ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today a new focused sustainable investment approach, targeting four systemic themes, including nature loss, climate change, strong and effective governance, and social disparities, which will drive the firm’s engagement approach towards influencing positive change.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The EU SFDR regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2024

London-based asset manager GIB Asset Management (GIB AM) announced today the appointment of Victoria Barron as its new Chief Sustainability Officer. Building on our strong foundations, we are delighted to welcome Victoria and look forward to her contributions across all our sustainability initiatives.”

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

With the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) ever-evolving, Acre has the duty of uncovering the skills, knowledge and insights from our network of current leaders in the industry to share with the next generation of change-makers. ‘The It is important that we keep learning, sharing and developing. .

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

There is this phenomenon that we know is happening around people leaving the major cities and going to smaller places," said Lindsay Baker , former first chief sustainability officer at WeWork and founder of space use software app company Comfy. Sustainable cafeterias might be replaced with high-waste food delivery services. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 3, 2024

Fidelity International has made revisions to its sustainable investing framework to adjust to a changing ESG regulatory landscape, aiming to provide investors with greater transparency on its funds. Asset manager creates three new categories to provide greater clarity amid regulatory changes introduced through SFDR and SDR.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 29, 2024

The consumer products giant said it would be exiting any associations unwilling to become “catalysts for positive policy change,” as chief sustainability officer Rebecca Marmot put it. Bringing more sustainability and government relations experts on board, the organization began to proactively engage with government.

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ESG Today

MAY 28, 2023

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Partners with Pivot Energy to Develop Community Solar Projects to Help Tackle Scope 3 Emissions JERA Nex Enters U.S.

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ESG Today

MAY 21, 2023

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Boeing Announces Public Launch of Data Tool to Assess Aviation Decarbonization Solutions Carbon Removal Buyers Group Frontier Announces First $53 Million Offtake Agreement Svante, 3M Partner to Develop Material to (..)

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2023

Barsky joins Standard Chartered from her role of President at environmental sustainability-focused special acquisition company Growth for Good. Barsky will be based in Singapore, and report to Group Chief Sustainability Officer Marisa Drew. Drew said: “I am delighted to welcome Dana to Standard Chartered.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 17, 2022

Credit Suisse announced today the appointment of James Purcell as Head of Sustainability Frameworks, according to a memo seen by ESG Today and confirmed by a spokesman. Prior to this, he held different senior roles at UBS Wealth Management, including serving as Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investments.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

Sustainable solutions represented nearly two thirds of 2021 net sales. Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020. Sustainable investments : Invested $528 million in research and development for sustainable solutions since 2020.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2024

Jessica Alsford, Chief Sustainability Officer at Morgan Stanley and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Investing, said: “Sustainability strategies and core business strategies are converging, with companies increasingly seeing sustainability factors as integral to the company’s long-term value creation.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the survey, 62% of respondents believe that wildfires, floods, and storms during the past year will have a material impact on their environmental initiatives, with 44% reporting that extreme heat will have, or already has had, a material effect on their sustainability planning.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For Mizuho, the new partnership is aimed at supporting clients in their climate and nature transition strategies, providing strategy and advice, as well as access to investment opportunities and assets in transition sectors, as well as the development of new approaches to transition and sustainable finance.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2025

Institutional investors need to grasp its E, S and G risks quickly to use and invest in AI effectively, says Lorenzo Saa, Chief Sustainability Officer of Clarity AI. The key principles guiding the industry are the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments (OECD) AI Principles. Delay is not an option.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In addition to the 2050 target, the climate action plan also introduces a goal to achieve a 50% reduction in investment associated emissions intensity by 2030, translating to a 6% annual reduction. The 2030 goal applies to the asset and wealth management divisions’ listed equities and corporate bond holdings.

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2023

Sustainable solutions : Solutions that enable electrification, energy transition, electric grid resilience, increase efficiency in ground and air transportation or improve air quality represented 71% of the company’s net sales in 2022, up from 65% in 2021. Employee development : Met company employee training hours goal.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

One of the most significant changes from the prior quarter’s report was the emergence of economic and geopolitical concerns as the top anticipated barrier to the achievement of companies’ environmental sustainability goals, replacing pandemic-related issues as the highest concern in the prior survey.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

Puraffinity, which develops precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple water treatment applications, has won a $250,000 award from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. These are adaptable for multiple applications.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 19, 2024

Dr Sarah Chapman, Global Chief Sustainability Officer at Canadian insurer and investor Manulife, says investments in people and planet can be mutually reinforcing. Served considerably less notice, many developing economies have neither the resources nor the policies to cope.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

“I don’t think it’s possible to stand still in the sustainability landscape,” Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at Fidelity, told ESG Investor. “The evolution is tremendous year on year, new skills are being asked for, new regulatory requirements.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CCLA, Pantheon, Cubera, and Just Climate. . Ben Funnell has been appointed Head of Investment Solutions by UK-based charity fund manager CCLA Investment Management.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

The global investment community is walking a “tightrope” between greenwashing and green blushing as it strives to stay abreast of regulatory developments that continuously ramp up accountability on sustainable investing, industry sources have sad. That pace of change is here to stay.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Tritax Group, Vortex Energy, Climate Impact Partners and WTW. . The Committee’s new members are EQT’s Chief Sustainability Officer Nicola Kimm as Chairperson, EGT Chairperson Conni Jonsson , and Board Member Margo Cook.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

a new way of dealing with money management, funding business activities, and creating investment products? Yes, sustainable finance is a new field of finance, with a new industry and new jobs, new regulations and frameworks developed by various governmental and nongovernmental bodies. My answer: Yes and no. private and public?—?have

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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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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including abrdn, HSBC AM, Impax and Low Carbon. . Previously Global Head of Responsible Investment at abrdn, Amanda Young has been appointed to the executive role of Chief Sustainability Officer to lead the group.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Stephanie Maier, Chief Sustainability Officer at GAM Investments, considers the opportunities that AI could enable in the sustainable investing space, and the risks that must be mitigated. Goldman Sachs has estimated that generative AI alone could raise global GDP by 7% by 2033.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CPP Investments, CCLA, Vontobel, LeapFrog, Low Carbon, and Brown Advisory. . Richard Manley is the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s (CPP Investments) new Chief Sustainability Officer.

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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. . This will be used to facilitate the deployment of climate fintech solutions and their adoption by the financial sector.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Aware Super, Candriam, Pensions for Purpose, M&G, Earth Capital, Impact Cubed, and Sphera. . Dany da Fonseca joins as Co-Manager of Candriam’s Sustainable Bond Euro Corporate Strategy.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ability of corporates to comply is critical to investors, who will increasingly rely on the new standards to make sustainable investments. This uncertainty makes it difficult for them to get ready and for us, as software providers, to develop the necessary tools and resources to support them.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

Richard Manley, Chief Sustainability Officer at CPP Investments, outlines how the pension plan is greening its portfolio by exerting influence in private and public markets. Later this year, the TPT aims to finalise its disclosure framework and implementation guidance and will develop sectoral guidance.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

“A number of asset owners have set their decarbonisation targets and are now realising they have to also support the transition and need to incorporate this into their sustainable investment strategies,” Nazmeera Moola, Ninety One’s Chief Sustainability Officer, tells ESG Investor. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

The solution lies in climate resilient development.” Such developments are welcome, but their limitations should be recognised, roundtable participants noted. “If With nature more broadly, there are further layers of complexity,” said Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing, Asia, Manulife Investment Management.

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