Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In particular, many states have enacted laws or other policies requiring state entities to integrate sustainability factors into their investment policies, processes and decisions. For instance, Illinois enacted the Illinois Sustainable Investing Act in 2019. Legislators in New Jersey have introduced a similar bill.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In May , Phoenix Group became the CA100+’s new Shell co-lead, following the Church of England stepping back from engagement after five years and divesting from the oil and gas giant the following month.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

In our progress report this year [following the new protocol], we hope to have deeper insights on emissions reductions that can be shared ahead of COP28 and the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement,” said Bolli. In 2022, NZAOA introduced a member-led process to review members’ published and report targets on an anonymised basis.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Through SIPs, trustees with 100 or more members are now expected to publicly state their – or their external managers’ – engagement policy and priorities, and explain in detail how they steward their sustainable investments.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Engagement and divestment both have a role to play The engagement versus divestment debate has been ongoing in the investor community. Studies have shown that divesting really works, both to cause the stock prices of climate-damaging stocks to fall and to create additional financial value.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

Oil and gas major Shell is under increasing pressure ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) on 23 May, with asset owners like PGGM and the Church of England Pensions Board announcing their support for a shareholder proposal calling for the company to align its Scope 3 emissions target with the Paris Agreement. Car manufacturer Toyota is facing (..)

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .

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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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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. Eight years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the energy transition remains “stuck”, according to Spaargaren.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development. Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% of inflation a year. “If

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2023

And while there are instructive parallels with the catalytic impact of the Paris Agreement on identifying and mitigating climate risks by the private sector, there are also important differences. You have to bear that in mind when considering your investment decisions,” she said.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) – an umbrella body which includes the NZIA and other sub-sector groups – announced that firms with US$130 trillion AUM had committed to reducing their financed emissions to net zero by 2050, to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Removing impediments.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She cited the massive growth of ESG initiatives as a great achievement but was wary of the lack of democratized data that can clearly define certain ESG investments as sustainable. Pretorius and Free agreed and claimed investors will expect even more from companies than mere divestment from non-renewable assets. said Free.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The World Bank estimates that a carbon price of $50 to $100 per ton of CO2 is required by 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Sustainable Investing – Greater Scrutiny. The divestment movement will wane. Jonas Rooze, manager of sustainability and climate research.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

degree Celsius increase in global temperatures, which is aligned with the Paris Agreement, and a 2 degree increase which is considered more likely based on recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

The stated purpose of the hearings was to decide whether current laws are sufficient to “deter anti-competitive collusion” to promote ESG-related goals in the investment industry. Even so, the hearings could be contributing to rising outflows from sustainable investment vehicles, with investor behaviour in the US diverging from elsewhere.

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Chris Hall

JULY 24, 2024

In June that year Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into state law one of the country’s first pieces of anti-ESG legislation, requiring state entities – including pension funds – to divest from companies that boycotted fossil fuel and firearms. Since then, anti-ESG legislation has become a craze among Republican-controlled states.

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