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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Reduced cost of capital Sustainable investments often attract a broader base of investors, including socially responsible investment funds and individuals looking for ethical investment opportunities. Another way companies reduce operational costs is through investing in a sustainable supply chain.

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

3BL Media

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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Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

Chris Hall

In addition, 73% of assessed companies with eggs in their supply chains now have cage-free egg commitments. Just 9% of companies with pigs in their supply chains have set credible targets to end the use of sow stalls and gestation crates – small metal enclosures that are banned the UK and Sweden.

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

ESG Today

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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The JUST Report: Dozens of CEOs Vow to Reduce Inequality

Just Capital

As analysis we’ve just released shows some companies like Accenture and MSCI are encouraging or requiring their supply chain vendors to pay their workers a living wage. Home Depot recently invested $1 billion to increase wages despite slumping sales. The good news is that companies are responding.

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This Week’s Fund News: BNPP AM Targets Hydrogen, MedTech

Chris Hall

Alternative asset manager Gresham House has unveiled its new Forest Charter, which outlines its sustainability framework for all forestry investments. It covers a range of topics, including carbon emissions, biodiversity and supply chain sustainability. Carbon credits are also produced by planting new productive woodland. “The

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Breaking Down Responsible Investment

Sense and Sustainability

indigenous populations), as well as working conditions throughout the supply chain (e.g. This form of investment has been observed in Scandinavia, where responsible investing was principally known as ‘ Ethical Investing ’ for a long time; the term is loaded with moral severity.