Corporate Knights

MARCH 8, 2023

But PE is well placed to lead sustainable investing. For now, taking a lead on ESG seems to consist of embedding ESG into the investment cycle: due diligence, on-boarding, holding periods, exits and reporting.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2024

Only 1% responded that sustainability is not material to long-term corporate strategy. There may yet be challenges in developing expertise and financing models, but corporate leaders view sustainable business practices as fueling the creation of value as well as the mitigation of risk.”

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Jennifer Steinmann, Deloitte Global Sustainability Business leader, said: “We may be entering a new phase in corporate climate action, one where sustainability strategy goes beyond a focus on compliance, risk management, and stakeholder responsiveness.

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Chris Hall

JULY 3, 2024

Fidelity International has made revisions to its sustainable investing framework to adjust to a changing ESG regulatory landscape, aiming to provide investors with greater transparency on its funds. The post Fidelity Confirms Sustainable Investing Framework Shift appeared first on ESG Investor.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

We see climate as a global challenge that requires solutions at all levels, and we are thinking about how we invest, where we invest, and what we do to drive value creation. INTEGRATING climate considerations in our investment process. Read more from KKR's Sustainability Report: [link].

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Ignoring these risks can lead to misjudged exposures, while a proactive approach can unlock long-term opportunities and sustainable value creation. Understanding biodiversity risks Ignoring biodiversity in investment strategies can lead to misjudged risks and missed opportunities.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Sustainable investment growth equity platform Planet First Partners announced today that it has raised €450 million at the second close of its second funding round, following the latest commitment to the fund by Ingka Investments, the investment arm of IKEA parent Ingka Group.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To qualify for the ranking, banks must have signed up to the UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), which means they commit to achieving net-zero lending and investment portfolios by 2050.

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ESG Today

JULY 13, 2022

In his new role, Saunders Calvert will be responsible for leading the expansion of the company’s product suite and driving its market differentiation through next-generation sustainability solutions. ESG Book has a high quality team, strong IP, and a business model primed for value creation to our customers.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

focused on sustainable investments across the food value chain. At closing, Fund VI is the largest fund dedicated to investing across the food and agribusiness value chainand is Paine Schwartz’s largest fund to date; the company’s previous Fund V raised $1.4

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 9, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including OTPP, IOSCO, Legal & General, AXA IM, Persefoni and UKSIF. . Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has appointed Anna Murray as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters Institute writes that its crucial for CFOs to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, integrate ESG factors into capital allocation, and embed sustainability into company DNA to drive long-term value creation and mitigate risk.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Consequently, more investors are taking note of both the downside risk protection and upside value creation of nature-based solutions that are being elevated on a global scale. Both EcoAdvisors and EcoInvestors are working on the measurement, transactional and value creation sides of this marketplace.

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ESG Today

JULY 26, 2023

Chris James, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Engine No. 1 is built around the idea that there is incredible investment opportunity in solving large-scale problems, and our thematic ETFs are constructed around that value creation principle. 1, said: “Engine No.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The survey found that nearly all investors (99%) utilize companies’ ESG disclosures as a part of their investment decision-making, and that the methods used have matured significantly over the past few years, with 74% reporting conducting a “structured and methodical evaluation of nonfinancial disclosures,” compared to only 32% in 2019.

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 21, 2022

Enter sustainable investors. Sustainable investing is closely connected with stakeholder capitalism. Another way of saying that, for equity investing in particular, is to say that sustainable investing is a set of investment approaches intended to produce competitive investment returns and promote stakeholder capitalism.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2024

For example, in smaller private markets funds, the requirement may be for a broader role combining senior ESG reporting expertise with commercial acumen/value creation. For many smaller firms there may still be insufficient demand for a full-time senior reporting lead.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Across the sustainable investment landscape, resources, patience and credibility are all being stretched. – Asset managers are hiring ESG and sustainability staff, you won’t be surprised to learn, and they’re almost certainly not alone. Unsurprisingly, sustainability also plays a role in sustainable business growth.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

ESG an increasing factor in deal flow and value creation, but regional variations persist across markets. Meanwhile, research from investment manager Downing found a quarter of public pensions were looking to increase their PE allocations by 50% or more over the next three years.

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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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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 It has proved the high-level economic logic that more sustainable businesses are more valuable,” explained Byrns.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It also pointed to a lack of tools for investors to integrate social issues into their investment strategies and an “overwhelming focus” from international bodies and investor initiatives on climate and nature-related issues. trillion and US$14.2 trillion and US$14.2

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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In an interview with Private Equity International (PEI), Tania Carnegie, the Global Private Equity and Asset Management Leader for KPMG Impact, said she is confident about the future of impact investing. Moving Beyond Financial Value.

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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

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.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Neervoort says that ESG metrics should be quantifiable indicators that are material to the company’s sustainable value creation and anchored in the business strategy.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Robeco has identified biodiversity as one of the three strategic sustainability investing pillars, next to climate change and human rights. Therefore, we have committed our resources to develop Nature Action 100 as our key focus program to accelerate corporate commitments of the companies we invest in.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including EQT, Aware Super, Candriam, Pensions for Purpose, M&G, Earth Capital, Impact Cubed, and Sphera. . Bradley Jones has been appointed Senior Investment Manager, and Kay Nelson joins as Financial Controller.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Inconsistent, limited corporate disclosures continue to frustrate investors’ efforts to secure decision-useful data on social impact, according to panellists during a webinar hosted by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF) this week.

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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

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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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In Europe, the Green Taxonomy and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation have set standards for what counts as sustainable investing, which include private equity. That is now changing as ESG has become a priority for asset owners and companies, and as regulation increases the risks of non-compliance.

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Value Creation Global Economy Sustainable Investment Development 69

Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Clearstream, Proxymity, Malk Partners, Integrum ESG, CGI, and Arvani. . Combining the capabilities of Malk and Integrum will enhance private investors’ ability to drive ESG performance and overall value creation.” .

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

That interest had already been growing among shareholders, but investors hadn’t really been vocal about how they were increasingly viewing human capital as a source of value creation in the firm versus merely a cost to be minimized. I’ll start with the investor perspective. So what’s the issue? I don’t know.

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Sustainability Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters Institute writes that “it’s crucial for CFOs to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, integrate ESG factors into capital allocation, and embed sustainability into company DNA to drive long-term value creation and mitigate risk.”

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Sustainable Improvers’ funds, powered by effective stewardship, have a clear potential to reorient capital flows towards investment managers that prioritise long-term value creation, actively engage with companies on sustainability issues, and as a result demonstrate real-world measurable progress towards environmental and social objectives.

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