3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Climate change; racial and gender diversity; stakeholder capitalism—several years ago, investment advisors might have been surprised to hear these terms come up in conversations with clients. Though it’s been around for decades, interest in sustainable investing has exploded over the past five years.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps. New incentives such as those contained in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG portfolios not only have outperformed traditional financial assets this year, but also a data analysis prepared by Morningstar, a financial advisory research firm, concluded that almost 60 percent of sustainable investments delivered higher returns than comparable funds over the past decade. What was once a trend is now a rout.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Global investment manager IFM Investors announced today the appointment of Maria Nazarova-Doyle as Head of Sustainable Investment. Nazarova-Doyle joins IFM from investment, pension and insurance firm Scottish Widows, where she most recently served as Head of Responsible Investments and Stewardship.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by Morgan Stanley, 99 percent of millennials surveyed were interested in sustainable investing, an all-time high. Interest in sustainability persisted despite the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change is the key focus.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2023

For the study, the 2023 CxO Sustainability Report: Accelerating the Green Transition, Deloitte and market research firm KS&R surveyed more than 2,000 C-level executives in 24 countries, across a broad range of industries and enterprise sizes, ranging from $500 million in revenues to over $10 billion.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

BlackRock Global Head of Sustainable Investing Paul Bodnar announced that he will be departing the firm, to join the Bezos Earth Fund. BlackRock has changed the way the financial sector thinks about sustainability. The fund has provided over 100 grants to date, allocating more than $1.6

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

The survey was conducted by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and the Institute for Sustainable Investing. The majority of participants expressed the desire to have their investments help to advance positive environmental and social impact. 84% of individual investors “are keen on sustainable investing."

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Some previously untargeted companies, brands, institutional investors and geographies will be thrust into the limelight as central problems in the battle against climate change. As a result, we can expect to see personal, political and business incentives tilt in favor of more action to combat climate change.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For the study, Deloitte’s 2024 CxO Sustainability Report, Deloitte and market research firm KS&R surveyed more than 2,100 C-level executives in 27 countries, across a broad range of industries and enterprise sizes, ranging from $500 million in revenues to over $10 billion.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The EU Taxonomy is part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, establishing a classification system enabling the categorization of economic activities that play key roles in contributing to at least one of six defined environmental objectives, and that Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) to the other objectives.in

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ESG Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

According to Robeco, the firm chooses engagement themes each year through consultations with clients, its investment teams, and other external stakeholders. Ghislaine Nadaud, Senior Sustainability Investing Specialist at Robeco said: In our engagement with transition sectors, we will be not only focusing on downstream or upstream activities.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 24, 2023

Through this period, the top-quintile companies on sustainable investment posted median annual returns of 14% – vs just 2% a year for the MSCI ACWI. “Most investors used a diversified stock portfolio [such as the ACWI] to shelter their capital and hope for growth,” says Heaps. New incentives such as those contained in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This makes their investment horizon extremely long, stretching decades into the future, to ensure they have adequate assets for their payouts and to keep contributions as low as possible for current workers. There were limitations in what the model used could show in terms of physical risks, ” an AIMCo spokesperson says. “We

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A major report published Monday says Canada lacks adequate rules around investing in an era of climate change. And to avoid any doubt, regulators should declare that climate change is indeed relevant to a pension fund’s long-term financial performance.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Experts have backed United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) call to recognise the interconnectedness of environmental and social-related issues in tackling climate change. trillion between 27 March and 28 April this year, with these owners citing data challenges as the biggest barrier to sustainable investment adoption.

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ESG Today

JUNE 22, 2022

Emma Douglas, Director of Workplace Savings & Retirement at Aviva, said: “Increasing engagement with pension saving is a top priority for our clients and for Aviva, and this trial will consider whether customer messaging around climate change can prompt people to engage more.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. We agree that this shift is overdue.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

DESCRIPTION: This article first appeared in Sustainable Investment: [link]. Sustainability disclosure and client demand is fundamentally changing how fund management teams operate. SFDR has had more of an impact than any other regulatory-driven change asset managers have seen in recent years. By Ian Povey-Hall.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. The industry is large – so large that society won’t be able to tackle the climate crisis and other major challenges without the active participation of PE firms and their portfolio companies. InBC Investment Corp.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

"We are excited to join PCAF and to support the important work they are leading to build a methodology for global banks' efforts to track and measure climate change risks," said Audrey Choi, Morgan Stanley's chief sustainability officer and CEO of the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 15, 2025

The COP29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, brought together leaders, experts, and stakeholders from across the globe to tackle some of the most pressing issues surrounding climate change. It brings together member states, private organizations, and civil society to negotiate and decide on global climate actions. What is COP?

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

The tremendous challenges and opportunities these bring through issues like climate change, diversity, equity and inclusion, drive the strategic priorities for our organization and investment teams going forward,” said Anne Simpson, Global Head of Sustainability for Franklin Templeton. “We Major 2021 CSR Achievements.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

DESCRIPTION: ESG in Action As climate change intensifies, so do the physical and transition risks to industries and companies. But how do investors quantify those changes? Historically, they’ve measured a portfolio’s climate impact based on its carbon footprint or weighted average carbon intensity. By Sara Rosner.

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TEDxInnovations

MAY 16, 2023

Financial institutions have pledged trillions to transform the economy and accelerate climate action -- but right now, that money is not flowing at the speed it needs to, says sustainable investing expert Veronica Chau.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Why Investing in Women is Crucial Right Now by Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest. Sustainable Investing & Stakeholder Capitalism by Jon Hale, Ph.D Tech Savvy Millennial Investors Positioned to Thrive in the “Roaring 2020s” by David Weinstein of Dana Investment Advisors. Included in the 200th issue are : . of Morningstar.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Climate Week NYC is not one event, but a collision of more than 900 events at multiple venues across the New York metro area. Sustainability leaders in business, governments, civil society and the academic community all gathered to discuss the most pressing issues in the fight against climate change under the theme: “It’s Time!”

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Ignoring the realities of climate change — and recognizing the disparate impacts that environmental harms have on systemically vulnerable populations — compels me to continue finding collaborative solutions and frameworks that can work for us all, the "tide that lifts all boats.". Global sustainability expert at SDG Advocate.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

At the same time, what is billed as an ESG investment is exaggerated. Two-thirds of what is dubbed sustainable investment comprises negative-screen funds. Excluding tobacco from a fund will not have any impact on climate change. The final third of ESG investment also is wrought with classification challenges.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 2, 2023

Climate change is here. It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels] and avoid the very worst of climate change. But only with dramatic, immediate climate action.” nor European funds are matching their rhetoric of sustainable finance policies with real action.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment’s National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Peru (and the world) have lost an average of roughly 100,000 hectares of forest per year since 2006. CATALYZE Peru is on track to mobilize more than US $100 million in sustainable investment deals across the region.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Globally, there is an urgent need to take climate action and address related risks and opportunities as we transition to a lower carbon economy. The physical and transition effects of climate change can influence a business’ bottom line and its ability to compete in the future.

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ESG Today

MARCH 27, 2023

Timo Pfeiffer, Chief Markets Officer at Solactive, said: “Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, which translates into a surge in demand for climate investment strategies. This new ETF provides investors with a highly diversified global government bond exposure aligned to climate objectives.

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ESG Today

MAY 28, 2024

Edinburgh-based global investment company abrdn announced today the appointment of Dan Grandage as Chief Sustainability Officer, Investments, replacing Amanda Young in the role, who left the business at the end of April after leading the firm’s sustainable investing group since early 2022.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 1, 2022

Tweet me: Investing in the Transition to a More Sustainable Economy -- by Joe Keefe, President of Impax Asset Management -- [link] || #ESG #impinv #SustainableEconomy #DEI #climatechange @ImpaxAM @PaxWorld.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Rise of Sustainability as a Business Imperative In recent years, recognition of the urgent need to address sustainability challenges has been growing. Traditional rate of return metrics often fail to capture the broader beneficial impacts of sustainable investments. trillion.

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