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Take Five: Future-proofing to the Fore

Chris Hall

Like several others, Travelers has been hiking home insurance premiums and restricting coverage to protect itself from the financial impacts of extreme weather events associated with climate change, such as the recent Los Angeles fires.

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Negative screening This is the process of excluding certain sectors, companies, or practices from a portfolio based on specific ESG criteria. For example, investors might avoid companies involved in fossil fuels, tobacco, or arms manufacturing due to their negative environmental or social impacts.

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A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good

Stanford Social Innovation

In fact, almost 85 percent of individual investors say they are interested in sustainable investing and more than three quarters believe they can use their investments to influence the extent of climate change. As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: NatureAlpha Joins UN Biodiversity Data Initiative

Chris Hall

The index is designed to facilitate the adoption of mainstream ESG investment approaches by institutional and private investors while providing a strong focus on climate change considerations. Joulea’s technology applies aerospace product lifecycle management techniques to create a commercial building’s digital energy twin.

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This Week’s Fund News: Invesco Rebadges UK Companies Fund as Sustainable

Chris Hall

The fight against climate change has driven strong growth momentum in the global green bond market. The fund will implement negative screening to exclude weapons, thermal coal, gambling and tobacco. It will target early-stage businesses disrupting industries and driving positive outcomes for the planet and society.