Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Prudence requires fiduciaries to act with “due care, skill and diligence” and invest as would an ordinary, prudent person. How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment? The 500+ page report focuses on sustainability impact in investor decision making. How are attitudes changing?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Extreme climate-related events can reduce a property’s value by between 5-20%, according to the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Last year, UNEP FI published guidance outlining the kinds of resilient buildings needed to cope with new climate extremes.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Africa contributes less than 3% to global emissions but is the most vulnerable continent in the world to the negative impacts form climate change. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says: “This vulnerability is driven by the prevailing low levels of socioeconomic growth in the continent. This is the case in Africa.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects. UNEP is working with national institutions and FIs to strengthen domestic regulatory frameworks in order to address this challenge.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 20, 2023

Despite this trend, commentators like Dan Carlin, UNEP FI’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Program Lead, have made the case for further engagement with the fossil fuel industry. In fact, the total value of the institutions divesting is estimated to be US$40.5

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

This includes variation in genetic, phenotypic, phylogenetic, and functional attributes, as well as changes in abundance and distribution over time and space within and among species, biological communities and ecosystems.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called nitrogen pollution one of the biggest issues facing humanity, with officials from around the world gathering on 17 January to facilitate the implementation of two sustainable nitrogen management resolutions.

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Chris Hall

MAY 23, 2023

“Burkina Faso is probably not on the list of most asset owners’ areas to invest, but if we are putting public money to work in such a way that makes them more investable it increases the amount of investments in catalytic sectors like solar,” she added.

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