Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Terence Nahar joins as Head of Investment Research and Emma Douglas as Senior Stewardship Analyst.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

UK bank Barclays announced today a new goal to facilitate $ trillion of sustainable and transition financing between 2023 by the end of 2030, marking a significant increase over its current targets of delivering £150bn of social and environmental financing by 2025, and £100bn of green finance by 2030.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the Inter-American Development Bank, can play a central role in supporting a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 aligned with the SDGs. However, no country in the region is on track to achieving net zero emissions by mid-century, as required under a 1.5°C

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

Barclays announced today the appointment of James Edmonds as Global Head of Sustainable Project Finance in its Corporate and Investment Bank, leading a project finance team focused on helping clients transition to net zero.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Holding the companies accountable on their commitments to net zero targets will help ensure the implementation of net zero strategies, through financial institution engagement, including a decline of coal, oil and gas within portfolios. Georgina has joined Acre’s Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing practice.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

This AGM season, investors have filed numerous shareholder resolutions to accelerate finance sector action to address climate risks and meet net zero commitments. AGMs to be held by Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on 25 April, and by Goldman Sachs on 26 April, are seen as key indicators of investment sentiment.

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2022

Sobeys Parent Empire Commits to Net Zero Goals. AllianceBernstein Commits to Net Zero Investments and Operations. Nestlé Opens $340 Million Green Electricity-Powered, Zero Wastewater Coffee Factory in Mexico. ECB, ESRB Report Finds Climate Shocks Can Spread Quickly Across Banks, Companies, Financial System.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2024

For this reason, the WWF’s draft roadmap seeks to provide that technical policy support, but it also expects change among those with the most power to influence, calling for multilateral development banks to “mainstream” nature into their decisions – especially around debt.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Raised by two environmentalists, she’s dedicated to ensuring women have equal opportunity to succeed in our net-zero future. Last year, Folino’s firm made a commitment to make its operations and assets under management net-zero by 2050 or earlier – a challenge he’s embracing with open arms. trillion in coal.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

As SDG-aligned impact investing grows, methods for measuring real-world outcomes are proliferating. . Success will require an eye-watering amount of money – between US$5-US$7 trillion a year, according to a World Bank report. Even when metrics are straightforward, impact still isn’t so cut and dry. Too many options?

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 29, 2023

29 – “Net zero is not going to get us anywhere,” Ariane Mahler of Veridien Global Investors told David Bank of ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. The post Holiday List No. 3: Eight ImpactAlpha podcasts to ring in 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

ECB Gives Banks Deadlines to Manage Climate and Environmental Risks. EU Commits €3 Billion to Invest in Energy & Industrial Decarbonization Projects. L Catterton Appoints Tehmina Haider and Michael O’Leary to Lead New Impact Investing Strategy. trillion in listed debt exposed to environmental risk, and more.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Sir Ronald Cohen, veteran venture capitalist and impact investing guru, explains why he believes we’re on the verge of an impact revolution. Last month, the IFVI issued its draft methodology for impact accounting, building on the work of Harvard Business School’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative , which Cohen also chaired.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . The future is about doing good profitably.” . A balancing act .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 30, 2022

degrees Celsius future, said investment engagement initiative Climate Action 100+, whose 700 investor members have US$68 trillion AUM. This is despite an increase in net zero commitments by companies since March 2021. A number of US banks and insurers also face resolutions calling for the IEA. There is too much at stake.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

Last November, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) consulted on proposed changes to the regulatory charge cap for defined contribution pension schemes to enable investment in a broader range of asset classes. Larger UK schemes are using frameworks provided by the UN Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance and the Net Zero Investment Framework.

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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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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

Northern Co-operative Development Bank: An institution that funds local food production cooperatives and kickstarts rural development in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, a region where residents are strapped with indebtedness and a mistrust of predatory lending schemes. Sustainable Development Goals.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The number of countries and companies that have made commitments to transition their activities to net-zero emissions has increased dramatically. Many of these economies are currently more dependent on fossil fuel use than developed ones, which means that in the race to reach net zero emissions, the playing field isn’t level.

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In recent years, impact investing has become mainstream and private equity (PE) firms are playing a key role. Despite being dismissed by some as “woke capitalism”, impact investing is a trend that is here to stay. PE firms have helped to grow the popularity of impact investing.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But despite congregating on the margins of the 2022 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action did not appear to discuss the need for more urgent action on climate mitigation and adaptation from multilateral development banks (MDBs).

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Chris Hall

MAY 26, 2023

The Just Transition Criteria has been launched this week to help investors design financial products and identify investments aligned with a just transition to a net zero economy in both emerging and developed markets. It’s about banks. This isn’t just about the investor community. It’s about insurance companies. “Now

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Goldman Sachs ‘s and Deutsche Bank’s DWS) for exaggerating claims about their products’ sustainability credentials. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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Chris Hall

JULY 3, 2024

Sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), for instance, suggested that the organisation’s policy work could be more impactful if it reflected widely held signatory views on key responsible investment topic areas – such as stewardship and corporate governance.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“Given the increasing shortfall in investment capital needed to finance the UN Sustainable Development Goals , it has become obvious that the involvement of the private sector will be crucial going forward,” said Matt Christensen, Global Head of Sustainable and impact Investing at Allianz GI. . “As Steep curve .

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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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This commitment is strategically divided: $50 million supports nonprofit grants that empower organizations driving climate and social impact, while the other $50 million is dedicated to equity and debt investments in early-stage climate startups (Seed to Series A) and venture funds. Why the Regenerative Future Fund?

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Hurd says: “There is a there is a growing awareness that we haven’t got a chance of meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or delivering net zero promises without mobilising private capital on a serious scale. There is a growing realisation that the gap between rhetoric and delivery needs to close.”.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2023

According to research by Sustainable Fitch, this proliferation means that investors will increasingly be presented with climate scenario analysis as the basis for assessing transition and net zero plans of corporates.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2022

Jordan Locke, a recruitment consultant in Acre's Global Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing Team, sat down with Business Insider alongside a group of industry experts to discuss the current ESG talent shortage, ‘greenwashing’ and the rapid pace of change. . SOURCE: Acre. DESCRIPTION: ?Jordan

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All companies have received funding from Innovate UKs Sustainable Innovation Fund and are now seeking venture capital to scale their business and impact. Companies selected fall across the broad themes of Net Zero, Circular World, Society, Health and Food.

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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 15, 2022

Ensuring consistency will also be key, according to TIUK, as will collaboration across the impacting investing sector to promote best practice. Ingrida Kerusauskaite-Palmer, TUIK’s Head of Business Integrity, said impact investors had a particular opportunity as first movers in emerging markets, to set standards for others follow.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last night, Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) Co-chairs Amanda Blanc and Baroness Joanna Penn revealed the TPT’s workplan to support financial decision making and capital allocation to ensure companies and financial institutions deliver on 2050 net zero commitments. had a credible plan.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And governments and multilateral development banks have never made the issue a real priority. The net result is that the development sector has not been able to fund enough clean cookstoves — and the necessary education and transition programs — through traditional funding like private donations and government grants.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tania Romero Avila, Senior Associate at WTW, looks at the limitations of existing climate-related metrics and how a forward-looking approach can accelerate progress to net zero. Climate-related risks that threaten the financial system are subject to increasing scrutiny from market participants, financial authorities and civil society.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Feeding into that debate is Amal-Lee Amin, Head of Climate Change at British International investment (BII), a UK government-owned institution which provides development finance an impact investment in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

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