational risks linger. The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. achieve net zero by 2050.

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Impakter

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Impakter How the European Central Bank’s New Climate Policy Could Reduce Both Emissions and Inflation More often than not, conversations on the economy engender a somewhat inanimate, two-dimensional and transactional impression, but in truth, the economy is defined by more than just balance sheets, the stock exchange, trade, or investment.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

If companies want to do big business with the Canadian government going forward, they’ll need to prove how green they are. The federal government is pursuing new policies on procurement and low-carbon investment standards aimed at boosting the business prospects for companies committed to net-zero climate plans.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The UK government has “comprehensively failed” to set out a robust green industrial strategy to compete with other countries leading the way in the transition to net zero.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

“Now we can measure this green business exposure for the majority of companies and are able to count annual green investments that run into the trillions, growing six times faster than the economy at large,” Heaps says. C, SBTi 6 15 Banco do Brasil SA Brasília, Brazil Banks $ 1,106,800 17% 9:1 50% 29% 0% A- 1.5°C,

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), US$4 trillion needs to be invested in renewable energy globally every year by 2030 to achieve net zero by 2050. At least US$1 trillion of this needs to be annually invested in EMDEs. The finance sector .

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

She described the UK National Infrastructure Bank as “a really good initiative” in this respect, and said this kind of investment could pave the way, providing the proof of concept that would later secure the participation of private investors. Manufacturers are facing the twin challenges of net zero and digitisation.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

Net-zero CO2 energy systems entail: a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and use of CCS in the remaining fossil system,” says the report. This explainer looks at the potential of CCS in CO2 emissions reduction and the net zero pathways of investee firms in asset owners’ portfolios.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

Carbon pricing has long been thought of as one of the most effective ways to migrate economies away from fossil fuel dependence to achieve net zero and limit global warming to 1.5°C. A robust CBAM framework was designed for and will be reliant on the fact that free allowances will be cut down to zero.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

North Sky is an independent manager (100% employee controlled) with no affiliations to an investment bank, commercial bank or wealth management platform. Triodos Investment Management (subsidiary of Triodos Bank) is headquartered in Zeist, the Netherlands and has more than $5 billion in assets under management.

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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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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At a forum on sustainable finance in Ottawa this week, a parade of speakers, including Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, warned that Canada is falling behind global competitors in the race to attract the investment needed to fuel the transition to a net-zero economy. Canada is playing catch-up,” he acknowledged. “We

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

London-based LeapFrog Investments has announced the appointment of Roger Ferguson as a member of its Global Leadership Council and Julia Wallace as its Head of Impact. At LeapFrog, she will be responsible for supporting investment teams in driving impact across their deal processes.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 3, 2023

The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). North American banks dug in on fossil fuels and pressured GFANZ to capitulate. North American banks also increased their oil, gas and coal financing by 23% in 2021.

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