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Banking Supply Chain Sustainable Investment 
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR (..)
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5
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Corporate Knights
AUGUST 13, 2024
Funds marketed as environmentally friendly are being used by major asset managers to funnel millions of dollars to the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, a company notorious for its links to deforestation and human rights abuses via its supply chain. JBS is widely regarded as an ESG pariah.
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ESG Today
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
proxy voting recommendations; capital raises for battery tech, e-fuels, energy storage, carbon removal; Microsoft sources solar energy in Texas, Illinois; IBM, Ramboll partner on sustainability strategy & reporting solutions, and more.
Corporate Knights
MAY 21, 2024
Rising interest rates and supply chain problems in the post-pandemic period have eroded values of clean energy stocks and funds. The recovery has been driven by expectations of lower interest rates and long-term demand for renewable energy for electric vehicles, building heat, industrial uses and data centres.
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Corporate Knights
MARCH 3, 2025
Drastic changes to the scope of sustainability reporting rules will limit investor access to comparable and reliable sustainability data, said Aleksandra Palinska, executive director at the European Sustainable Investment Forum, Europes umbrella network for sustainable finance, in a press release.
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Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 6, 2023
Sustainable investment solution provider u impact has joined forces with specialized green banking software provider ecolytiq to introduce innovative sustainable investment products to a wider branch of private investors.
GreenBiz
MAY 10, 2021
“The Emerging Leaders program provides a forum where environmentally focused youth can explore and learn about climate solutions and sustainability efforts across public and private sectors,” said Alex Liftman, global environmental executive at Bank of America, which sponsored the program at GreenFin. Mecca Luster.
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ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The new fund is launching with $400 million in commitments at its first close, with initial investors including Toyota Motor Corporation, Iwatani Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Tokyo Century Corporation, Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.
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ESG Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
This week in ESG news: SEC chief says investors want supply chain emissions reporting to manage climate transition risk; survey finds over 80% of companies plan to increase sustainability spend next year; Apple & Nike launch supply chain decarbonization initiative; Porsche to use green steel in cars; KPMG launches decarbonization hub in Canada; (..)
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ESG Today
JANUARY 21, 2024
This week in ESG news: EU Parliament approves new anti-greenwashing law; investors urge Shell to set Paris-aligned climate targets; Barclays launches new sustainable banking, energy transition investment banking teams; PwC CEO survey finds companies upskilling workers for climate megatrend; Australia drafts law requiring mandatory climate reporting; (..)
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ESG Today
MARCH 24, 2024
Deutsche Bank Ties Senior Exec Compensation to Loan Book Decarbonization Goals Private Equity & Venture Capital Carbon Accounting and Management Startup Greenly Raises $52 Million Fullerton Fund Management Raises $100 Million for Decarbonization Opportunities-Focused Private Equity Fund KKR Acquires Majority Stake in U.S.
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ESG Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
This week in ESG news: Australia passes mandatory climate reporting law; Google signs carbon removal deal at landmark $100/ton price; Bain survey finds CEOs losing focus on sustainability as it becomes more important to consumers and corporate buyers; SEC fines Keurig over coffee pod recycling claims; Oracle launches sustainability data and reporting (..)
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ESG Today
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
In addition to the financing, suppliers in the program will also receive technical support from sustainability consultant, Guidehouse, to embark on factory upgrades to decrease their climate impact. According to H&M’s 2022 Sustainability Report, Scope 3 makes up nearly 99% of the company’s emissions.
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ESG Today
JULY 18, 2023
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group announced €800 million in new financing for a series of projects to support climate action in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The announcement was made during the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.
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Corporate Knights
JANUARY 8, 2025
Regulators and institutional investors (which includes banks, labour unions and pension funds) followed closely behind. RIA says investors are demanding quality responsible investments that are transparent, credible and financially savvy. I try to do a lot of education around doing less evil versus doing more good.
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Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
A report published by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in September pointed to the Taxonomy, CSDDD, CSRD, as harmful to EU competitiveness, with the latter branded a “major source of regulatory burden”. “The The Draghi report says too many different reporting frameworks are burdensome to companies.
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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ESG Today
OCTOBER 30, 2022
See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements. Apple to Track Suppliers’ Emissions, Targeting a Decarbonized Supply Chain by 2030. Mondelez Ramps Investment in Sustainable Cocoa Initiatives to $1 Billion.
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Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Tumelo, DSD Lab, Exabel, YoujiVest, R3 and Hope for Justice. . The EBA ESG Pillar 3 disclosure standards are a mandatory requirement for banks with securities traded on a regulated market of any EU member state.
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3BL Media
MARCH 1, 2022
Human rights are another big focus for the firm, which will focus on engaging with corporates to protect human rights and enhance supply chain management practices. Georgina has joined Acre’s Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing practice.
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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.
James Militzer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
And without access to adequate, timely financing, the licit, sustainable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that could take the place of illegal, extractive businesses are often left out of market growth. In fact, they are banking on it. Does the Amazon rainforest really have to perish for businesses to prosper?
James Militzer
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Solutions for Increasing Investment in African WS MEs Of course, one obvious solution to the problems of both bias and financial exclusion is to set up funds or design financial products that directly target women. For instance, in 2022 KCB Bank Kenya announced the creation of a KShs 250 billion (US $1.65
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3BL Media
JANUARY 11, 2023
The price signal from the biggest market in term of traded value, the European Union, will be muted as lawmakers eye carbon as a piggy bank to fund the bloc’s shift from Russian gas. The World Bank estimates that a carbon price of $50 to $100 per ton of CO2 is required by 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Chris Hall
MARCH 11, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. Deutsche Bundesbank, acted as lead central bank, but all other Eurosystem central banks have the opportunity to join the agreement.
Sustainable Development Network
DECEMBER 3, 2018
The event was co-hosted by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), GIZ, and the World Bank. An outcome report of the meeting is now available.
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James Militzer
JUNE 21, 2024
This interest is driven by new climate science findings and the strong performance of sustainable investments: In 2023, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds , delivering an overall return of 12.6%, which is almost 50% higher than that of traditional funds. trillion in 2022, a 15% decrease from 2020.
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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
OCTOBER 20, 2023
In both the public and private sectors, this week saw incremental progress in support of sustainable investment objectives, rather than transformative changes. On this front, developments look promising with decisions taken at last week’s World Bank Group – IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech described as the “ end of the beginning ”.
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Chris Hall
JANUARY 24, 2024
Cristina Hastings, Head of Sustainability at Nuveen Natural Capital, told ESG Investor last year that it was taking a “holistic mindset around nature, climate and people” with its new sustainability strategies. China has made some progress on exploring methodology and application of GEP,” he said.
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Chris Hall
JULY 12, 2024
Funding for emerging technologies is set to be a central focus of the UK’s recently unveiled National Wealth Fund (NWF), combining public and private investment to drive the development of solutions including carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) , green hydrogen , and more. Investments are set to start immediately, with £7.3
Chris Hall
JUNE 14, 2024
Ceres CEO Mindy Lubber opened her testimony asserting: “Climate change, water scarcity and pollution, and nature loss … pose material financial risks to investment portfolios, business operations and supply chains, thus to the long-term stability of our markets and the economy.”
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Ahead of next week’s IMF and World Bank annual meetings, ex-White House advisor Lawrence Summers called for a “reinvented” World Bank that would prioritise sustainability, supporting global public goods such as climate adaptation , partly via expanded partnership with the private sector.
Chris Hall
APRIL 22, 2022
In this week’s ESG Interview , SLM Partners’ Paul McMahon highlights opportunities, despite the challenges of scaling up investment in regenerative projects, given their current typical small size and lack of track record versus other real assets. Icahn also took aim at asset managers. “If
Chris Hall
JUNE 13, 2024
Then we can create the trade relationships that will underpin international supply chains for these new industries.” It’s not going to be a problem for banks and large corporates to commit to net zero, but SMEs will need support to deliver on their promises.” It would also create supply chains that can support the wider economy.
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Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
On sustainable development, climate and financing for development, much ink was spilled on reform and repurposing of the international financial architecture, covering democratisation, debt sustainability, use of metrics beyond GDP to capture “human and planetary wellbeing ”, and increased climate finance.
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Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
The need for reform of the global financial architecture has been building, and was acknowledged in October’s annual World Bank / IMF meetings. At least in Europe, managers can look forward with greater certainty to comprehensive sustainability reporting from corporates , if not necessarily their supply chains. .
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Chris Hall
JUNE 24, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, Hymans Robertson, 2DII, ACA Group, Edison, UKSIF and Util. . Michael Meehan has stepped down as Chair of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF).
Chris Hall
AUGUST 12, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, GRESB, GI Hub, MAS, Google Cloud, Apex, Clarity AI, Blackrock eFront and Normative. . And a significant portion of the SFDR reporting burden has been eliminated.” .
Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA IM Alts, PwC, Impax Asset Management, Barclays, Osborne Clarke, and WBCSD. . AXA IM Alts , a global investment management firm with over €190 billion in AUM, is building out its team to support its New Capital Strategy.
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Chris Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Snorre Gjerde, Lead Investment Stewardship Manager, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), said investors should take advantage of the fact that the recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) had borrowed both language and structure from those of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Chris Hall
APRIL 19, 2023
The only company that has attempted DSM exploitation, Nautilus Minerals, went bankrupt in 2019 as it unsuccessfully attempted to develop its Solwara 1 deep sea copper, gold and silver project off the coast of Papua New Guinea, causing large losses for several banks, including ABN Amro and ING Group.
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Chris Hall
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Customers and investors should exert greater influence over the tropical timber and pulp sectors, sustainable investment experts have said, in light of leading sector firms’ failure to reduce and report their exposure to deforestation risks.
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