Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the sustainable finance space.
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August 30
Nordea Asset Management suspends Brazilian government bond purchases due to Amazon fires! Its current exposure to Brazillian bonds – $111 million. @Nordea joins other big investors acting on #AmazonFires this week.
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Via @gfouche @reuters https://t.co/7gHqSK5LsE
— IIGCC (@IIGCCnews) August 30, 2019
August 29
Blackstone is under fire for claiming to invest with an #ESG lens and investing in two Brazilian firms that are believed to have caused the Amazon fire. https://t.co/2eEl41J58D How can investment firms impress E&S DD to avoid such mishaps? @sekar_uma @impactalpha @dennisprice
— Dmitry Fotiyev (@DmitryFotiyev) August 29, 2019
Wondering how the financial industry is aiming to support the calls for more action and change towards a #sustainable economy and society? Read the @SwissSustFin August newsletter, also featuring new SSF members, upcoming events and more! https://t.co/KF2drzg8fZ🤝🌎#ESG #sustfin pic.twitter.com/OtWDzB4nHs
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) August 29, 2019
@JeanFrancoisBay "nous comptons 915 fonds ISR représentant 268Mds d'euros en France avec une croissance des encours attendus de 2.6x sur les 10 prochaines années. Le @lelabelisr a été donné à 222 fonds représentant 57 Mds d'euros" @HoFDauphine @Quantalys #UeAM2019 #ISR #ESG pic.twitter.com/XMfwRC8rPY
— 🌍 François L'Hénoret 🌊 (@FHenoret) August 29, 2019
#UeAM2019 intervention d’@EdithGinglinger : les notations crédit ne reflètent pas le risque climatique alors qu’une entreprise à risque climat élevé paye 0,22% de plus sur ses obligations et entre 0,65 et 0,81% de plus sur ses prêts bancaires. #isr @HoFDauphine @Sanso_IS
— David Kalfon, CFA (@DKalfonCFA) August 29, 2019
Good to see the regulators showing some teeth. Now will the shareholders follow suit?https://t.co/KuNdiS6Gps
— High Pay Centre (@HighPayCentre) August 29, 2019
In statement to industry, investors warn that deregulating #methane will undermine confidence in natural gas. 140 global investors representing US$5.5T, say companies must resist @EPA rollbacks https://t.co/2fdIXSirkx pic.twitter.com/MiW32PiCpS
— ICCR (@ICCRonline) August 29, 2019
August 28
The archbishop of Canterbury calls on investors to do more to tackle climate change, "Money is not morally neutral…"@JustinWelby: investors must pressure firms to act on climate crisis https://t.co/Od6fkMooLn@OperationNoah @IIGCCnews pic.twitter.com/0bgthIToM9
— Stephen Trew (@stephentrew) August 28, 2019
Second #TCFD Status Report shows steady increase in adoption of @FSB_TCFD recommendations on climate disclosures. Report available here https://t.co/oRHvRZDlnF . Download @UNEP_FI’s report helping investors implement #TCFDRecs at https://t.co/HL9xs0kjSQ pic.twitter.com/UQZ1mXk0Tn
— UNEP FI (@UNEP_FI) August 28, 2019
August 27
Le #ciment prochain combat des #investisseurs #responsables | 2ieme secteur industriel le +émetteur de #GES. Une coalition d’investisseurs pr les enjoindre à atteindre la neutralité carbone en 2050 CRH LafargeHolcim HeidelbergCement & Saint-Gobain so… https://t.co/ToE6lBiDGG pic.twitter.com/2L5EhFF5Ed
— François GARREAU (@GARREAU75) August 27, 2019
CalSTRS Seeks to Join Lawsuit to Reform Facebook Governance #esg #sustainablefinance https://t.co/cKLRFDBA75
— Marilyn Waite (@WaiteMarilyn) August 27, 2019
How do investors and corporates respond to recent gun violence? See our latest report on: https://t.co/Pdmpk65Ltr #ESG #SRI #ResponsibleInvestment
— ISS ESG (@issesg) August 27, 2019
Fonds ISR : de nouveaux fonds labellisés portent le total à 230 fonds Label ISR https://t.co/1L3TogYSp3 pic.twitter.com/7UZY1yKIU4
— Guide Épargne (@GuideEpargne) August 27, 2019
August 26
In Swiss Parliament, the environmental, spatial planning and energy committee (ESPEC-S) of the Council of States recently presented a packages of measures for the revision of the Swiss CO2 Act. The financial industry is also addressed – read more under: https://t.co/eqT6QWq5f8 pic.twitter.com/1JSunaStBb
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) August 26, 2019
August 23
BlackRock, interesada en crear un índice mexicano enfocado en #ISR https://t.co/Eq9U8zdBM1
— Spainsif (@Spainsif) August 23, 2019
En 2018, un 47% de las propuestas #ESG llevadas a las juntas por parte de inversores obtuvieron un apoyo de más del 30% de los accionistas. Conoce más en este informe del #ClusterTransparencia @foretica https://t.co/BQl0f9JKxu pic.twitter.com/oKDbYbVyjw
— Foretica (@foretica) August 23, 2019
SEC highlights proxy voting rules, guidance amid ESG debate https://t.co/rOpCXZuxR0
— IPE.com News (@IPEnews) August 23, 2019
August 22
In the current issue of SPHERE, a Swiss financial magazine, @SwissSustFin CEO Sabine Döbeli talks about the strong growth of sustainable investments in Switzerland and the challenges that remain: https://t.co/SrweteAcgp #sustainablefinance #ESG pic.twitter.com/e6PpheGO3D
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) August 22, 2019
August 21
The World Federation Of Exchanges Invites Industry To Discuss Sustainability & Commodity Derivatives In New White Paper https://t.co/9XAPRdHgKr
— L Strakodonskaya (@LStrakodonskaya) August 21, 2019
The average FTSE 100 CEO earns 117 times more than the average (median) UK worker. This shows that we've still got much more to do to tackle pay inequality 💰
Read the full report by @HighPayCentre and @CIPD here 👉 https://t.co/Cix57hgEiS
— ShareAction (@ShareAction) August 21, 2019
August 20
The UN @globalcompact provides guidance on how to transform corporate finance business models by aligning with the #GlobalGoals — a move that can open up over $12 trillion in market opportunities.
Download the report to learn more: https://t.co/eQcsXb7mCU #SustainableFinance pic.twitter.com/SQZbLEhAdu
— UN Global Compact (@globalcompact) August 20, 2019
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