Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Sarah Peasey, Head of Europe ESG Investing at investment management firm Neuberger Berman and Co-chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s (IIGCC) Bondholder Stewardship working group, highlighted several challenges related to the alignment of labelled bonds with the net zero transition and other sustainability outcomes.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 25, 2022

C, leaving the global climate at risk, particularly for fast-rising sea levels and extreme weather events. For instance, governments have provided little clarity about how they’ll reach their net-zero carbon targets , mostly set for 2050 to 2060, that promise to take global warming projections nearer to 1.8°C. It’s hard to say.

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

Just a few months ago, in November 2021, Fifth Third settled the issuance of its inaugural Green Bond for $500 million. The proceeds will fund green projects that align with the Bank’s sustainability priorities as outlined in our Sustainable Bond Framework. With the issuance, Fifth Third became the first U.S.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So the fact that it needed some form of recognition at a global climate event seems curious. Gas projects were not widely backed by these bonds. Overwhelming investor interest consistently dwarfing the supply of green bonds is another factor driving lower financing costs for green projects.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2024

Modi feels the heat – Conducted in record temperatures , the world’s biggest exercise in democracy dealt a blow to the ego of incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but it’s less clear how the outcome of India’s general election will impact its net zero transition. billion) in green sovereign debt.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2024

Events this week reflected the complex nature of the net zero journeys facing companies, industries and governments. CEO Niels Christiansen also suggested the lack of investor pressure had eased the firm’s net zero journey. A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2022

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a new registry of 300 KPIs for sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) as part of a raft of new and updated publications and resources launched at its 2022 Annual Conference of the Principles. . SLBs are the fastest growing part of the bond market and amassed US$118.8

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Jon Hale

APRIL 22, 2022

The transition is already happening and is sure to gain momentum this decade given the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimate that the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions roughly in half by 2030 to reach net zero by 2050, in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. it encourages them to take action.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Fortunately for the climate cause, Bill Gates for the last half-decade has invested considerably toward innovations to push the planet toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Set a target to become net-zero enterprise, reimagining procurement and supply chains. In that spirit: Back innovations that go big.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“It is never about the individual, but the collective,” says Jodi-Ann Jue Xuan Wang, 26, the daughter of first-generation immigrants who advises investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero. She specializes in climate policy and finance, advising investors and governments on an equitable transition to net-zero.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Climate risk and resilience are largely modeled by insurance companies, looking at how a company’s assets may be affected by rising sea levels, extreme heat, increasing natural disasters and other future climate events as climate change worsens. While ESG funds are at all-time highs, increasing by 50% this year to $2.7

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) percent of its GDP. Skeptics have criticized its commitment for not going far enough. .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Navigating climate-related financial risks Climate changes financial impact is becoming increasingly clear amid more extreme weather events temperature rises and more frequent storms, as well as increased droughts in some regions and rising precipitation in others. Extreme weather events are becoming more and more frequent and costly.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

The approach is innovative in foreign and climate diplomacy, explains AFSI’s Graham, where 2+2 formats usually involve a defence and foreign minister.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

But recent events and trends are causing the financial centres of London, New York and Toronto to rethink support for climate finance. Energy security has become an overriding concern in the last two years as oil and gas prices have shot up, and sustainable finance has faced an increasingly hostile political environment in the United States.

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