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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. She was generous with her time and provided a wealth of insight into “ethical investing,” as responsible investing was known then. .

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The JUST Report: Is Warren Buffett a Stakeholder Capitalist?

Just Capital

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Sign up for The JUST Report , our weekly newsletter that delivers curated, cutting-edge insights to help you stay informed, stay inspired, and stay steps ahead of the competition when it comes to delivering value to all your stakeholders. Axios spotlights JUST Capital data to make the case that ethical investing can produce financial returns.

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The Difference Between ESG and SRI, and How They Impact Investing

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Pacifists may choose not to invest in companies that manufacture weapons. Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity.

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Guest Post: The Biggest ESG Concern for Boards Isn’t What You Might Think

ESG Today

JULY 5, 2023

By: Amanda Carty, Managing Director of ESG & Data Intelligence at Diligent The concept of ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) has been in choppy waters this year with political resistance against ethical investing, as well as criticism of ESG as being virtue-signalling or supposedly distracting from financial returns.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

She argued that SWFs can create wealth for future generations by maintaining a diversified investment portfolio through a balance of risk and return across different asset classes and geographies, as well as investing in sustainable and innovative sectors for long-term growth.

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UK Shareholder Actions over ‘Greenwashing’ Likely to Grow

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Shareholder claims over ‘greenwashing’ are likely to grow in the UK as companies face increasing pressure from regulators and investors to publish ESG disclosures in their market-facing information. In the case of s90A, this also applies to other “published information” produced by a company, such as annual reports and accounts.

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Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The latter can explain different attitudes on key sustainable investment issues, such as allocations to armaments and energy, shaped both by past and more recent events. Approaches to the energy transition are inevitably informed by historical legacy.

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Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

Chris Hall

APRIL 30, 2024

Investor efforts As part of BBFAW’s assessments, investors can request a summary report on the performance of individual assessed companies, which they can use to inform future engagements. The BBFAW’s investor coalition – which collectively represented US$2.3

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ICYMI, ESG Investing is Growing up in Public

Chris Hall

JUNE 10, 2022

As Impax CEO Ian Simm said recently, attempts to define ESG investing have always been hard due to its dual heritage across ethical investing and risk management. The task has become harder still when sustainable, green and ESG vehicles are now ubiquitous and marketed as achieving almost any objective and solving any problem.

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The JUST Report: Dozens of CEOs Vow to Reduce Inequality

Just Capital

MAY 5, 2023

Companies within the Network will have access to leading research and data as well as a community of peers to share insights and inform action. From human rights to climate to job loss issues, the Financial Times’ Moral Money team asks if technology companies at the forefront of generative AI can be ethical investments.

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Tech Giants Under Pressure to Commit to Ethical AI

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The world’s “utility-like dependence” on social media and related information technologies has prompted increased scrutiny by investors of companies’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning capabilities. . The guidance will inform future engagement efforts across all the CoE’s investing bodies. .

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What happens if Indigenous people say no to mining the minerals needed to run EVs?

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Increasingly, Indigenous people and non-Indigenous allies, via consumer activism and ethical investing criteria, are having a significant impact on the economic bottom line of companies that do not source their raw materials in a manner that is environmentally and socially sustainable.

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End of an Era for Anti-Social Media

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Church of England’s (CoE) Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) published a report advising investors with Christian values on how to approach IT companies, covering issues such as data storage, human rights and AI ethics, which will inform future engagement efforts across all the CoE’s investing bodies. .

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Public Pension Plans Face up to Politicisation

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

These include prohibiting the state’s pension system and banks that hold public funds from using ESG factors, and requesting ESG information from suppliers in the procurement process.

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ESG Impact Zone

Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

The JUST Report: Is Warren Buffett a Stakeholder Capitalist?

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The Difference Between ESG and SRI, and How They Impact Investing

Guest Post: The Biggest ESG Concern for Boards Isn’t What You Might Think

Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

UK Shareholder Actions over ‘Greenwashing’ Likely to Grow

Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

ICYMI, ESG Investing is Growing up in Public

The JUST Report: Dozens of CEOs Vow to Reduce Inequality

Tech Giants Under Pressure to Commit to Ethical AI

What happens if Indigenous people say no to mining the minerals needed to run EVs?

End of an Era for Anti-Social Media

Public Pension Plans Face up to Politicisation

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