Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CDP, Loomis Sayles, UKSIF, Built by Nature, Arcadian AM, London Pensions Fund Authority and PLSA. I am extremely proud of what we have achieved at CDP over the past 21 years.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

DWS whistle-blower Desiree Fixler has criticised European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for not reaching out to her regarding their investigation into greenwashing in sustainable investment, while other consultation responses focused on ESG rating agencies, harmonisation, and definitional nuances of greenwashing.

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Greenwashing Net Zero CDP Sustainable Investment 96

3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Transition” refers to activities that do not meet the green thresholds now but are on a pathway to net zero or contributing to net zero outcomes. The measures in sum: The package of measures is intended to improve trust and transparency in the market for sustainable investment products and minimize greenwashing.

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3BL Media

JULY 15, 2022

DESCRIPTION: By Sara Rosner | Director, Environmental Research and Engagement—Responsible Investment and Satyajit Bose | Associate Director—Program in Sustainability Management at Columbia University. Carbon offsets occupy a relatively small space on the spectrum of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Location: New York.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Science Based Targets initiative , Chronos Sustainability, WTW, Aviva and Actis. Investment consultants WTW (formerly Willis Towers Watson) have promoted Kate Hollis to Global Head of Credit, Manager Research in its investments business.

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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

The idea behind this is to create an economically efficient and sustainable financial system that provides more capital for sustainable investments, and this is how investors are influencing sustainability throughout the economy. Products with sustainable investment objectives. Coverage of all activities.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA IM, Macquarie AM, Pollination, Sphera, ISSB, and CDP. . AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has announced the launch of the AXA IM Investment Institute, with the appointment of Chris Iggo as Chair.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

On the other hand, sustainability and climate change have never been so much in focus. In 2020, more than 9,600 companies disclosed their environmental impacts through the non-profit CDP platform. It represents a growth of 14% from last year and sets a record on the number of CDP environmental disclosures.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . Initial coverage includes an assessment universe of the most material sectors of major developed market indices. .

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The good news is that the region is also home to a growing number of corporate sustainability leadership companies. . Three of four APAC companies responding to the CDP survey say they have identified climate risk as maybe having substantive impact on their business and 60% of these are transition risk. TOP STORIES.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Moreover, companies will use voluntary frameworks and surveys such as GRI, SASB, CDP, UNGC, and Ecovadis to answer requests from customers, investors and other stakeholders. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Sustainability trends 2023: Net-Zero roadmaps.

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Chris Hall

MAY 18, 2022

Despite severe headwinds, India remains committed to the net zero transition. . billion by 2030, thus increasing pressure on existing resources, India has huge incentive to transition to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as fast as it can. . Solar power isn’t the only avenue into renewable investing in India. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Climate TRACE, MSCI, EcoAct, Deloitte, Persefoni and Deepki. . The template is further supported by a coalition of market stakeholders including CDP, the ESG Data Convergence Initiative and the Loan Market Association.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions reporting standards and frameworks, such as the sustainability disclosure platform CDP and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), are increasingly widely used to communicate corporates’ CO2 output, as well as investor-backed assessments such as the Net Zero Company Benchmark, conducted by Climate Action 100+.

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Net Zero CDP Sustainable Investment Development 52

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This reflects the normalization of responsible investment activity following five years of rapid growth, during which nearly every asset management firm rushed to acquire ESG data to comply with regulatory requirements and launch sustainable investment products.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including Aviva Investors, T Rowe Price, EQT, Nuveen, M&G, ICI Global and SBTi. Sam Tripuraneni has been appointed Head of Sustainable Outcomes at UK-based global asset manager Aviva Investors.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

Investment industry bodies have underscored the need for double materiality in response to the UK government’s consultation on non-financial reporting. The TNFD’s final recommendations are set to be released next month and follow a call for nature-related reporting in the Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15 last December.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

If the agreement on the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) , the so-called ‘Paris for plants’, in Montreal last year told us anything, it’s that addressing the impacts of climate change must happen in tandem with responding to the biodiversity and nature crises. “With the recognition that climate and nature are inseparable, and that nature will (..)

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2022

Management of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies could soon become central to asset owners’ sustainable investment strategies. C and translated into a target of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2050. It also included a pledge to align investment with its headline objective. “To

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

In its recent report on environmental disclosures by firms in Southeast Asia, covering climate, water and deforestation, disclosure platform CDP found a 25% increase in forest-related disclosures, with growth rates in the region outstripping global trends.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With firms only being “required” to disclose, “it will now be up to individual governments to implement policies that ensure this happens and we hope that this will be through enforcing mandatory disclosure on nature,” said Helen Finlay, Global Associate Director for Policy Engagement at environmental disclosure platform CDP. Beyond climate.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

This week in ESG news: CFA Institute launches climate investing certification; BlackRock invests $550 million in carbon capture project; CDP to align with European sustainability reporting standards; KKR raises nearly $3 billion for impact fund; France bans fossil fuel companies from responsible investment funds; GRI, IFRS launch hub to help companies (..)

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a company transitioning to net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner is in want of a detailed plan. . How do they translate on a net zero journey? UK proposals to mandate climate transition plans are part of wider scrutiny effort. .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

Fink urged them to try harder, not only to deal with the “1,000 unicorns” of the net-zero transition, but also to adapt to a “new world of work” heralded by the ‘ Great Resignation ’ experienced most markedly in the US and UK. Investors and businesses are seeking out new opportunities to invest in renewable energy.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

This week in ESG news: Shell’s board of directors sued over climate strategy; UK regulator to test asset managers for greenwashing claims; Nordea ties top exec compensation to ESG goals; CDP says only 1 in 200 companies have credible climate plans; KPMG & Workiva partner on ESG reporting solutions; Aviva Investors to require climate transition (..)

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Published last October, CA100+’s latest net zero company benchmark results showed 82% of focus companies have set long-term GHG reduction targets and 87% have set medium-term targets, while 29% disclosed how much they invested in climate solutions in the past year during the first year of the metric’s introduction.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

This week, EU and US policymakers prepared for big shifts impacting sustainable investment, amid further evidence that climate risk is financial risk. Lobbyists and policymakers are gearing up to put flesh on the bones of the European Commissions plans to streamline the requirements of key sustainable finance policies.

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