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Investment Firm Ramps up Clients' Sustainability Efforts

3BL Media

Alice Evans, Co-Head of BMO GAM (EMEA)’s Responsible Investment team, said: “COP26 in November last year served to further highlight the scale of the challenge in addressing climate change. Georgina has joined Acre’s Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing practice.

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Size and Volume Will Unlock the “Blue Rush”

Chris Hall

trillion annually but attracted just US$13 billion in sustainable investment over the past decade; achieving SDG 14 will require US$174.5 They pointed to the inclusion of oceans in discussions at COP26 and COP27 , with the latter issuing a commitment to protect coastal zones and oceans from the physical impacts of climate change.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: London Stock Exchange Consults on VCM

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more.

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

In this context, the case to demonstrate impact has gained in popularity. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2 trillion in AUM, according to a report by the Global Investing Network.

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Filling Canada’s Policy Void

Chris Hall

Segal argues that Canada’s policymakers and regulatory bodies have failed to align the country’s financial sector with a “safe climate and stable economy”, leaving little incentive for companies, financial institutions and asset owners to pursue sustainable investment strategies.

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Can Sustainability Standards Minimise Friction and Divergence?

Chris Hall

With the consultation periods for both the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) climate and general sustainability standards and the European sustainability reporting standards (ESRSs) now closed, this explainer touches on the sticking points which will need to be smoothed out ahead of their being finalised later this year. .