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AllianceBernstein: Four Counterpoints to ESG Investing Critics

3BL Media

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today

Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Operations Rio Tinto Acquires Arcadium Lithium for $6.7 Solar PV Manufacturing Capacity Green Data Center Solutions Provider Submer Raises $55.5

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Guest Post: Six Steps Leaders Can Take to Accelerate Their Sustainability Transformation Efforts

ESG Today

A clear sustainability business case should also be well articulated and understood by the board, management team, and employees as well as external audiences such as investors and customers. Close the perception gap As sustainability initiatives become more prevalent across companies, consumers are becoming more skeptical of greenwashing.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.

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In wild west of sustainable investing, which mutual funds are the most responsible?

Corporate Knights

If 2020 was the year sustainable investing went mainstream, then 2021 was the year it was tested. As of spring, the sustainable investment ecosystem is looking ripe for growth, with even more new mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the market. Overall, 2021 was a mixed bag for sustainable investing.

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Impact Without Boundaries

Chris Hall

Despite growing investor appetite, it is increasingly recognised by investors, intermediaries and regulators that the impact investing market is being held back by a lack of consensus on its definition, beyond the broadest of terms. With an average 3.5 ESMA plans to undertake further considerations for index and impact funds.

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Managers’ Eyes on SFDR Prize

Chris Hall

The Commission has finally given us clarity on the general orientation of the RTSs,” says Victor van Hoorn , Executive Director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif). . He adds that instruments for which sustainability data is “lacking” will not be accepted as Article 9 products. .