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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3BL Media

MAY 13, 2022

SUMMARY: James Mandel, Blackstone’s Chief Sustainability Officer, and Jake Shirmer, a Principal in Portfolio Operations, explain why tracking greenhouse gas emissions is neither greenwashing nor a compliance checkbox. Rightly understood, then, tracking GHG emissions is neither greenwashing nor a compliance checkbox.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Recent announcements have included the establishment of a working group to develop a code of conduct for ESG data and ratings providers, and the release of proposed rules for investment product sustainability labels and disclosure requirements to address greenwashing risk. Catherine Howarth OBE , Chief Executive of ShareAction.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Yesterday’s raids by German police follow action brought against the firm by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), relating to evidence provided by former Chief Sustainability Officer Desiree Fixler that DWS exaggerated the extent to which ESG principles were followed in funds marketed as sustainable.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Among its most impressive alumni are Chelsea Mozen, chief sustainability officer at Etsy, who implemented a carbon-neutral delivery program at the e-commerce company, and Emma Jenkins-Long, who entered the program as a public-school teacher in Vermont and is now vice-president of ESG strategy for Deutsche Bank in New York.

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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.

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ESG Today

JULY 1, 2024

Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fidelity International said: “We have long been committed to sustainable investing and have continued to evolve our approach and capabilities in line with client requirements and ESG regulations.

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

Europe, and Japan, “close to 80% of individual investors believe that it is possible to balance market rate returns with a focus on sustainability,” notes Jessica Alford, chief sustainability officer of the company. The survey was conducted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and the Institute for Sustainable Investing.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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ESG Today

JUNE 27, 2022

Helen Jones, the COO of the Enterprise division at Alcumus, suggests that while “visibility through the full supply chain is key to combat rising greenwashing, the ability to manage these risks will determine which companies will have customers, investors and employees in the future.”.

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3BL Media

APRIL 20, 2022

One trend discussed in our panel of ESG consultant experts is the shift many companies have made more recently in moving ESG and Sustainability initiatives from where it has traditionally been with marketing communications or corporate foundations, to the C-Suite.

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Chris Hall

JULY 3, 2024

The revised framework will enable us to more effectively demonstrate how our funds are meeting their respective ESG goals or requirements,” Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fidelity, told ESG Investor. “We

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

Regulators around the world are considering increasing their scrutiny of companies’ emissions-reduction claims in a bid to dispel greenwashing concerns. . Today’s guidelines will help companies continue to decarbonise in a cost-effective way,” UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said. .

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Eco Coach

MARCH 10, 2020

This is why this 2013 TED talk by Steve Howard, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ikea, is so refreshing. In it, he highlights the work Ikea is doing on the topic, and also the importance of going all in on sustainability and offering (and selling) products that are environmentally sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Currently, just 5% of businesses have assigned responsibility for setting the strategic direction on sustainability action to their organisations CFO. Instead, it falls to an array of other leaders, including the Board of Directors (25%), CEOs (21%), Chief Sustainability Officers (15%) and Chief Operating Officers (10%).

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

Almost all major listed companies, even those in the energy or mining sectors, have established CSR or sustainability departments, appointed chief sustainability officers, or have a CSR committee on their boards. To me, three main criteria must be applied to determine what’s really sustainable finance.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 10, 2022

This, coupled with a nascent taxonomy process, makes investors even more than usually vulnerable to greenwashing. . ” – Helge Muenkel, Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS . . ” – Helge Muenkel, Chief Sustainability Officer at DBS .

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. The UN’s High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on net-zero announced their recommendations at COP27. Business is getting on with the job of cutting emissions.

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Just Capital

APRIL 14, 2023

Quote of The Week (Christoper Galluzo) “I came into my first sustainability job five or six years ago with this hyper-competitive mindset […] but what I found out very quickly was that in the sustainability space, and all of its permutations, the problems are challenging and difficult enough that you kind of have to deal with your competitors.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

For instance, Probodha Acharya, Chief Sustainability Officer at JSW Group discussed how the company’s cement, with a carbon intensity of 300kg CO2 per tonne of cement, now makes it the lowest carbon cement company in the world.

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Chris Hall

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

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There’s a risk of engagement washing just in the same way that there is of greenwashing,” said Venetia Bell, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Gulf International Bank and Head of Strategy at GIB Asset Management, a sustainable investment firm.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Kristina Kloberdanz, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer of Mastercard, discusses the recent expansion of the Priceless Planet Coalition — which aspires to restore 100 million trees. . Big brands are leaning into growing consumer interest in supporting products and services that do "better" for the planet.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

Regulators in APAC and beyond increasingly are alert to the risks of greenwashing, imposing new requirements to ensure that the contents of sustainable funds justify their labels and marketing claims. We can’t just preach to the converted around this table,” Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited. “We

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Nazmeera Moola, Chief Sustainability Officer at South African asset manager Ninety One, highlighted the progress toward the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), which should be presented at COP28, but acknowledged that extended timelines provided limited immediate scope to channel private capital into adaptation projects in EMDEs. .

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ESG Today

AUGUST 7, 2022

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements. Australia Financial Industry Body Sets Anti-Greenwashing Expectations for Fund Managers. Sustainable Finance. Citi Launches Sustainable Deposit Solution in Asia Pacific. ESG Investing.

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ESG Today

JUNE 2, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nucor Pioneer New Clean Energy Investment, Risk Sharing Models with Duke Energy Brookfield In Talks to Acquire Clean Energy Developer Neoen for $6.6

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 18, 2022

This week in ESG news: HSBC ends financing of new oil & gas projects; EU agrees to a carbon tax on imports; Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting for companies; Dow Jones Sustainability annual index changes released; Barclays sets $1 trillion sustainable finance goal; Annual CDP environmental scores released; Biden invests $3.7

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ESG Today

JULY 23, 2023

Cities Government & Regulators Australia to Launch Decarbonization Plans for Key Sectors Biden Launches $20 Billion Climate and Clean Tech Project Financing Programs Australia Releases Rules for Sustainability Claims to Fight Greenwashing by Companies ESG Reporting & Disclosure Norway’s $1.3

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

This week in ESG news: BNP Paribas faces first-ever commercial bank climate lawsuit; HSBC unveils new financed emissions goals; Republicans urge Congress to block ESG investing rule; Allianz to vote against companies who don’t tie pay to ESG goals; United Airlines launches venture fund for sustainable aviation fuel startups; India proposes ESG investing (..)

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The survey assessed the key challenges to sustainable investing currently facing investors, with data availability and consistency emerging as the top barrier, cited by more than 70% of respondents as a very or somewhat significant challenge, followed closely by fluctuating regulatory guidance at 69% and greenwashing at 68%.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2025

In todays economic and political landscape, chief sustainability officers who can quantify the value of initiatives have a better chance of winning internal and investor funds for those initiatives.

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ESG Today

MARCH 5, 2023

This week in ESG news: BCG launches sustainability and climate policy & regulation center; Congress votes down Biden ESG investing rule; Deutsche Bank eyes big sustainable finance opportunity; Canada government to require suppliers to disclose emissions, set targets; Citi sets climate goals for carbon-intensive sectors; EU lawmakers agree to new (..)

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