3BL Media

MAY 6, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Fifth Third Bank is releasing an in-depth and informative white paper called The Case for ESG and Responsible, Sustainable Investing. Published this week , the white paper demonstrates the Bank’s thought leadership for institutional and retail investors, providing insights and best practices on ESG investing.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. trillion in assets. trillion in assets.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

and Canadian banks are threatening to withdraw because of new membership criteria requiring a fossil fuel phase-down. The displeasure, especially by large North American banks, threatens to rupture the increasingly fragile alliance. says Baltej Sidhu, an analyst with National Bank of Canada, in an interview with The Globe and Mail.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Canada is lagging in its efforts to drive private capital into sustainable investments to finance solutions on climate change and other environmental challenges. The post Canada is falling behind in global race to attract sustainable investments: Guilbeault appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

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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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

24 – DWS Group, the $869 billion wealth manager spun out of Deutsche Bank two years ago, has cut back its New York-based sustainable investing team and shelved impact funds targeting microfinance institutions and renewable energy in sub-Saharan energy. The post DWS cuts back sustainable investing funds and teams in U.S.

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ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2024

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho Financial Group and global wealth and asset manager Lombard Odier announced the launch of a new “sustainability alliance,” including agreements to partner on sustainable investment products and solutions for Japan-based clients.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 19, 2025

Billion Sustainable Investing Mandate from SJP Net Zero Investor Coalition Hits Pause After BlackRock Exit Exec Moves Mars Appoints Alastair Child as New Chief Sustainability Officer Barclays Head of Sustainability Steps Down Sodali Appoints Andrew Benett as New CEO

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 14, 2020

Join Tideline’s Christina Leijonhufvud and impact investors Nuveen, LeapFrog Investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for an inside look at best practices in impact management. The Operating Principles for Impact Management, introduced a year ago by the International Finance Corp., have emerged as the.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of the 6,720 companies the Corporate Knights team analyzed for our 2023 Global 100 ranking of the world’s most sustainable corporations, a select few stand out. The German bank had the highest ratio of cash taxes paid over the 2017 to 2021 period of any G100 company, at 30% (down from 34.63% in the previous period). It pumped €8.6

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Billion Stake in Eni’s Sustainable Mobility Business Carbon Ridge Raises $9.5 Billion Stake in Eni’s Sustainable Mobility Business Carbon Ridge Raises $9.5

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus. More than any other group, millennials are keen to make an impact with their money.

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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.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Yet many Canadian banks, pension funds, insurers and large companies still underinvest in clean energy and disproportionately invest in oil, gas and coal. Earlier this year, Canada was recognized as a “low-regulation jurisdiction” on sustainable finance by a UN sustainable investment group.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

The firm focuses its activities on investments in three core themes, including Sustainable Food, Energy Transition, and Inclusive Society, providing investments of between 50 million and 250 million to companies that have a positive ESG impact.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Natixis Investment Managers today announced that it has appointed Laura Kaliszewski to the newly created role of Global Head of Client Sustainable Investing. Kaliszewski joined Natixis IM in 2020 and has been serving as Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 26, 2024

What sets them apart is their commitment to doing business differently – they’re companies that derive significant revenue from greener products and services, invest in increasingly sustainable projects, and prioritize equity in their operations. More evidence that any company, in any industry, can choose a more sustainable path.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The post UK-based Cubico closes deal with banks for 500MW wind project, its first in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. One of world's largest privately owned renewable energy developers reaches financial close on 500 MW Queensland wind project, its first in Australia.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ImpactAlpha, October 13 – Blue Like an Orange was launched in 2017 by former World Bank officials Bertrand Badré, Amer Baig and Suprotik. The post AXA takes a minority stake in Blue Like an Orange sustainable investment firm appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Divestment can lead to more sustainability in the real economy,” said Martin Rohleder, the university’s chair of finance and banking, calling it “the first empirical evidence on the impact of divestment.”. U of T is also the first university to join the U.N.’s

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ESG Today

JULY 31, 2024

The new, sector-based data set enables users to estimate emissions for non-listed companies, small and medium enterprises, and other alternative investments. In particular, it enables banks to estimate emissions for large portfolios of companies where data is scarce in support of EBA Pillar 3 reporting.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres Alfa Laval Accelerates Net Zero Goal by 3 Years to 2027 Mercedes-Benz Sharpens Sustainability Focus on 6 Key ESG Areas BlackRock, (..)

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

SOURCE: Regions Bank. as well as Regions’ focus on making banking easier through investments in technology and digital capabilities. This includes supporting customers by providing sustainable investing and financing opportunities related to their transition to a more sustainable future.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Among the key priorities outlined by the HKMA’s new agenda include directives for banks to reach net zero financed emissions by 2050 and to provide disclosures on climate risks and opportunities, and for the HKMA to incentivize sustainable finance innovation and to provide sustainable-financed training programs for finance professionals.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

20 – The world’s largest multilateral bank will no longer fund fossil fuel projects post-2022. The European Investment Bank is on a new strategy to unlock $1.1 trillion for climate finance and sustainable investment over the next decade. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

This week in ESG news: EU Council approves delay of sustainability reporting regulations; ING becomes first major bank with approved science-based financed emissions targets; PwC study finds vast majority of companies are keeping – or raising – climate goals; SEC walks away from climate reporting requirements; Airbus commits to build hydrogen-powered (..)

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ESG Today

JUNE 5, 2023

The ESAs include The European Banking Authority (EBA), The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Banking regulator EBA found a “clear increase in the total number of potential cases of greenwashing.”

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 13, 2024

Ashley Thomson, Global Witness’s US Senior Policy Advisor Similar concerns have also been raised by Tariq Fancy, BlackRock’s former sustainable investment chief, who criticised the firm for “misleading investors” by using the ESG label, calling it a “dangerous placebo”. JBS is widely regarded as an ESG pariah.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

The federally appointed Sustainable Finance Action Council (SFAC) has submitted a report to the Department of Finance that lays out the key recommendations for the establishment of a transition taxonomy. The Canadian sustainable finance council comprises 25 institutions, including banks, pension funds, insurance companies and credit unions.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

To date, however, OSFI has failed to implement a mandatory approach to risk management beyond a broad expectation that banks, pension funds and insurance companies disclose their practices. The PRI report urges the federal government to take specific action to improve sustainable finance regulations.

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2023

The statement said: “The proposed approach would limit investor access to the consistent, comparable and reliable information needed to inform decisions and allocate capital in line with sustainability goals, including those of the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the EU Climate Law.”

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 17, 2023

G100 Rank Company HQ Location Carbon Productivity % Non-Male Board Directors % Sustainable Revenue % Sustainable Investment Final Grade Climate Commitments. 21 8 Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC Brentford, U.K. 56 75 CapitaLand Investment Ltd Singapore, Singapore $10,348 27% 38% 41% B- SBTi. G100 Rank 2022.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. We agree that this shift is overdue.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2022

The 80,000-member BCGEU is hoping to bring attention to the issue by filing shareholder resolutions this spring with Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the country’s largest bank. Brookfield AGM. More RBC scrutiny. KKR’s case.

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