ESG Today

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Following the ruling, Adfree Cities said in a social media post that “from today, banks are on notice over greenwashing.”. HSBC isn't the only bank with a lethal addiction to fossil fuels: @Barclays & others are also bankrolling the #ClimateCrisis.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

—such as California’s corporate climate disclosure laws and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is already delivering hundreds of thousands of new jobs and sustainable investments across the country—there is much more that needs to be done to limit global temperature rise and achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2050.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With the looming Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030, nations are adopting different approaches to stimulating their green economy and encouraging sustainable investment. Clearly, the US is doing a better job at turning words into action.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The resources included deep-dive guidelines for seven sectors – including asset owners, asset managers and banks; high-level guidance for 30 sectors of the global economy; and advice on how to undertake a transition planning cycle. Some companies may also need to tap into some form of government support.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

The High Seas Treaty provides the certainty needed for greater sustainable investment into the ocean, says Karen Sack, Executive Director at the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). Combined with de-risking tools like guarantees, they offer stable, long-term investments.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

The guidelines define the concept of green investment, and set out basic objectives, principles, and methods of supervision. But green finance policies across China tend to be more effective for commercial banks than other financial sectors, Yuan added. But its provisions are voluntary and impose no quantitative standards on managers.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% of inflation a year. “If

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Chris Hall

JULY 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including OS-Climate, CIPFA, Isio, ICE, Urgentum and Banca March. . The Climate Portfolio Alignment Tool will aid stakeholders in aligning portfolios at individual holdings and loan levels with the Paris Agreement temperature increase.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

Many US investors had major banks and insurers in their sights, seeking to hold them to stated climate commitments. Investor calls for an “actionable” climate transition plan from Bank of America and other leading banks achieved a respectable level of support this week, if not achieving majorities.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including HSBC AM, Ninety One, OnePlanetCapital, Mirova, Omnes and Bank of America. . HSBC Asset Management has expanded its sustainable equity ETF range with the launch of the HSBC Europe ex-UK Sustainable Equity UCITS ETF.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AustralianSuper, Morningstar, Tikehau Capital, Oak Hill Advisors and Guinness Global Investors. . He has also previously held roles at the Global Impact Investing Net work and the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank initiative.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Current private capital flows are insufficient to support the implementation of clean energy technologies in emerging and developing economies at the pace and scale necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, said the OECD, making the development of new blended finance solutions a priority. . Barriers to investment .

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. For example, the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance is not led by sustainability teams, it’s typically CIOs who are driving it.”. of emissions.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

The investment firm has spent more than two decades helping companies adopt climate-friendly business models which will continue this year with a focus on the phase-out of unabated coal generation by 2030 for developed markets and 2050 for developing markets, in order to achieve the goals, set out in the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, the ISSB delivered its long-awaited sustainability standards, to overwhelming but not universal acclaim. Double trouble – Undoubtedly, the most significant development in sustainable investment this week was the release of its first two standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

trillion annually, has attracted just US$13 billion in sustainable investment during the past decade. This explainer looks at the calls for a ‘sustainable blue economy’ and the role investors can play. The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles are UNEP FI’s ‘foundational keystone’ to invest in the ocean economy.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

“The MEE wants to have a scientific and clear methodology to assure the quality of the CCER,” said Dr Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of SynTao Green Finance – the founding organisation of China’s Sustainable Investment Forum.   The CCER will now focus on four initial sectors: afforestation, solar power generation, offshore wind and mangrove planting.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The right to engage Sophie Demaré, Sustainability Investment Analyst for Fixed Income at Federated Hermes, echoes these sentiments. Thomas Coudert, Head of Sustainability, Core Investments at AXA Investment Managers, says discussions at roadshows have shifted focus, with more questions being asked today about ESG-related issues.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The topic was a focus of high-level talks during COP28’s Finance Day with former Brazil premier Dilma Roussef, President of New Development Bank, talking about the importance of deepening local currency capital markets to lower the cost of capital for organisations on the ground.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. Finding investible projects can be a challenge.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

To address these challenges, PRI suggests that institutional investors and multilateral institutions continue to engage with governments and local regulators on developing and implementing sustainable finance policy frameworks that align with the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. .

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James Militzer

APRIL 19, 2023

Today, a massive climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap still persists — and even after the SDGs and Paris Agreement laid out a critical role for the private sector in 2016, the subsequent years have brought only modest increases in private investment mobilization. They failed. trillion — up from $2.5

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. C goal of the Paris Agreement. index looks to respond to the growing demand for sustainable investment tools.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

Institutional investors are leading in this area; these are mutual funds, pension funds, sovereign funds, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, family offices, and corporate investors. The numbers speak for themselves: According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $35.5 For everyone?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

The net zero race The former MP also emphasised the importance of the Global Stocktake , and the development of new nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, which need to be submitted by 2025 with detailed sectoral commitments.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including 2DII, RMI, Nasdaq, Clarity AI, ISSB, Integrum and Accenture. . The game is intended to be a capacity building tool for financial institutions, supervisors and central banks.

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Chris Hall

JULY 10, 2023

The ‘Sowing Seeds’ report said that despite being prominently mentioned in the Paris Agreement, the social implications of addressing climate change have rarely been taken into account to date by agricultural policy, business or financial sector responses. Further, NatWest has pledged £1.25

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The primary outcomes of this year’s COP include: 1) the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP); 2) the Talanoa Dialogue; and 3) the Pre-2020 action and ambition. More about these and other important announcements can be found in the Global Yearbook of Climate Action 2017. More information can be found here.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Examples include Bank of Canada and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In particular, many states have enacted laws or other policies requiring state entities to integrate sustainability factors into their investment policies, processes and decisions. For instance, Illinois enacted the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act in 2019. Morgan Asset Management (Jan. 2, 2022), [link]. [2]

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A lot of entities, US corporations and banks, are asking that question. Head of UK Policy at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), said: “Ideally we would not diverge. For example, the taxonomy is being pressed into the service of fiscal policy, being used to help allocate tax incentives for sustainable investing.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Defining Metrics: Ensuring Impact for Sustainable Development Perrine Toledano, Head of Extractive Industries at the Columbia University Center on Sustainable Investment moderated this session, emphasizing the lack of standardized sustainability metrics and the extent to which this delays progress on the SDGs.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

It includes members from CCLA Investment Management, Credit Suisse and HSBC Bank Pensions Trust. In the coming weeks, the PRI will launch a benchmark study to assess the current levels of stewardship resourcing across industry, with McNamee calling for participation from asset owners to ensure this data is “robust”.

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