Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2023

The European Banking Federation (EBF) raised similar concerns to EFAMA and Eurosif, and added in its consultation response that it had to be recognised that a large part of investable companies were not subject to ESRS. “Without clear guidance it may be difficult to obtain meaningful data on new indicators,” it said.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Policy reform, best practice and legal judgments are redefining the relationship between fiduciary duty and sustainable investment. In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns.

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UNEP Net Zero Sustainable Investment Stranded Assets 52

Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

WWF International’s Battle says that scientists are only just beginning to understand the systems and processes that allow life to thrive in the deep ocean, and how it helps to regulate the climate. “This lack of scientific knowledge means we cannot possibly develop informed regulations for this new industry,” Battle notes.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The TNFD’s LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) has proved a popular and easy-to-apply methodology for helping companies report their sustainable investing activities in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) disclosures or regulatory directives such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

This new land-rights indicator has achieved a high level of consensus: it has been endorsed by 30 civil society organizations, supported by a network of development partners, suggested by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and recommended by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

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UNEP Development Sustainable Investment 52

Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1 trillion investment in adaptation measures [9]. For many institutional investors, physical risks remain ‘terra incognita’.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“We encourage international standard setters and regulatory authorities to consider how the [TNFD] framework can be rapidly adopted into corporate reporting requirements,” said James Alexander, Chief Executive of UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), adding that the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) should “turn (..)

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CDP Banking Corporate Social Responsibility UNEP 64

Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

Investors are increasingly recognising the need for biodiversity and nature-related data, even as still nascent information streams prove difficult to navigate. Its three-year plan is to work with companies, financial institutions and nature-focused organisations to develop harmonised biodiversity measurement tools and approaches.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fixing the Business of Food The project team led by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment issued its 2021 project report that provides an update on the food and agribusiness sector’s alignment with the SDGs, as well as offering guidelines to help companies accomplish the change of direction needed to address this challenge.

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COP26 Decarbonize Development Climate Action Tracker 52

Richard Matthews

APRIL 20, 2022

Sustainable capitalism also invites efforts to reinforce sustainability as a fiduciary issue, create advisory services for sustainable asset management, expand the range and depth of sustainable investment products; reconsider the appropriate definition for growth beyond GDP and integrate sustainability into business education at all levels.

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Development Waste Value Creation UNEP 59

Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C temperature pathway. Last year, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) ‘ Emissions Gap Report ’ said climate policies enacted worldwide could result in 2.8°C It’s hoped that this will fan the flames of ambition at COP28 in Dubai and inform the next set of NDCs. C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C

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Net Zero Paris Agreement Climate Change UNEP 52

Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

On 15 May, over 20 state attorneys-general sent a letter to NZIA and Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) members, asking for information on their relationship to the alliances and commitments made. McCully said the mass exodus is down to increasing pressure from opposing US Republican politicians. Recipients were given a month to respond.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

ISS ESG, the sustainable investment-focused arm of ISS STOXX, announced today the launch of launched a customizable version of its Climate Impact Report, designed to help investors assess and communicate their climate-related target setting, risk management, reporting, and engagement activities.

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