ESG Today

APRIL 17, 2024

Mr Chia Der Jiun, Managing Director, MAS, said: “ASEAN’s sizeable sustainable financing needs over the next decade present significant opportunities for Singapore’s financial centre to support the region’s transition to net zero.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Weak economic activity, high interest rates and myriad geopolitical pressures present significant headwinds for private equity, weighing down valuations and slowing investment at a time when the private capital is vital to accelerating the net zero transition.

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JULY 8, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including LGIM, Amundi, LOIM, Algebris, R&M, and Banor Capital. . Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) , which has £1.42 trillion in AUM, has launched the L&G Net Zero Global Corporate Bond Fund.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 20, 2024

And measuring the emissions avoided as a result of these technologies is key to understanding the impact of those investments,” said Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President, Sustainable Investing, Impax Asset Management. However, measuring avoided emissions can be tricky, and it’s common to overestimate them.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In the memo, Edwin Conway, Global Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors, and Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, wrote: “The transition to a low-carbon economy presents historic investment opportunities and challenges for clients – on par with the rise of emerging markets and digitization in recent decades. “We

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2024

CalSTRS Sustainable Investment Director Kirsty Jenkinson talks about taking a hard line on companies failing to disclose emissions properly and treating proxy voting as seriously as portfolio investments. A key aspect under the net zero transition category for CalSTRS, is methane mitigation.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dr Matthew Chadwick, Lead Research Analyst at Cornwall Insight said: “As the UK transitions to net zero, energy generation will become increasingly dominated by intermittent renewable generators. A poll of 83 attendees was conducted as part of a joint Cornwall Insight and Weightmans webinar on co-location presented on 20 July 2022.

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3BL Media

MARCH 15, 2024

Because of this, we use EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert as a development platform to present meaningful data and automate reporting and notifications. Our team can also help you justify sustainability investments to your executives and get the most from your efforts.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 5, 2024

The fundamental principle of sustainability is to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. In addition, we use tracking programs to monitor and manage our environmental performance and calculate our annual carbon footprint.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Particularly timely is the release of its new ‘too-little-too-late’ scenario, which illustrates the adverse consequences of delayed and divergent climate policy ambitions globally, in which countries with net zero targets achieve them only partially (80%), while other countries follow current policies. C goalposts ).

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Chris Hall

APRIL 23, 2024

Policies, regulations and wider laws are among the many elements that set the path and guide them on their journey to net zero. When asked to identify barriers to climate solutions-focused investments in Australia, 40% cited policy and regulatory uncertainty – a decrease from 70% the previous year. trillion) in assets.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

The two nations also agreed to establish a Net Zero Government Working Group to bolster the decarbonisation of public services, climate‑related disclosures, and sustainable procurement.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This included the creation of the firm’s net zero investment framework, portfolio analytics tool, scenario modelling and climate reporting. Promoting private credit Hay will lead the development and execution of the sustainable investing strategy for Fidelity’s private credit capabilities.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 3, 2024

Asset owners committed to net zero have outlined heightened expectations around asset manager assistance on climate-related voting and engagement. The webinar presented two case studies for each of the three guideline topics.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Below is a summary of the discussions and key recommendations for achieving net zero emissions by mid-century. Learn more in her presentation linked below. Santiago Gomez Ramos, Energy Management Director for Acciona , presented the private sector perspective, “We have power planning happening in five continents.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

Investors must now apply a double materiality perspective to their sustainable investment process to ensure real economy impacts, according to Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Capital Management. What next for sustainable investing?

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 19, 2022

Louis Bromfield, Lead Sustainable Investment Associate, Foresight Capital Management, identifies the changes needed for mining to play its part in the green transition. will also play an important role decarbonising the sector through their Net Zero Mining services. The role of mining in the energy transition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2023

According to a recent Morningstar report , net deposits into Climate Transition fund have quadrupled over the past 18 months to US$5.8. Investments through the fund “supports them in their carbon reporting and achievement of their roadmap to reduce emissions,” she added.

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3BL Media

JUNE 17, 2022

Announced plans to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions, integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Accelerating sustainability investments to enable design for recyclability and more circular plastics.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Under SFDR, Article 8 portfolios should promote “environmental or social characteristics, or a combination of those characteristics, provided that the companies in which the investments are made follow good governance practices.” Article 9 portfolios should have “an objective of sustainable investments,” according to SFDR.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

While Asia ’s energy companies are responding positively to climate-related engagements from investors as they demonstrate progress on net zero, decommissioning their most polluting plants remains a steep challenge.

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3BL Media

MAY 4, 2022

Today’s bond market presents unique opportunities for responsible investing in the form of ESG-labeled bonds. Patrick O'Connell, CFA | Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Research. Tiffanie Wong, CFA | Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Portfolio Management; Director—US Investment-Grade Credit.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

As the climate crisis has worsened, pressure on publicly-listed companies to make net zero commitments and transition to low-carbon operations and products has intensified. C temperature pathway), they engage with investee firms that are not yet net zero-aligned to discuss the steps needed to decarbonise their operations. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is leading to a rapid reappraisal of ESG risks by asset owners, including enhanced scrutiny of human rights and governance risks across portfolios, and a reaffirmed commitment to net zero targets. . How are companies replacing those business ties?”? .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In particular, King’s Business School made the case for MDBs raising their present 11% ratio for private sector finance mobilisation and developing their risk appetite without damaging their credit ratings. But a new academic study said they were still underperforming their potential.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including DWS, T. The ESG Women for Women fund is managed exclusively by women, investing in companies that have strong social values and fair working conditions for women. “The

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The International Energy Agency estimates that US$1 trillion a year to 2050 will need to be spent in developing economies to achieve net-zero GHG emissions. This presents a compelling addressable market, argued Matt Christ, Portfolio Manager in Fixed Income at Ninety One.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Mark Carney’s US$130-trillion Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has lost two pension funds and a consulting company in recent weeks, and some large U.S. and Canadian banks and large investment managers. . Greenwashing is truly a clear and present danger.”. He writes on sustainable business and finance.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Last year, Schroders found that almost 60% of the 700 global investors included in its 2023 institutional investor survey identified impact investment as their preferred approach to sustainable investing. The post Asset Managers Can Move Needle on Impact appeared first on ESG Investor.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

At the start of 2021, leading investors openly recognize that climate change presents a massive systemic risk and a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. With increasing public, government and shareholder attention on climate, here are three ways sustainable finance leaders will emerge in 2021. Integrate climate into core business.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Last year, Schroders found that almost 60% of the 700 global investors included in its 2023 institutional investor survey identified impact investment as their preferred approach to sustainable investing. The post Large Managers Can Move Needle on Impact appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Last year, Schroders found that almost 60% of the 700 global investors included in its 2023 institutional investor survey identified impact investment as their preferred approach to sustainable investing. The post Asset Managers Can Move Needle on Impact appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Notably, the alternative space includes investments that span the ESG spectrum, from impact investments to green infrastructure, indicating a preference for ESG-earmarked capital to be invested along more traditional lines.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

trillion AUM, said establishing an “ambitious GBF” was key to meeting the opportunity for “transformative change” that COP15 presents to address the biodiversity crisis. A joint paper said reforming the US$1.8

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Fiduciary duty concern Herein lies the challenge: while a growing number of large asset owners are waking up to the fact that there’s “nowhere to hide” when you own large chunks of an economy, the present investment paradigm does not easily lend itself to tackling systemic risk, says Maria Nazarova-Doyle, Head of Pension Investments and Responsible (..)

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

They are also dwarfed by engagement on other sustainable investment priorities, such as climate change, and nature preservation and restoration. “I’m You can’t have a transition to a net zero economy without upholding the rights of the people and workers who are going to make it happen,” Clarke insists.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At COP26, the FABLE Argentina team participated in the side event ' Is it possible to achieve carbon neutrality for the AFOLU sector in Argentina? ', hosted by Euroclima+ and presented their modelling results, as part of their collaboration with Argentina's government to develop its Long-Term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change 2020-2050.

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