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The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition

Corporate Knights

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior.

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Sofidel: The Forum for Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The focus on sustainability has greatly increased in recent years, and ambitious climate and environmental goals have been set at European and international levels.

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Nasdaq 2022 Sustainability Report: Supporting the Investment Community

3BL Media

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The platform also provides issuer-level information on UN Sustainable Development Goals allocation.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

If a company can get 10% of its financing from a SWF and 30% from a development bank, then it becomes much easier for the business to attract the rest of the financing from a private capital source,” said Nacvalovaite. They can also lead in the adoption of best practices, such as governance, transparency and ethical investment.

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Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Chris Hall

Copenhagen-based Kristensen will account for regional variations in effort to deepen direct institutional relationships with sustainability-focused manager. The latter can explain different attitudes on key sustainable investment issues, such as allocations to armaments and energy, shaped both by past and more recent events.

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Take Five: No More Hot Air

Chris Hall

Progress had been grindingly slow until a breakthrough in the run-up to COP28, which paved the way for a deal on the opening day, effectively giving the green light for grant-based funding, facilitated initially by the World Bank, raising transparency concerns for some.

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UK Green Labels to Raise Fund Standards

Chris Hall

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It It is the same product protection, in a way, as that enjoyed by champagne.”. They are looking at it very much from a consumer perspective.”.