Corporate Knights

MARCH 3, 2025

The pullback threatens to erode years of progress, which has made Europe the leading market for sustainable funds , green bonds and other responsible investments, and jeopardizes the capital needed for the EUs ambitious climate goals. We need to treat these developments as a call to action.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The Forum’s mission is to promote the knowledge and practice of sustainable investing, with the goal of spreading the inclusion of environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) criteria in financial products and processes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The IEEFA’s Christina Ng says China’s state-owned enterprises continue to allocate up to half of their green bond proceeds to non-green projects. . China’s ambition to green its financial market has been making significant progress. SOEs accounted for about half the onshore green issuances from 2019 to 2022.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Multi-stakeholder dialogue seen as essential in unlocking capital for net zero solutions, as GSIA calls for development of national transition plans. Examples include reducing inefficient fossil fuel subsidies and driving investment to new low-carbon technologies, such as green hydrogen. C temperature pathway.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

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. If growth was slow from the first green bond issuance to 2012, things have accelerated since. Green bonds are indeed often oversubscribed due to their success.

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Investments Leadership Development Program at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, U.S. Many have cited the past year as an inflection point for sustainable investing. Gabrielle Xu. Finance is essential for advancing a clean, more just economy.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

“We are putting our 1 billion square foot portfolio to good use for our customers every day,” said Prologis Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer Susan Uthayakumar. Prologis is working with our customers to develop and implement advanced energy and climate solutions. Achieved 325 MW of solar generation capacity as of April 30, 2022.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Microsoft Partners with Pivot Energy to Develop Community Solar Projects to Help Tackle Scope 3 Emissions JERA Nex Enters U.S.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 18, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com Green finance regulatory developments The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) galvanized the energy around the global green finance agenda, setting the stage for a busy 2024 of green-related rulemaking and policy guidance for the financial services sector.

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ESG Today

JULY 27, 2023

The Impact Corporate Bond Fund will invest globally in corporate high yield and investment grade green, social and sustainable bonds that have clearly defined social or environmental objectives and impact, with a focus on bonds that target a broad range of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

This week in ESG news: ING ends financing for companies developing new oil and gas projects; Deloitte launches sustainability and AI workforce upskilling academies; MSCI launches carbon credit ratings; report finds companies are quietly accelerating climate action; Apple reduces carbon footprint of iPhone; investor coalition calls for mandatory climate (..)

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ESG Today

JULY 18, 2022

Social bonds have been one of the fastest growing segments of the sustainable finance market over the past few years as investors’ sustainable investment goals expand from a primarily environmental focus to also encompass social impact.

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Jon Hale

DECEMBER 22, 2021

End of Week Notes And 4 ways that it’s having a positive impact on the world Sustainable investing had another successful year of growth, performance, and influence in 2021. Global sustainable funds attracted record inflows in just the first three quarters of the year, while their overall assets under management approached $4 trillion.

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Jon Hale

JULY 26, 2022

Sustainability Matters More capital is needed to address climate change and other sustainability issues. Sustainable investing can be a win-win for emerging-markets investors. It can be impactful, playing an important role in allocating capital to address climate change and other sustainability issues.

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ESG Today

MARCH 24, 2024

Renewables Developer Avantus Renovare Raising $7.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG Investing BlackRock Calls Texas Decision to Divest $8.5 Million to Turn Landfill Waste into Renewable Biofuels ESG Investing Texas Pulls $8.5

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 19, 2024

Biodiversity’s bond boom – Demand for sovereign debt is already soaring this year on expectations of falling interest rates, with France already benefiting from a twelve-fold oversubscription to its fourth green bond earlier this week. billion over four issues.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In its “Investing in a sustainable future” category, the HKMA is targeting the achievement of net zero in its own Exchange Fund investment portfolio, with plans to expand its scope of sustainable investments, incorporate ESG and climate factors into investment decision making, and set ESG expectations for external managers and portfolio companies.

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ESG Today

JULY 25, 2024

ESMA also recommended the establishment of a product categorization system for sustainable and transition investments, to help investors understand financial products’ sustainability characteristics and simplify product selection.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Pierre Garrault, Senior Policy Adviser at the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), points to fund names rules published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – which will come into effect from 21 November.

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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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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In its semi-annual Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) report, ESMA notes the need for “significant public and private sector financing” to achieve the EU Green Deal objectives and support the green transformation of the economy. leading to increasing caution towards ESG investing and shareholder engagement.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Green Equity Designations 1 Nasdaq launched Green Equity Designations on the Nordic markets in 2021 in response to increased demand for sustainable investments and extensive growth in Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Markets. The growth was mainly driven by new, large issuers joining the market (e.g.,

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

To boost sustainable investment in ocean economies, the International Capital Market Association, in partnership with other industry bodies, has consolidated existing blue finance guidance and principles under one framework. As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 They also help investors with what to expect.”

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank and the SDSN published a special edition of the SDG Index focused on Uruguay. The report benchmarks Uruguay's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals against progress of OECD countries. Achieving the SDGs requires closing the financing gap.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Engagement is a key part of NN IP’s sustainable investment strategy, and Siermann argues there is no reason why bondholders cannot exert the same influence as shareholders over a company’s behaviour – and ESG performance in particular – despite having no voting rights. Positive momentum.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

ESMA has now declared that era to be over, with new guidelines and thresholds including a minimum of 80% of investments to meet funds’ environmental or social characteristics, or sustainable investment objectives.

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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. We are not investment advisors, but we know that a good first step in choosing investments is to determine one’s goal.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

Under the new rules funds must allocate two-thirds of their NAV to sustainable investment objectives. . The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its final rules for sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds. .

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Hydropower Sustainability Standard was launched Sept. Developed by a coalition of industry, governments, multilateral and financial institutions and civil society organizations, the certification scheme aims to build trust and promote transparency in the hydropower sector. Up to CHF1 million (US$ 1.02

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including ISSB, Calvert, GLP Europe, Metzler AM, and KGAL. . Former World Bank Vice President Jingdong Hua has been appointed as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Oppenheim Jr. &

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

End of Week Notes How Bloomberg Businessweek’s takedown of MSCI’s ESG Ratings got it wrong Sustainable investing has attracted its share of criticism lately. Further complicating matters, sustainable investing has not sprung forth as a unified, fully developed investment approach.

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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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Sphera

JANUARY 10, 2022

In 2022, however, there are many important new regulations and standards in development to bring clarity to this picture. Here is a taste of some of the upcoming ESG regulations and standards around sustainable finance we’ll see in 2022. Agricultural activities are currently in development. Changing ESG Landscapes.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including CBRE, NN Group, Nuveen, Shell Foundation, Low Carbon, Brown Advisory, and Aidu. . The fund aims to deliver a stream of risk-adjusted returns while generating a positive impact on global sustainability issues.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

Consistent data on sovereign climate risks is crucial, says Victoria Barron, ASCOR Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment, BT Pension Scheme. Green bonds provided most of the additional US$97.8 In Q4 2021 , EU Member State and UK bonds and bills issuance was €624 billion. billion in sustainable bonds.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 24, 2017

Calculating the potential yields of such investments can be tricky and I am glad I got a first forray into this fascinating and booming sector. Meanwhile, my last MBA class was on Sustainable Investing with Natasha Lamb, her husband Adam and Adam Seitchick. My research for the green bonds article have shown this.

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