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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

Finance professionals make up a fraction of the global population but are positioned to make and incentivize decisions that can shape the trajectory of the global economy," observed Ogechukwu Anyene, energy consulting manager at PowerAdvocate, who was part of the Emerging Leaders cohort at GreenBiz Group’s inaugural GreenFin event.

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Guest Post – Investing in Resilience: The Insurance Industry’s Role in the Net-Zero Transition

ESG Today

We must look to the future by enabling an economy-wide transition to net-zero; and focus on the present by helping society to adapt and become more resilient to climate risks. The insurance industry manages trillions of dollars in assets globally. In response, we believe that collective efforts need to look in two directions.

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Digital Adoption Essential for Financial Health and Resilience of Small Businesses Globally

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: WASHINGTON, November 10, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Small business owners in emerging economies are facing multiple challenging circumstances, from rising prices and high import costs to new obstacles posed by climate disasters. From April 2021 to April 2022, the number of active digital users (one year active) increased by more than 1.1

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A Hidden Risk — And Opportunity — in Clean Energy: Why the Energy Transition Cannot Happen Unless it Addresses Women’s Unpaid Care Work

James Militzer

As investments in the clean energy transition grow, and social innovators expand access to clean energy solutions, these solutions must be intentionally designed to engage women and address their heavy and unequal responsibility for unpaid care work, to ensure that no one is left behind.

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This Week’s Fund News: Mediolanum Picks KBI, Pictet for Circular Fund

Chris Hall

Invesco has launched its Invesco Environmental Climate Opportunities (ECO) Bond Fund , which offers UK investors income and growth while supporting the transition to a low-carbon global economy. The fund has already invested around £1.3

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

In this article, I’ll summarise key events defining 2022 and present four sustainability trends that will prepare you to create an impact in 2023. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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From Rhetoric to Practice

Chris Hall

C target set by the Paris Climate Agreement, and clearly demonstrates that passive investing in the main benchmarks is not aligned with ESG/SDG targets, and hence detrimental to the long-term health of our planet. The same issue is present with exchange-traded funds. This would be nearly double the 1.5°C Creating confusion.