ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In his most recent annual CEO letter , Fink further detailed the climate-focused investment case, forecasting a “tectonic shift” in capital towards sustainable investing, and calling the decarbonization of the global economy “the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime.”.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 27, 2024

While the non-profit acknowledged that economic prosperity is linked to energy access, it argued that transitioning the global economy doesn’t hinge on demand being met, but rather on how it is met.

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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 They can also divest from high-emitting industries such as thermal coal production. trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They can also serve as safeguards to verify that the reduction of emissions in their portfolios corresponds to actual emissions reductions in the real world, rather than being achieved solely through divestment from high-emitting assets. We strongly encourage all stakeholders to take part in the consultation.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2023

C no/low overshoot scenarios to set the ambition level for sub-portfolio and sector targets. At the global level, IPCC 1.5°C “As we head towards at least 2.4°C

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand , Head of ESG at AP7, explains how universal owner s can exert collaborative pressure to drive sustainable outcomes in the global economy. This, says Sydstrand, creates a “ripple effect” in the global economy.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Earlier this year , a benchmark study warned that several Canadian pension schemes have fallen behind global climate transition progress. However, CDPQ was identified as a climate leader following its decision to divest firms involved in oil production and refining and coal mining in 2022. ‘Green’ assets now make up 12.5%

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Divestment, while a contentious strategy, should be considered a last resort. This approach is vital not only for protecting nature and our climate but also for ensuring the sustainability and resilience of pension investments for members, steering us towards a more sustainable global economy.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

The resources included deep-dive guidelines for seven sectors – including asset owners, asset managers and banks; high-level guidance for 30 sectors of the global economy; and advice on how to undertake a transition planning cycle.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the corresponding energy crisis, inflation spike and political instability it inflicted on the global economy brought into question whether this act of military aggression should be seen as a help or hindrance to the energy transition. “In

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Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

In its latest synthesis report , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a “final warning”, calling for swift and decisive action to keep global average temperature rise to <1.5°C Averting this cataclysm requires the reduction of global anthropogenic greenhouse (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Engagement ring.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

It is through good stewardship that corporate engagement can drive high carbon emitting companies to develop and implement a net zero transition plan, which will ultimately help to decarbonise the global economy,” says Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Pension funds are confronted with immense pressures such as meeting their liabilities, managing deficits, navigating turbulent global economies, and coping with growing regulatory burdens. California’s proposed divestment laws addresses the systemic risk of climate change, he says. It can be an uneasy relationship.

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Foley & Hoag

MARCH 7, 2022

Note that any divestment or transfer of covered debt or equity must be to a non-U.S. As with General License 9A, any divestment or transfer must be to a non-U.S. Without access to SWIFT, these Russian banks are effectively cut off from participating in the global economy. 14024, until June 24, 2022.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought our global economy to a standstill, with fears of the worst recession since 1929. Economies around the world are reeling from the cascading shocks wrought upon them since the beginning of March. (This post was published earlier this year on Medium.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2 trillion in assets, have committed to divest. Student divestment movements have succeeded in removing fossil fuels from a number of universities in 2021.

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