Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

COP27 deadline for Green Finance Strategy likely to be missed, as investors await details on sustainable investment framework. Investors are expecting details this week on the new UK government’s strategy on energy and inflation, but time is running out for updates on key climate and green finance policies ahead of COP27.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2024

As a result, the NGO warned greenwashing – whereby funds make sustainability claims that are not backed up by the performance or impact of their investments – was a rising concern in the world’s second-largest economy. While China has been far behind more developed markets on this issue, it is slowly improving, Greenpeace said.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

“Asset managers have always been reviewing and tweaking their funds – that’s nothing new – but as ESG expands across all markets, tweaking is happening with sustainability in mind,” says Hortense Bioy, Global Director of Sustainability Research at research provider Morningstar.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tim Day, Investment Fund Manager at Trina Solar, explains the importance of Europe’s sustainable investment community in the growth of solar power. It’s no secret that the renewable energies industry is crucial to meeting the needs of society without harming the planet for present and future generations.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

This alphabetized list of PEs is composed of firms that focus on one or more of the following SDGs: Climate action, clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, quality education, innovation and infrastructure, life below water, and life on land. billion to invest in companies that provide solutions to environmental or social challenges.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

Is the nuclear industry using a smokescreen of net-zero to cover up its sustainability problems? After months of contentious debate, the EU agreed to add natural gas and nuclear to its EU taxonomy, the official list of acceptable sustainable investments to help Europe finance its ambitious climate goals.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

At present, CCS removes around 40 megatons of CO2 (MtCO2) from the atmosphere, annually but by 2030 under a net zero scenario, this must rise to 1,700. The definition of a sustainable investment in the EU taxonomy, adds Hieminga, will help CCS development, as gas has been labelled as a green investment.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

“It’s an unparalleled and historic piece of climate legislation that’s likely to be a significant catalyst for driving investment into the country’s [net zero] transition for years to come,” says Nikita Singhal, Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG at Lazard Asset Management.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 2, 2025

Aconsequence of this pushback came on New Years Eve, when global financial behemoths Bank of America and Citigroup left the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, one of the investment industry climate coalitions championed by the United Nations. Sustainable Investment Forum (US SIF). What does this mean for the year ahead?

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