ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

Europe’s three primary financial regulatory agencies, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), announced on Wednesday a series of proposed amendments aimed at extending and simplifying the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Click here to access the consultation.

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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2024

We presented the 2024 BICEP Awards during an amazing week of advocacy focused on maximizing the nationwide surge in clean energy investment. Building Decarbonization Policy Advocate: Trane Technologies. Industrial Decarbonization Award: Holcim. Senate Climate Champion: Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

announced the launch of its new Sustainable Investments 2030 Strategy, aimed at accelerating its transition to a net zero emissions portfolio, and including a new pledge to invest $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When it comes to investing, sustainable investment funds grew 15% last year , and more than half of investors plan to boost sustainable investments in the coming year. Sustainability remains a critical priority, and the participants at Climate Week NYC were fully committed to advancing it.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 20, 2024

And measuring the emissions avoided as a result of these technologies is key to understanding the impact of those investments,” said Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President, Sustainable Investing, Impax Asset Management. However, measuring avoided emissions can be tricky, and it’s common to overestimate them.

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ESG Today

APRIL 17, 2024

Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, MAS, said: “ASEAN’s sizeable sustainable financing needs over the next decade present significant opportunities for Singapore’s financial centre to support the region’s transition to net zero.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In the memo, Edwin Conway, Global Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors, and Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, wrote: “The transition to a low-carbon economy presents historic investment opportunities and challenges for clients – on par with the rise of emerging markets and digitization in recent decades. “We

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3BL Media

APRIL 12, 2024

Neglecting to account for climate-related modern slavery threats may present material financial risks to investors. Carbon markets, too, are becoming more universally endorsed as a critical step toward decarbonization. But it’s also a human rights issue. Workforce disruption and transformation.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2024

This is especially true in commercial buildings, which have been identified as noble examples of embracing sustainability and decarbonization. Because of this, we use EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert as a development platform to present meaningful data and automate reporting and notifications.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This work culminated in a new report, “ Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay’s Energy Sector ,” published in November of 2021 by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), and co-authored by the Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab at Columbia University, and Paraguay-based Centro de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Desarrollo (CRECE).

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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. Actions and ambitions towards decarbonization have also increased.

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2022

And how does a climate-focused fund contribute to global efforts to accelerate decarbonization? In this paper, we present case studies that show how to apply a carbon handprint analysis. Can you fully assess a company’s impact on the environment by looking at its carbon emissions metrics alone?

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Leaders of the world’s richest nations are not delivering the clear and consistent policy signals that business is calling for to enable the fastest possible transition to the sustainable, more secure, clean energy future that the world desperately needs. .

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

such as California’s corporate climate disclosure laws and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which is already delivering hundreds of thousands of new jobs and sustainable investments across the country—there is much more that needs to be done to limit global temperature rise and achieve a net zero emissions economy by 2050.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

By transparently disclosing climate risks and demonstrating proactive management strategies, businesses can strengthen their reputations, attract sustainable investments, and foster long-term relationships with key stakeholders. Climate scenario analysis is a vital step in enhancing stakeholder confidence and trust.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

This year's event built off the learning from the SDSN's Roadmap to 2050 A Manual for National to Decarbonize by Mid-Century report published in partnership with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). The event’s panels on the first day were focused on the decarbonization of the power, transport, industry, and buildings sectors.

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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. Frustrated by the analysis we have presented, and continually asked for advice, we decided to delve deeper.

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3BL Media

JUNE 17, 2022

Key highlights from the report, which is based on full-year 2021 data, include: Executing on a plan to decarbonize and grow. Accelerating sustainability investments to enable design for recyclability and more circular plastics. And it is central to driving best-in-class performance and accountability.".

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Under SFDR, Article 8 portfolios should promote “environmental or social characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, provided that the companies in which the investments are made follow good governance practices.” Article 9 portfolios should have “an objective of sustainable investments,” according to SFDR.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

Today’s bond market presents unique opportunities for responsible investing in the form of ESG-labeled bonds. Patrick O'Connell, CFA | Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Research. Tiffanie Wong, CFA | Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Portfolio Management; Director—US Investment-Grade Credit.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Unlike ever before, non-party actors, (businesses and subnational government representatives), were invited to present best practices and lessons learned to UNFCCC negotiators.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Professor Sachs began his keynote discussing the sobering present global economic and geo-political situation which requires global leadership and cooperation. Norma began her presentation with an overview on Malaysia’s bumpy road to recovery, followed by Malaysia's key economic indicators performance. The first speaker Prof.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In South America , we co-organized a regional virtual dialogue of Finance Ministers, economists, and energy experts entitled " Towards Decarbonization of the South American Economies ” and also published Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay's Energy Sector.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“Finding investible projects can be a challenge. There is sometimes a lack of projects with the scale and risk/return profile to attract institutional investment,” said Laura Kaliszewski, Global Head of Client Sustainable Investment Solutions, at Natixis Investment Management.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

At the start of 2021, leading investors openly recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk and a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. With increasing public, government and shareholder attention on climate, here are three ways sustainable finance leaders will emerge in 2021. Align proxy voting with climate goals.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 25, 2020

Thus, the Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSN) were established. Its projects include: the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP), which prepared national low-emission development pathways to 2050 with limiting the rise in global temperatures below 2oC, as stated in the Paris Agreement. Colombier M., Segafredo L.,

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James Militzer

JUNE 21, 2024

This interest is driven by new climate science findings and the strong performance of sustainable investments: In 2023, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds , delivering an overall return of 12.6%, which is almost 50% higher than that of traditional funds. trillion in 2022, a 15% decrease from 2020.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2025

In todays economic and political landscape, chief sustainability officers who can quantify the value of initiatives have a better chance of winning internal and investor funds for those initiatives. Some major organizations already pursue such opportunities.

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