ESG Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Launched in 2017, Climate Action 100+ is an investor initiative that has targeted the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to promote taking necessary action on climate change, and align their business strategies with net zero in order to help limit average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Larry Fink, the CEO of the largest investment firm in the world, wrote in his 2022 letter to CEOs: “It’s been two years since I wrote that climate risk is investment risk. Sustainable investments have now reached $4 trillion. Cement carbon laggards Companies in the cement industry that were divested by NBIM.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 28, 2022

End of Week Notes It’s not a “craze” and sustainable investors aren’t naive I suppose it’s a sign of success when The Wall Street Journal sees fit to launch a weeklong critique of sustainable investing. Instead, it’s turning toward stakeholder capitalism, which is supported and enabled by sustainable investing.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Climate risk and resilience are largely modeled by insurance companies, looking at how a company’s assets may be affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, increasing natural disasters and other future climate events as climate change worsens. said Free.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nadja Picard, Global Reporting Leader, PwC Germany, said: “We are seeing significant steps towards more consistent reporting from companies around climate change, however there is a need for improvement.”

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The investor has emerged over the past several years as a leading voice in the investment community on climate change and energy transition-related themes, but has been clear in its belief that these issues are considered from a fiduciary perspective, with clients’ long-term interests in mind.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This represents a significant number of funds that may need to consider either divesting from the stocks or rebranding. Our research shows that more than 1,600 funds are exposed to at least one stock potentially in breach of activity-based exclusion rules.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank.

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Chris Hall

MAY 22, 2024

This backsliding has increased polarisation between investors, with some choosing to divest and others – in recognition of their responsibility as universal owners – doubling down on engagement with the sector. It’s also a sellable GHG product for oil and gas firms.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) educator-only pension fund will oppose corporate directors moving too slowly to achieve board diversity or significantly address climate change, according to its 2022 voting strategy. . If necessary, we will support a change in leadership to meet these standards.” .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. This conclusion was drawn after several years of engaging in discussions with the fossil fuel industry,” he said, underscoring the need for more “substantial and immediate” actions to combat climate change.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Canadian pension fund to eschew “blanket divestment”, emphasising role as “active investor and influencer”. Blanket divestment is not the best way to maximise returns without undue risk of loss. CPPI Investments introduced a climate change voting policy in March 2021.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

Having published a report claiming “bullying” of members by the investor-led Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) coalition, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Anti-trust heard from investor network Ceres, shareholder advocacy group As You Sow and CalPERS – the US’s largest public pension fund.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Head of Sustainability at CDPQ Bertrand Millot highlights the pension fund’s focus on decarbonising the real economy, as well as comprehensively divesting from the oil industry. This achievement was one of several high points in the pension fund’s 2023 sustainable investing (SI) report , published in April.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has increased investor representation on its global steering committee, adding Phoenix Group Head of Stewardship Valeria Piani alongside five others to further expand its geographic experience and expertise.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

US SIF Foundation biennial trends reports smaller share of assets managed sustainably, due to methodology, regulatory changes. This is the first time that climate change has been the top criterion for US asset owners, applied to US$3.96 Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Alante Capital Management is a venture capital fund investing in innovative technologies that address climate change and enable a resilient, sustainable future for apparel production and retail. Alpha Impact Investment Management Partners. Sustainable and Responsible Impact Investing in the US.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In September, the CMA issued a consultation to help inform its advice to the UK government on how competition and consumer regimes can better support the UK’s Net Zero and sustainability goals, including preparing for climate change. Limits to power of collaboration. Removing impediments. Removing impediments.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

But the government has drawn criticism regarding its ability to achieve agreed climate targets – such as a 100% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared with 1990 levels – even from its own Climate Change Committee. In May, a High Court ruling ordered it publish a revised net zero strategy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

By navigating the complexities of SFDR, investors can reduce carbon footprints, support the transition and contribute to a more sustainable future , says Pedro Carvalheiro, Head of Capital M arkets at He avyFinance. Article 9 funds are considered the most sustainable, requiring portfolios with 100 per cent sustainable investments.

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

End of Week Notes While governments struggle to act The COP26 summit in Glasgow underscored two big things for me: One is that the world’s sovereign nations are not yet able to muster a fully coordinated and cooperative response to climate change, despite the scientific consensus on the causes?—?the the burning of fossil fuels?—?and

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

While responding to customer or limited partner demand for ESG investments, funds are also looking to ESG-screened investments to outperform other investments because they have identified and better managed macro risks such as climate change and social unrest. oriented investment funds in 2021. [1]

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

As global momentum builds behind transition planning, Mark Manning, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, makes the case for a systemic response to the challenges of climate change. Arguably, we need to be thinking about transition planning as a system response to the challenges of climate change.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Earlier this year , a benchmark study warned that several Canadian pension schemes have fallen behind global climate transition progress. However, CDPQ was identified as a climate leader following its decision to divest firms involved in oil production and refining and coal mining in 2022. ‘Green’ assets now make up 12.5%

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

David Byrns, Portfolio Manager at American Century, explains why transition investing is fundamental to achieving net zero. While global sustainable investments reached US$30.3 And while he used climate change as an example, the strategy is applicable to other sustainability-related issues.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

Countries are already dealing with massive movement of peoples due to war and conflict, and now increasingly climate disasters from outside their borders, and within. Countries are already dealing with massive movement of peoples due to war and conflict, and now increasingly climate disasters from outside their borders, and within.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 2, 2022

billion in long-term fixed-income securities and $600 million in overnight cash investments managed by BlackRock because of the firm’s commitment to sustainable investing. Neither is the broader claim being made by Patronis that climate change is not a material risk and therefore must be ignored.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Research predicts new demands on asset managers, as clients’ sustainable investment priorities mature. Institutional and intermediary clients’ sustainable investment demands are growing increasingly sophisticated, requiring managers to reappraise their skills and budget levels. A long way to go”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Newton reported that engagement is once again the most popular way of considering ESG factors – chosen by 59% of charities, compared to only 27% that prefer divestment. Trustees are also opting to utilise screening, with a modest increase in all types of commonly barred investments, besides armaments. Engagement to the fore.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including HSBC AM, RLAM, LOIM, Algebris Investments and TLEI. . HSBC Asset Management has launched the HGIF Global Emerging Markets Corporate Sustainable Bond fund. We look forward to accelerating our pipeline momentum.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

British businesses with over 500 employees and £500 million in turnover join pension funds with £5 billion or more in assets – and asset managers and insurers with a premium listing – in producing an annual report that explains how they are managing the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2023

This slashes portfolio emissions and sends a strong signal to oil and gas firms about the financial consequences of failing to set out credible transition plans. The writing is on the wall for oil and gas firms. As highlighted by the IEA: there can be no more new oil and gas production if the world is to achieve a 1.5°C C scenario.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 6, 2022

Meanwhile in the asset management sector, Legal & General Investment Management said it would divest from Russian sovereign debt and the manager has reduced total exposure to 0.1% of AUM or £1.3 billion. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

It was largely driven by formalities, and for many investment managers was probably viewed as just another box-ticking exercise. False dawn Things started to change in 2021. Many also signed up to the Net Zero Investment Managers Initiative and the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. How does that align with your climate policy?

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Chris Hall

JULY 4, 2023

Paul Lee, Head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investment Strategy at investment consultants Redington, told ESG Investor the proposals should simplify the vote reporting process for both parties.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

According to Manning, the FCA is keen to identify regulatory constraints on collaborative engagement, which has been used increasingly by asset owners and managers in recent years, particularly to address systemic environmental risks, such as climate change and accelerating biodiversity loss.

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