ESG Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This week in ESG news: Canada to require oil & gas industry to slash emissions; California’s climate reporting law survives legal challenge; Mizuho invests in climate solutions provider Pollination; new clean energy deals signed by H&M, Meta, Saint-Gobain; incoming EU finance Commissioner calls for sustainable investment labels, reduced SFDR (..)

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3BL Media

AUGUST 28, 2024

Owens Corning, owner of Paroc AB, celebrated breaking ground on its new sustainability investment at the Paroc Hällekis plant in Sweden. When the project is finalized, the investment will reduce the embodied carbon from products produced in Hällekis.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But what makes this development – which includes 12 deeply affordable apartments to be operated by a local non-profit – unusual is that it is hooked into a geo-exchange system. When the planets align, the sustainability investments yield meaningful emission reductions and a payoff for the owner.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Government of Canada outlined a plan to develop a new sustainable investment taxonomy, a set of guidelines to help categorize sustainable economic activities aligned with the goals of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C,

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable investing approaches aim to deliver attractive returns through investments in issuers that contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes. Yet this massive opportunity can also create risks, because there is a smaller pool of sustainable investment targets to choose from. About the Authors.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 30, 2024

The survey found that over 77% of investors reported being interested in sustainable investing, including 40% who are “very interested,” while 57% said that their interest has increased over the past two years, and 54% expect to increase the percentage of their portfolios allocated to sustainable investments within the next 12 months.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 8, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Meta Turns to Nuclear Energy to Decarbonize AI Buildout TotalEnergies Acquires Renewable Energy Developer VSB for $1.7

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ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2024

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho Financial Group and global wealth and asset manager Lombard Odier announced the launch of a new “sustainability alliance,” including agreements to partner on sustainable investment products and solutions for Japan-based clients.

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ESG Today

MAY 23, 2023

David Helgerson, Managing Director and Co-Head of Impact at Hamilton Lane said: “Across our sustainable investment platform we are seeing a broad and diverse spectrum of investment opportunities in companies that offer compelling economic solutions to the problems of the world today.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Natixis Investment Managers today announced that it has appointed Laura Kaliszewski to the newly created role of Global Head of Client Sustainable Investing. Kaliszewski joined Natixis IM in 2020 and has been serving as Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today the expansion of its sustainability team with two new senior hires, including Phil Cliff, joining from M&G Investments, and Aaron Hay, from Federated Hermes, as Directors, Sustainable Investing.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2025

Billion Sustainable Investing Mandate from SJP Net Zero Investor Coalition Hits Pause After BlackRock Exit Exec Moves Mars Appoints Alastair Child as New Chief Sustainability Officer Barclays Head of Sustainability Steps Down Sodali Appoints Andrew Benett as New CEO

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to the organizations, the new resource follows significant growth in recent years in investor interest in ESG issues, driving a proliferation of investment products and practices, but also leading to new terminology that can be unclear or inconsistent.

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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. “Now

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It would create a focal point to engage the private sector to contribute to current and future priorities and to further accelerate the private sector’s focus on sustainability. The Office of Sustainable Finance and Business would develop a national strategy for U.S. leadership in sustainable finance and business.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Gertler said U of T will divest from all direct investments in fossil fuel firms within 12 months, and divest from pooled investments by 2030. The university will allocate 10% of its $4-billion endowment to sustainable investments by 2025 (the “invest” side of DivestInvest).

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A group of Japan-based financial and industrial companies, and France-based energy giant TotalEnergies announced the launch of the Japan Hydrogen Fund, dedicated to developing a low-carbon hydrogen value chain. for Carbon Neutrality, and the Bank of Fukuoka.

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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. For Article 9 funds, investment teams rarely get away with outsourcing such activity. By Ian Povey-Hall. SOURCE: Acre. Here's how.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

million pounds of plastic from flights; KKR, ECP to invest $50 billion in datacenter capacity and power generation; law firms ramp up ESG training for lawyers; capital raises for sustainable heating, industrial decarbonization, energy sector emissions solutions, and more.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Material benefits such as supply chain efficiency and resilience and operating margins ranked within the top 5 benefits already being experienced by companies as a result of their sustainability efforts, compared with less tangible benefits such as brand recognition and reputation reported in the prior year survey.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. trillion in assets.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

Shilpa Tiwari is executive vice-president of social impact and sustainability at Citizen Relations and the founder of Her Climb. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a blueprint of 17 ways to make the world a more just, inclusive and sustainable place.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

European market infrastructure provider Euronext announced the launch of a series of ESG tools and sustainable finance-focused initiatives, including making issuers’ non-financial data available on its website.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG investments: Exponential potential or surfing one wave? Amidst four concurrent crises — health, economic, race relations and climate — one stand-out 2020 development has been the rebound of major stock markets and, particularly, the growing performance and prominence of environment, social and governance (ESG) traded funds.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the 2024 Global 100 ranking, the top-ranked firms allocated 55% of their investments to sustainable projects, up from 47% the year prior. That compares with sustainable investments at a paltry 17% among the broader universe of publicly traded companies with more than US$1 billion in annual revenue.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Vanguard developed and promoted the Fund in response to market demand for investment funds having those characteristics. “By In the court’s ruling today, Justice O’Bryan said: “Vanguard’s contraventions should be regarded as serious. By its misleading conduct, Vanguard misrepresented the “ethical” characteristics of the Fund.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

We will be focused not only on our corporate sustainability efforts, which include reducing the organization’s greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing our reporting infrastructure, but also expanding our stewardship and sustainable investing practices across our global investment portfolios.” . Major 2021 CSR Achievements.

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ESG Today

MARCH 16, 2025

This week in ESG news: CFA Institute drops ESG name from ESG investing course; battery giant hopeful Northvolt files for bankruptcy; Execs report higher revenue, lower cost from sustainability actions; U.S.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The acquisition follows the launch by Apollo last year of Apollo Clean Transition Capital (ACT Capital), an investment strategy with $4 billion in capital, aimed at investing in companies to provide capital for their transition to clean energy and sustainable industry. billion (USD$1.65

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ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2025

Solar and Storage Portfolio from Engie 84% of Companies Keeping or Accelerating Climate Targets: PwC Guest Post: Clean Energy in the Age of AI Striking the Right Balance Guest Post Melting Hope: Can We Answer the Glaciers SOS?

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer at Fidelity International said: “We welcome the introduction of SDR and see it as an important stage in the development of sustainable investing in the UK, giving investors greater confidence to allocate to sustainable funds.

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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. “Now

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 26, 2024

What sets them apart is their commitment to doing business differently – they’re companies that derive significant revenue from greener products and services, invest in increasingly sustainable projects, and prioritize equity in their operations. More evidence that any company, in any industry, can choose a more sustainable path.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Anna ODonoghue, Global Head of Product Development and Governance, Schroders, said: We believe we are the first firm to publicly confirm the intended adoption of all four SDR labels across all the funds we have sought them for. billion sustainable investment mandate by UK wealth manager St.

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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