3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Natron's cutting-edge sodium-ion batteries presented an ideal opportunity to both potentially expand our sustainability investment portfolio to our ground operations, and to help make our airport operations more resilient. Learn more about their sustainability investments here: [link].

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Misser welcomed the change in mindset related to sustainability globally, with business recognizing the value of sustainability investments, knowledge, and impact. Amy Springsteel , also welcomed the addition of the Guidance document. “ AccountAbility CEO, Mr. Sunil (Sunny) A. Springsteel said.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, ESG investing remains far from being a business-as-usual practice, and there has been a backlash from conservative investors and politicians (particularly in the United States) who view it as politicizing investment decisions.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

Authorized certifiers review documents and inspect fields to ensure farmers and products meet these rigorous standards. And 40 years of published scientific research supports the many benefits of organic agriculture on human health, soil health, and the ecosystem.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Shareholder proposals provide an early warning signal of risks and opportunities for management and boards," said Heidi Welsh, executive director of the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2). Over time, the shareholder resolution process has evolved to offer an additional benefit.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When it comes to investing, sustainable investment funds grew 15% last year , and more than half of investors plan to boost sustainable investments in the coming year. With this shift the expectation for sustainability professionals is to become more operational, more action-oriented and more data-driven.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The European Supervisory Authority (ESA) proposed creating two fund categories, one for sustainable funds and another for transition funds, while the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) suggested introducing three categories. ESMA is expected to publish further SFDR guidance and a Q&A document next year.

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Invested $150 million in nearly 40 companies through Prologis Ventures since 2016, including those focused on innovation in ESG and sustainability. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this document except as may be required by law. KEYWORDS: prologis, NYSE: PLD, Net Zero, ESG.

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2024

Sacha Sadan, FCA’s Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, said: “Confirming the new anti-greenwashing guidance and our proposals to extend the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels regime are important milestones that maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of sustainable investment.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

GRI was pleased to host its own event, Aligning Private Sector Disclosures with the Sustainable Development Agenda- Launch of Carrots & Sticks Report , during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC. GRI was delighted by the high level of interest in the new resources and glad to welcome over 100 participants at the launch event.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 24, 2025

The signing of merger documents marks the beginning, not the end, of the real work and post-merger integration contains more unknowns and greater complexity than the transaction itself, requiring sustained investment in change management and stakeholder engagement. Integration deserves more attention than the transaction.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 7, 2023

This might include well-documented plans for mothballing facilities and timelines for staff retirements or reassignments. On this point, the report is weak, and more work needs to be done. Fossil fuel companies will need to assure investors that they mean what they say about a phase-out date.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The right to engage Sophie Demaré, Sustainability Investment Analyst for Fixed Income at Federated Hermes, echoes these sentiments. Market participants are paying special attention to the transparency of covenants, transaction documents and use of proceeds. “To Bondholders just have different rights, and levers for engagement.”

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2023

Court added: “This action should send a message to the financial services industry that ASIC is continuing to focus on greenwashing broadly, in statements to the market, disclosure documents, marketing material and on social media. Industry using social media to promote green claims are not immune from ASIC action. “We

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3BL Media

MAY 22, 2024

But we do know that it can be hard to compare active strategies amid different definitions of sustainability and diverse investing processes. And evolving ESG regulation, which may be intended to simplify sustainable investing, often adds to the confusion. Third-party ESG metrics are useful but have well-documented flaws.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Bradley’s’ participation in this leadership standard provides their customers access to diamonds with the highest level of transparency for origin, ethical stewardship, climate neutrality, sustainable production as well as sustainability investments all documented on individual certificates.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Analysis conducted earlier this year by data and research provider Morningstar Sustainalytics identified 4,300 EU-domiciled funds with ESG or sustainability-related terms in their names, noting that 44% of funds with ‘sustainable’ in their name would need to increase their sustainable investment allocations, adjust their methodologies or rebrand.

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

The 2021 Annual Review & ESG Report , titled “A Strong Foundation,” combines details about the bank’s financial and ESG performance in one document. This includes supporting customers by providing sustainable investing and financing opportunities related to their transition to a more sustainable future.

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Chris Hall

MAY 28, 2024

There does, however, remain some ambiguity around ESG-related terms that aren’t explicitly mentioned in the guidelines – including “responsible”. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also established an 80% threshold for ESG investment strategies specifically linked to the investment focus that the fund name suggests.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The indicator would assess the “[p]ercentage of women, men, indigenous peoples, and local communities (IPLCs) with secure rights to land, property, and natural resources, measured by (a) percentage with legally documented or recognized evidence of tenure, and (b) percentage who perceive their rights are recognized and protected.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

Alongside the TSP, the alliance has published a background document which further elaborates on its approach to, and perspective of, investment portfolio decarbonisation in the next five years.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

To tackle this, we found that sharing real-life success stories from our investments was helpful. We started documenting both financial and impact results and celebrating our small and big wins to inspire action at a larger scale.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

SDSN has partnered with the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment , the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre , and Equitable Origin to create a shared understanding of how the renewable energy sector can most effectively contribute to the SDGs.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Taskforce’s members are comprised of representatives from pensions schemes, asset managers, and cross-industry collaboration groups, including from Aegon, IFM Investors, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and ShareAction.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

GFANZ is due to respond to concerns – that the Expected Emission Reductions methodology would greenlight continued allocation to high emitters without engagement to ensure implementation of credible transition plans – in an updated document before COP28.

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Jon Hale

MAY 27, 2022

But as we have shown in our Sustainable-Investing Framework , there are numerous ways to address sustainability issues in an investment strategy. This can leave investors confused and result in a mismatch between investor expectations and investment outcomes. What’s in the “Names Rule” proposal?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to clamp down on so-called greenwashing by, in effect, giving protected status to key terms connected with ESG-led investing. “It But at least with the new regime it will no longer be possible to bury caveats at the back of fund documents,” he said. Simplified regime.

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Chris Hall

MAY 8, 2022

Firms that complete ACT’s assessment can publish their scores in annual reports and other documents to “publicly demonstrate measurable developments in corporate culture”, it said. Apiramy Jeyarajah, Head of UK Wholesale at Aviva Investors, said ACT was “an important step” for the sector to become more equitable and sustainable.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 3, 2024

NZAOA members are signalling to asset managers that aligning with their best long-term interests, protecting their portfolios from climate risk and driving change at a systemic level is “material to mandates”, said Jake Barnett, Managing Director of Sustainable Investment Strategies at US faith-based investor Wespath.

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2024

In its own response to the King’s Speech, the FRC maintained there were serious gaps in the regulatory toolkit that needed to be addressed, so that it could act fully in the public interest.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Participants were asked to focus on a critical problem for sustainable investing, namely how technology can be used to help “monitor, collate and identify” examples of greenwashing from financial services firms’ websites, social media platforms and other documentation or data that is able to be shared across jurisdictions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

At the end of its formal mandate, the taskforce plans to publish a document setting out a forward pathway. “Therefore, a coherent whole-of-government response is required – as well as one that is integrated with responses at the corporate and financial services levels.” It is absolutely critical that these are being taken together.”

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Bloomberg, Normative, Sugi, ISS ESG, FE fundinfo and MSCI. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Broadridge, ESG Book, Ada Fintech, Redington, Greyparrot.ai, and Viridios.ai. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

While refugee initiatives may be increasingly important to asset owners, identifying companies that offer the actions Janakiram advocates has not been part of the mainstream ESG investing landscape. I am clear-eyed about how cynical people are about ESG. “We There is an ongoing education process with asset managers and owners.”.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

As bond shortcomings are more openly documented, issuers will have to raise their game to encourage greater participation. 1 Fatica, Serena and Panzica, Roberto, Sustainable Investing in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Bond Holdings and the COVID-19 Pandemic (December 21, 2021). A Framework for Selecting ESG-Labeled Bonds.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

Currently, the rating of responsible investment is simply another advisory service, but whether it takes on the appearance of strongly regulated credit ratings is open to question.”. The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) welcomed the FCA’s plans but said they would need to go further.

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