ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Additionally, tentatively from 2030, the HKMA said that banks should make their transition plans available on a ‘comply or explain’ basis, including decarbonization and financing targets and action plans for achieving net zero by 2050.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

In this paper, we describe our process for assessing ESG-labeled bonds and show that, by systematically applying this framework, investors can help set a gold standard for the market, avoid surprises from controversy and greenwashing, and potentially generate more alpha over time. Nearly US$800 billion ESG-labeled bond issuance in 2021.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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. Issuance of green bonds has more than tripled from 2017 to 2021.

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ESG Today

JULY 24, 2022

This week in ESG news: Vanguard launches its first impact fund; Biden considers declaration of climate change emergency; Deutsche Bank appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer; UK government given 8 months by high court to come up with a climate plan; BlackRock acquires waste-to-renewable gas company for $700 million; PepsiCo issues $1.25

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Free acknowledged that while these efforts are important and worthwhile, there needs to be more focus on decarbonization. Acknowledging climate risk is a critical first step, but what really matters is how investors are going to use their money to drive the transition to a more sustainable planet,” said Free.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

TWh Renewable Energy Purchase Deal with TotalEnergies Energizer Launches Plastic-Free Packaging for Batteries Stockholm Exergi Awarded $1.8 TWh Renewable Energy Purchase Deal with TotalEnergies Energizer Launches Plastic-Free Packaging for Batteries Stockholm Exergi Awarded $1.8

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2 Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2 Million to Upcycle Plastic Waste into New Products TPG Acquires US Solar Developer Altus Power for $2.2

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 31, 2023

High interest rates de-incentivize investments in renewables, lock our economies more deeply into fossil-fuel dependence, slow down decarbonization and put us more strongly on the road to hothouse Earth,” they wrote in a commentary in The Guardian in May. and many Republican lawmakers are publicly attacking ESG investing.

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