Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Ignoring these risks can lead to misjudged exposures, while a proactive approach can unlock long-term opportunities and sustainable value creation. Understanding biodiversity risks Ignoring biodiversity in investment strategies can lead to misjudged risks and missed opportunities.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Sustainable investment growth equity platform Planet First Partners announced today that it has raised €450 million at the second close of its second funding round, following the latest commitment to the fund by Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA parent Ingka Group.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? However, there is always room for improvement, even among these leaders, and especially when it comes to disclosing specifics in their sustainable financing commitments.

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ESG Today

JULY 13, 2022

In his new role, Saunders Calvert will be responsible for leading the expansion of the company’s product suite and driving its market differentiation through next-generation sustainability solutions. Dr Daniel Klier, CEO of ESG Book, said: “I am delighted to welcome Leon to the team to lead our product development and expansion.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

focused on sustainable investments across the food value chain. At closing, Fund VI is the largest fund dedicated to investing across the food and agribusiness value chainand is Paine Schwartz’s largest fund to date; the company’s previous Fund V raised $1.4

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Nature-based solutions to the climate crisis are gaining the attention of impact investors, but companies still face hurdles when it comes to investing in nature-based projects. Both EcoAdvisors and EcoInvestors are working on the measurement, transactional and value creation sides of this marketplace. Life on land and water.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including OTPP, IOSCO, Legal & General, AXA IM, Persefoni and UKSIF. . Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has appointed Anna Murray as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2024

For example, in smaller private markets funds, the requirement may be for a broader role combining senior ESG reporting expertise with commercial acumen/value creation. Integration of ESG Factors: Collaborating with investment teams and risk management to integrate ESG factors into investment decision-making processes.

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Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

Sustainable economies like these can help us to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This blend of free markets and state control is the dominant economic system in the vast majority of developed nations in the world today. However, it remains focused on profit maximization.

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In an interview with Private Equity International (PEI), Tania Carnegie, the Global Private Equity and Asset Management Leader for KPMG Impact, said she is confident about the future of impact investing. Moving Beyond Financial Value.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Investors limited by lack of data and tools to incorporate social factors into sustainable finance strategies due to an “overwhelming focus” on environmental issues. Experts have backed United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) call to recognise the interconnectedness of environmental and social-related issues in tackling climate change.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Corporate Engagement workstream will focus on developing a multi-year engagement plan to engage companies deemed most important to stemming nature and biodiversity loss, while the Technical Advisory Group will help to identify priority engagements and develop science-based investor guidance and tools.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

CalSTRS Sustainable Investment Director Kirsty Jenkinson talks about taking a hard line on companies failing to disclose emissions properly and treating proxy voting as seriously as portfolio investments. A key aspect under the net zero transition category for CalSTRS, is methane mitigation.

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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

David Byrns, Portfolio Manager at American Century, explains why transition investing is fundamental to achieving net zero. While global sustainable investments reached US$30.3 Best-in-progress approach American Century launched a new strategy called Global Sustainable Value in November 2023. “The

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 19, 2024

Served considerably less notice, many developing economies have neither the resources nor the policies to cope. Though gradual, a growing appreciation of the risks and opportunities arising from these demographic changes is taking place, alongside an increasing awareness of the value of natural capital to human wellbeing.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2024

Story time – The halfway point of the calendar year brings forth a stream of impact and sustainability reports from asset managers and owners, particularly in the UK, as signatories also comply with their obligations under the Stewardship Code.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 5, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Octopus Energy, Nest, GLIL Infrastructure, CPP Investments, AimCo, Railpen, ICG, Algebris Investments, JOHCM and Greenfinch. . ICG Infrastructure Equity raised €1.5

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

“My role is to oversee the sustainability approach we take across all this: what our priorities and principles should be, which actions to take, which data to collect, and how to message that to our stakeholders,” he said, reflecting on his incumbent role. Real assets currently make up a quarter of the fund’s investment portfolio (£2.5

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Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2024

In many ways, it sets a challenge for asset owners in holding their managers to account for better delivery.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Aware Super, Candriam, Pensions for Purpose, M&G, Earth Capital, Impact Cubed, and Sphera. . Dany da Fonseca joins as Co-Manager of Candriam’s Sustainable Bond Euro Corporate Strategy.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Inconsistent, limited corporate disclosures continue to frustrate investors’ efforts to secure decision-useful data on social impact, according to panellists during a webinar hosted by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF) this week.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to halt the development of an effectiveness metric undermines systemic stewardship, says Gustave Loriot-Boserup, Founder of Compass Insights. It should however come as a disappointment. The bigger picture Institutional investors will now find themselves in a difficult position.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In Europe, the Green Taxonomy and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation have set standards for what counts as sustainable investing, which include private equity. With EDCI helping to address the data challenge, we believe private equity has firmly turned a corner on responsible investment.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

“In 2021, we did a year-long project and developed a paper called ‘What does stakeholder capitalism mean for investors ?’,” Many of the tools in the sustainable investing toolbox are not up to the job, he argued, which is why universal owners are bound to fail when they try to internalise climate targets within their portfolios.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Man GLG, UBS AM, Aon, Clean Growth Fund, Foresight, Azalea and SUSI Partners. . UBS Asset Management and insurance firm Aon have co-developed the USB Global Equity Climate Transition fund.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including DWS, T. The ESG Women for Women fund is managed exclusively by women, investing in companies that have strong social values and fair working conditions for women. “The

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Clearstream, Proxymity, Malk Partners, Integrum ESG, CGI, and Arvani. . Combining the capabilities of Malk and Integrum will enhance private investors’ ability to drive ESG performance and overall value creation.” .

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Carlos Sanchez

APRIL 28, 2021

There are two megatrends behind the rise of sustainable finance and ESG ratings; the shift in companies purpose and the rise of intangible assets. Companies focus on value creation has changed dramatically over the years. In 2020, intangible assets were 90% of S&P500 value compared with 17% in 1975. Shift in purpose.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

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. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Watch the webinar recording: On November 21, 2022, SDSN and the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University (CSD) hosted the second of three webinars to discuss the Lancet COVID-19 Commission’s findings and recommendations, as presented in their final report: The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from COVID-19.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2024

The report recommended that the remit of the FRC be extended to develop and encourage best practice stewardship of UK listed companies and their institutional investors – eventually leading to the creation of the Stewardship Code, which was subsequently updated in 2012 and in 2020.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With responsible investing having evolved from a niche strategy to a global trend over the past two decades, significant tailwinds have driven growth in membership of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), as asset owners and managers increasingly recognise the importance of incorporating ESG risk and performance.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2025

Flipping the narrative to talk about the financial benefits of sustainability may feel daunting at first, but its also part of value creation. Driving industry wide innovation and value creation Sustainability is no longer just a buzzwordits a strategic business imperative delivering measurable returns.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As we look ahead, Novata checked in with our Board of Directors and Sustainability Advisory Board for their views on what to expect in 2025. However, I see this as a pivotal opportunity for sustainability-minded investors to prove the thesis that sustainable investing is just good investing.

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