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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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Walmart Hits Goal to Reduce 1 Billion Tons of Supply Chain Emissions 6 Years Ahead of 2030 Target Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 350,000 Tonnes of Carbon Through Agroforestry Rio Tinto Signs Australia’s Largest-Ever (..)

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By: Linda Freiner, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Zurich Insurance Group We are already paying a heavy price for climate inaction. Record-breaking flooding, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires are having disastrous humanitarian and financial impacts.

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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. This is especially the case for impact investing (usually done through private equity).

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Chris Hall

MARCH 24, 2023

Bella Landymore, Joint Interim CEO, Impact Investing Institute, and Brendan Curran, Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute, explain how the Transition Plan Taskforce is supporting UK businesses to draw up fair and inclusive transition plans. The good news is that there are businesses who are already doing this.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hannestad joins from Nordea, where she was the Deputy Head of Group Sustainability. She has also served as a member of the Swedish Bankers Association’s Sustainability Council, as well as the Swedish National Advisory Board for Impacting Investing. ECL Co-Founder Gordon Power has moved into the role of Chairman.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fidelity International has added to its sustainability team with climate and private credit-focused appointments with the objective of closing skill gaps and strengthening its offering to clients. “I don’t think it’s possible to stand still in the sustainability landscape,” Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at Fidelity, (..)

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

The SEC proposal strikes a good balance between the needs of issuers and investors,” Tim Mohin , Chief Sustainability Officer at climate technology company Persefoni, told ESG Investor. . The draft will now be open to public comment for 30 days, and is expected to be finalised later this year. .

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past few years has created challenges for Microsoft in achieving its moonshot sustainability goals, including its target to become carbon negative by 2030, with the companys Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa acknowledging that the moon has gotten further away.

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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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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These initiatives complement those of the Cisco Foundation , the companys philanthropic wing, which in 2021 pledged $100 million in climate-related grants to nonprofits and impact investments, particularly in developing regions like Africa and the Amazon.

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ESG Today

JULY 23, 2023

Green Infrastructure ETF BlackRock to Expand Voting Choice to Retail Investors in its Largest ETF Sustainable Finance Masdar Issues $750 Million Green Bond to Fund “Dark Green” Clean Energy Projects ING, EIB Launch €600 Million Sustainable Finance Program for SMEs EIB Commits €800 Million to Finance Climate Projects in Argentina, Brazil and Chile Private (..)

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Just Capital

JUNE 30, 2023

Fortune interviews Mathias Döpfner , CEO of Axel Springer, on AI’s short-term impact at his companies and his longer view on the future of journalism. The Wall Street Journal sits down with Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt to discuss how AI can accelerate the fight against climate change.

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ESG Today

APRIL 17, 2023

Why chief sustainability officers (CSOs) in the public sector At a senior, decision-making level, CSOs can drive the formulation and execution of an organization’s sustainability strategy and the integration of sustainability into an organization’s mission, services and operations.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

Spengler is the Founder and CEO of Courageous Capital Advisors and a global ambassador for the Global Impact Investment Steering Group. Kimm is Chief Sustainability Officer at HeidelbergCement and serves on EQT AB’s Board of Directors. She was formerly CEO of Enclude Capital UK and Central European Advisory Group.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Companies to EU Climate Reporting Requirements ESG Services and Tools MAS Releases Finalized Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers Deloitte Launches Sustainability Upskilling Programs for its Professionals with MIT, NYU, ASU Stripe Launches Platform Enabling Businesses to Pre-order Carbon Removal Sustainable Finance FAB Sets $135 Billion (..)

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