ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For the study, Deloitte’s 2024 CxO Sustainability Report, Deloitte and market research firm KS&R surveyed more than 2,100 C-level executives in 27 countries, across a broad range of industries and enterprise sizes, ranging from $500 million in revenues to over $10 billion.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 15, 2025

Our team attending and presenting included our local Associate, Sustainera Solutions with Ilkin Hajiyev and team. They worked in collaboration with AzerSun Holding as an official sponsor of COP29, consulting on sustainability topics and events. Read more about the Blue and Green Zone events our team presented in here.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

ESG portfolios not only have outperformed traditional financial assets this year, but also a data analysis prepared by Morningstar, a financial advisory research firm, concluded that almost 60 percent of sustainable investments delivered higher returns than comparable funds over the past decade.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

Water is one of the nine themes that make up the sustainable investment philosophy at Essex. However, William Page, portfolio manager at Essex Investment Management Company, pointed out the other eight themes are all closely connected to water as well. . Essex: Water is an expression of climate change at a local level.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As the COP28 meeting begins and the world looks to the financial sector to step up on the climate crisis, the global sustainable investment industry is finally coming to grips with allegations of greenwashing that have plagued it for years. Sustainable Investment Forum (U.S. trillion. “We Maria Lettini, CEO of the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This October, Toronto played host to more than 2000 leaders in sustainable finance from around the world for the PRI in Person conference. The event presented a unique opportunity for the Canadian government to make up for years of foot-dragging and take a leadership position on climate finance policy on an international stage.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Republican denunciations of sustainable investing are an absurd caricature of the industry, but they have helped to expose the confusion and lack of standardization in ESG assessments, making the industry and the money managers that rely on them vulnerable to attacks from both climate-concerned investors and business-as-usual conservatives. .

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 3, 2022

and Canadian banks and large investment managers. . Greenwashing is truly a clear and present danger.”. But in the last 12 months, there has been heavy criticism over the lack of climate action by GFANZ’s leading members, most notably U.S. Former U.S.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Natron's cutting-edge sodium-ion batteries presented an ideal opportunity to both potentially expand our sustainability investment portfolio to our ground operations, and to help make our airport operations more resilient. Learn more about their sustainability investments here: [link].

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ESG Today

APRIL 13, 2023

The regulation includes classification levels for sustainability-focused investment funds, including ‘Article 8’ funds that “promote environmental or social characteristics or a combination of those characteristics,” and the more stringent ‘Article 9’ funds, “which have sustainable investment as their objective.”

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2024

After months of contentious debate, the EU agreed to add natural gas and nuclear to its EU taxonomy, the official list of acceptable sustainable investments to help Europe finance its ambitious climate goals. By 2022, the conversation around nuclear was shifting around the globe.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2024

Deram said: “As Flexstone’s clients continue to develop sustainable investment strategies, we are thrilled to have someone as experienced and talented as Samira leading this effort. In addition to her role at Flexstone, Boussem teaches Sustainable investing at Université Paris Dauphine—PSL. ”

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Japan has staked out a leadership position in sustainable investing. Still, two of its largest industries, energy and seafood, present continued environmental risks. Two reports call out opportunities to reduce risks and reap benefits by going green.

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ESG Today

MAY 13, 2024

Each of the new funds are classified as Article 9 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) indicating that they have sustainable investment as their objective, and will have 100% of fund investment invested in sustainable investments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Having reached the standards required to obtain a label, the global investment manager also encouraged peers to “keep trying” in order to support the flow of capital to low-carbon and sustainable investment opportunities. million of investment by the end of October. billion (US$164.4

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Chris Hall

MARCH 21, 2025

Sustainable investment opportunities and risks are slowly beginning to emerge as Europe outlines its plans to rearm. The EC presented its Readiness 2030 white paper, outlining its strategic priorities for rebuilding Europes defence capabilities, and provided more detail on its 800 billion (US$867 billion) ReArm Europe plan.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When it comes to investing, sustainable investment funds grew 15% last year , and more than half of investors plan to boost sustainable investments in the coming year. Sustainability remains a critical priority, and the participants at Climate Week NYC were fully committed to advancing it.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

announced the launch of its new Sustainable Investments 2030 Strategy, aimed at accelerating its transition to a net zero emissions portfolio, and including a new pledge to invest $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 1, 2023

A European green taxonomy The European Union has produced a green taxonomy that mostly excludes fossil fuel projects from the sustainability label, though it controversially includes some natural gas uses and nuclear as “sustainable” investments.

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ESG Today

JUNE 19, 2024

In October 2023, the Swiss Federal Department of Finance (FDF) announced plans to introduce regulations this year to implement its position on greenwashing, but added that it will hold off on its regulatory efforts if the financial industry presents a self-regulation solution that meets the Council’s position.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 24, 2025

While integration will always present challenges, the time saved compared to building something from scratch can be tremendous. And yet, given the interconnected nature of our sector, its increasingly likely that an aligned partner has already built what you need (if in a different geography or with a slightly different approach).

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GreenBiz

MAY 10, 2021

Tying in this analogy to our present-day world means that any economy’s progress in the coming years would be driven by practices, policies and programs that are sustainable for our neighborhoods, our cities, our countries and our Earth. Advisor support associate at Horizons Sustainable Financial Services. Bryanna Briley.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

However, according to the reports findings, only 6% of environmental and social proposals are successful, suggesting that shareholder voting has only limited influence in the pivot towards sustainable investment. But the volume of engagements makes it hard to be heard above the noise.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

Anna Murray, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing at OTPP, said: “This year we are emphasizing the role of the Audit Committee in managing climate change risks. We believe their oversight will play an increasingly crucial role in helping companies navigate the challenges presented by climate change.”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

ESG-related assets under management are projected to exceed US$50 trillion in 2025, reflecting the growing demand for sustainable investments. The issuance of ultra-long bonds tied to biodiversity conservation attracted substantial investor interest, demonstrating confidence in sustainable financial instruments.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 14, 2024

It includes financial operators and other organizations interested in the environmental and social impact of investments. The Forum’s mission is to promote the knowledge and practice of sustainable investing, with the goal of spreading the inclusion of environmental, social and governance ( ESG ) criteria in financial products and processes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The European Supervisory Authority (ESA) proposed creating two fund categories, one for sustainable funds and another for transition funds, while the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) suggested introducing three categories. InfluenceMap also reported that Article 8 funds had cumulatively invested 43.8

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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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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2024

We presented the 2024 BICEP Awards during an amazing week of advocacy focused on maximizing the nationwide surge in clean energy investment. Aaron and Kyle’s strategic and bold maneuver matches the spirit of this award named in Ryan’s honor, and we are proud to present it to them this year. Senate Climate Champion: Sen.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

4th webinar presented, focusing on what carbon offsets can – and can’t – do as part of our Climate Action webinar series. We regularly leverage our operational experts such as KKR Capstone and our Sustainable Investing subject-matter experts to help our portfolio companies develop, shape, and enhance their climate-focused strategies.

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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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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Pacifists may choose not to invest in companies that manufacture weapons. Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity. In the U.S.,

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 20, 2024

What immediate and then the longer-term trends could we be monitoring to identify sustainable investment opportunities in 2024 and 2025, and well beyond? What “mega forces” are at work today re-shaping the global capital markets and presenting investment opportunities (or, presenting risk in ignoring opportunities)?

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ESG Today

JULY 7, 2022

The comments were made in his conference presentation, entitled “Why Investors Need Not Worry About Climate Risk,” where Kirk suggested that more of a focus should be made on directing capital to climate adaptation rather than climate mitigation. If companies believe in diversity and speaking up, they need to walk the talk.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

Greater diversity among sustainable investment teams is not just about sustainability professionals practising what they preach, but diversity of thought also delivers greater performance. Tweet me: @Acre shares their approach on achieving greater diversity among sustainable investment teams.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The government also announced that it has tasked its Treasury department to develop a comprehensive sustainable finance strategy, with climate risk disclosure forming a part of the strategy, aimed at improving transparency, developing green finance markets, and addressing “opportunities presented by surging global momentum in sustainable finance.”.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Initiatives to decarbonize the built environment also present significant investment opportunities, with McKinsey stating that the launch of the council aims to “help industry players to tap into an estimated US$800 billion – US$1,900 billion in potential green markets.”.

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