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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Chris Hall

MAY 24, 2024

David Byrns, Portfolio Manager at American Century, explains why transition investing is fundamental to achieving net zero. While global sustainable investments reached US$30.3 Best-in-progress approach American Century launched a new strategy called Global Sustainable Value in November 2023. “The

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Many also signed up to the Net Zero Investment Managers Initiative and the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Many investment managers and asset owners – which at that time committed to net zero – didn’t fully appreciate how they were going to meet their objectives.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

The investment community may have limited control over net zero targets, but it can enable better outcomes, says London Business School Executive Fellow Tom Gosling. This requires a different skill set.” In Gosling’s view, asset owner groupings are not engaging enough in this.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2024

Story time – The halfway point of the calendar year brings forth a stream of impact and sustainability reports from asset managers and owners, particularly in the UK, as signatories also comply with their obligations under the Stewardship Code. Sounds familiar? That’s because it is.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2 trillion in AUM, according to a report by the Global Investing Network. Sustainability trends 2023: Net-Zero roadmaps.

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

PE firms have helped to grow the popularity of impact investing. According to a report published by Ceres , the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has grown to 128 investors who collectively manage $43 trillion. A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This is why we are delighted that IIGCC has been selected to collaborate with partners in this space to develop the Nature Action 100 initiative, leveraging our experience in supporting successful corporate engagements on climate change and net zero in a new area. Andrew Niebler, co-founder, Karner Blue Capital, LLC.,

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Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2024

In many ways, it sets a challenge for asset owners in holding their managers to account for better delivery.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Man GLG, UBS AM, Aon, Clean Growth Fund, Foresight, Azalea and SUSI Partners. .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

“My role is to oversee the sustainability approach we take across all this: what our priorities and principles should be, which actions to take, which data to collect, and how to message that to our stakeholders,” he said, reflecting on his incumbent role.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 19, 2024

Some are also identifying synergies with the natural capital investments they are making as part of their sustainable investment strategies. Manulife has sought to maximise the carbon sequestration impact of timberland investments by choosing to invest in forests with slightly lower overall productivity.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

With responsible investing having evolved from a niche strategy to a global trend over the past two decades, significant tailwinds have driven growth in membership of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), as asset owners and managers increasingly recognise the importance of incorporating ESG risk and performance.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2024

In its current form, its contribution to real-world sustainability impact is limited,” the book reads. But it also offers reasons to be hopeful, as a wholesale reappraisal of sustainable investing – including the establishment of minimum ethical standards – could help investors to “make a difference”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 5, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including Octopus Energy, Nest, GLIL Infrastructure, CPP Investments, AimCo, Railpen, ICG, Algebris Investments, JOHCM and Greenfinch. .

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Overall, the survey found that 78% of asset managers and 80% of asset owners globally expect assets in sustainable funds to grow in the next two years, with only 3% in each group expecting a decline in sustainable investment allocations or AUM over the same period.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 27, 2025

The regulatory roadmap for ESG has shifted once again, and asset owners need to be up to speed with how the changing policies, including in the UK and Europe, will aid or challenge, their ability to spot genuinely sustainable investments that align with their own compliance and sustainability objectives.

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