Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the sustainable finance space.
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January 30
We are so proud to know that our member @tmbankau will commit $3,5 billion to responsible investments!
Those are great news for #sustainability projects and initiatives in Australia, and a good #BankingOnValues example!
Well done!https://t.co/1zM5w5gwh9 pic.twitter.com/Cx6wvXu3WJ— GABV (@bankingonvalues) January 30, 2019
After years of intensive shareholder engagement, @ICCRonline members respond to #WellsFargo newly published Business Standards Review https://t.co/Hw1nkb6dE6 pic.twitter.com/UPTV2gcCBA
— Investor Advocates for Social Justice (@IASJ_org) January 30, 2019
January 29
A coalition of more than 80 investors, coordinated by FAIRR and @CeresNews, are asking the largest companies in the $570 billion global fast-food sector to explain by March 2019 how they plan to de-risk their meat and supply chains https://t.co/tukq9zb2ym
— FAIRR Initiative (@FAIRRinitiative) January 29, 2019
No time to have trilogues on taxonomy #SustainableFinance in this EP term, says today Lieve Weirinck MEP #EUFSConf19 @AccountancyEU
— Eleni Kanelli (@EleniKanelli) January 29, 2019
"The rise of AI powered #ESG analysis tools from providers such as @ArabesqueAM means there is increasingly less room to hide for those not behaving responsibly." Our latest briefing explore why #ethics in #tech now vital for #investors https://t.co/SlGZDMQOz2 #IRmeetsCR
— Corporate Citizenship (@CCitizenship) January 29, 2019
Investors should fire directors who fail to act on climate change https://t.co/6jlPLT0smF via @financialtimes
— Ben Caldecott (@bencaldecott) January 29, 2019
January 28
Austrian #Ecolabel for #SustainableFinance internationally recognized👍💶🔍https://t.co/6Semcj28Vw#umweltzeichen https://t.co/6QEfYyv1Ad
— Austrian Ecolabel (@AEcolabel) January 28, 2019
January 25
Grateful for the mention in @wef’s new report! @SDGBenchmarks are helping companies better understand their #ESG performance in line with the #GlobalGoals and advancing the critical discussions on how we perceive and measure good social performance https://t.co/cNWKM3V5WU
— WBA (@SDGBenchmarks) January 25, 2019
For the more than 35000 students who marched yesterday in Brussels.
For all young people around the globe.
For the future of our planet.
It's time to move to a more sustainable economy https://t.co/tgEoDM5lGN#SustainableFinanceEU #youthforclimate #MarchePourLeClimat #klimaatmars pic.twitter.com/KF1eJyocBa— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) January 25, 2019
Italy starts 2019 with two new signatories of the #Un Principles for responsible investment @DeACapital_RE #DeaCapitalAlternative (coming soon: #BanorCapital and Fondo pensione per il personale delle aziende #UniCredit Group) @PRI_News @UniCredit_IT https://t.co/N25T7SOTO3 pic.twitter.com/yoTJx9FVxv
— ECPI Group (@ECPIGroup) January 25, 2019
#GreenFinResearch 🇫🇷
Discover “The French Research Map on Green & #SustainableFinance” by @FinforTomorrow @LouisBachelier @FIR_FrenchSIF!
Goal: making the French Ecosystem more accessible to finance professionals, researchers and students.
👉 https://t.co/g6a3PYcnW0 pic.twitter.com/UZAxAMCZVk— Finance for Tomorrow (@FinforTomorrow) January 8, 2019
January 24
MSCI’s Linda-Eling Lee, talks about the top 5 #ESG Trends to Watch for 2019 https://t.co/rs55P4g9r3 pic.twitter.com/gwBZyCar37
— MSCI (@MSCI_Inc) January 24, 2019
January 23
U2’s Bono and TPG Launch Company to Measure ‘Impact Investments’ – WSJ #sustainablefinanceEU https://t.co/sdUx0m4LOx
— Thomas Arnold (@ThomasArnold19) January 23, 2019
Important new paper – "Racial Disparities in the Workforces of Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact (#SRI) Investing Mutual Funds" https://t.co/AVgP5LJFIM @openmicmedia @SonyaDreizler #ESG #investing #diversity #sustinv #impinv pic.twitter.com/iSK8dCaUWP
— US SIF (@US_SIF) January 23, 2019
The world’s largest asset manager @BlackRock "to launch a money-market fund that will invest primarily in debt from issuers who have better-than-average environmental practices" & entered into an agreement with World Wildlife Fund (@WWF) – statement here: https://t.co/jIiD8gZw8J https://t.co/F9keNCnVxE
— Chris Fox (@ChristopherNFox) January 23, 2019
How can Sustainable Finance tackle Climate Change? Read our latest blog on the role of #SustainableFinance and #ESG from @EPhilipova, part of the @EU_Commission’s Technical Expert Group on #SustainableFinance https://t.co/fjUmXB4lFR @RefinitivEnergy @RefinitivCarbon pic.twitter.com/yBDnWzvEMC
— Financial – Refinitiv (@insidefinance) January 23, 2019
Magnifique! A truly inspiring article from @brunepoirson Secretary of State at France's Ministry for the Ecological & Inclusive Transition for @GRI_LSE #SustainableFinance leadership series https://t.co/RrneacQWTR A great way to start the year! pic.twitter.com/SuiWZCkAXu
— Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1) January 23, 2019
“Financial markets evolve & change… if we go forward 20 years from now & think about where millennials will be putting their money & their investments, it seems reasonable that #SustainableFinance will not be a field separate from finance. It’s just common sense.” – @lsmartie pic.twitter.com/8nMloeoZYN
— Green Growth Knowledge Platform (@GGKPlatform) January 23, 2019
Another important pledge for #SustainableFinance targeting the #SDGs – #ACT4SDGs! Will definitely make it into my no. 64 (DE) https://t.co/h4Ya8kdFx4 https://t.co/lkO05BfVJM
— Investabel (@investabel) January 23, 2019
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) well rated companies now have better financial performances according to a study by @Amundi_FR – via @c3_d #RSE #CSR #SustainableFinance #FinanceDurable #FinanceResponsable #ESC https://t.co/DNnM1AM22o https://t.co/cOLnK6u7B4
— Pierre Rédarès (@pierrered) January 23, 2019
January 22
2019 is an important year for #sustainablefinance in Europe. We are in full support of @Eurosif's review to implement the #EUActionPlan: https://t.co/tZz5v5N2kj
— UKSIF (@UKSIF) January 22, 2019
LAUNCHED TODAY: We've scored thousands of companies A to D- on climate change, forests & water security, recognizing those that are leading environmental action. Full list here: https://t.co/es67Q6Gnez #ActOnClimate #ForestsMatter #WaterSecurity pic.twitter.com/7GziLP34YJ
— CDP (@CDP) January 22, 2019
The 2019 Corporate Knights Global 100 is live. https://t.co/h4m1oaCMxN
— Corporate Knights (@corporateknight) January 22, 2019
Fantastic 2019 responsible investing trends @CFANewYork #sustainablefinance Big thanks @alex_bernhardt for insights. Challenge is complexity. Payoff is promotional in publicity AND performance. #whynotboth? https://t.co/DtKGlDMNcc
— Ian Murdock, CFA (@IanMurdockNYC) January 22, 2019
Green Century President Leslie Samuelrich has been reelected to the @US_SIF Board of Directors. The 14-member US SIF board of directors provides strategic guidance and oversight to the organization. Learn more here: https://t.co/uUm3z26Pcj #ussif #sri #impinv #esg
— Green Century (@Green__Century) January 22, 2019
January 21
EcoVadis and @ING introduce #sustainable business loans to promote greater social and ethical performance among non-listed companies. Read more in the full release #sustainablefinance https://t.co/5TEmHYAf4T
— EcoVadis (@ecovadis) January 21, 2019
Our Senior Sustainable Finance Associate Chris Hart is in #Singapore this morning helping @WWF launch the new Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) we are proud to be part of this new initiative and helping to develop #sustainablefinance in the region.#ASFI pic.twitter.com/ygmf0Ty2Fz
— SCRIPT (@SCRIPT_Finance) January 21, 2019
Very exciting to see the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) go live here in Singapore. Well done all! Looking forward to helping to mobilize financial markets for water, #naturalcapital, and SDGs more broadly in Asia. #sustainablefinance #ESG pic.twitter.com/qfM7bh1CGu
— 💧🌏 Alexis Morgan (@alexisjmorgan) January 21, 2019
Amundi: ESG investing 'has influenced equity performance' #impactinvesting #feedly https://t.co/1VxFvtWAzJ
— TBLI CONFERENCE™ (@tbli_conference) January 21, 2019
The Toronto Stock Exchange is joining an international network that wants to green financial markets https://t.co/PoWJe2grBu via @NatObserver
— Mikael Homanen (@MikaelHomanen) January 21, 2019
Australian doctor leading global campaign against big tobacco https://t.co/F99coHLDXo @DrBronKing on @abc730 with @leighsales #smoking #tobacco #ethics #divestment #investment
— Matthew Rimmer (@DrRimmer) January 21, 2019
Universal Owners: an idea whose time has come? @Pension4Purpose @Macquarie @LGIM @Schroders @InstituteTAG @MaastrichtU https://t.co/SzBVuDg578#ESG #sustainablefinance #climatefinance
— Dan Mikulskis (@danmikulskis) January 21, 2019
The 💪 against #ClimateChange continues.
Our expert panel released an interim report to help find ideas on how we can transition to a #LowCarbon economy. Share your thoughts: https://t.co/mcuazvJndh #SustainableFinance pic.twitter.com/yycrvD3qkC
— Environment Canada (@environmentca) January 21, 2019
"A new generation is coming through which wants #sustainablefinance,” @ucddublin Prof. @AndreasHoepner speaks to #SandraOConnell @IrishTimes. @SmurfitSchool @QuinnSchoolUCD @UCDBizAlumni https://t.co/BGdo3LbtbM
— Beth Kocher Gormley (@BethKocher) January 21, 2019
January 18
#weekendread New report from @IISD_news on opportunities to align financial policies to support clean growth and a sustainable Canadian economy #sustainablefinance #climaterisk https://t.co/muPbiA5QrY pic.twitter.com/K0Z1wiShdV
— CDSB (@CDSBglobal) January 18, 2019
Lunedì ricominciano le #SettimaneSpeciali di @Morningstarit. Il focus di gennaio saranno gli #investimenti #sostenibili. #ESG @SriEvent @ItaSIF pic.twitter.com/CWnYrmR3zN
— Sara Silano (@MstarSSilano) January 18, 2019
Swedish Pension Fund Divesting from Nukes, Oil Sands Companies #Pensions #AP4 #ESG #SRI #Sustainability #ImpactInvestinghttps://t.co/UtSG31B7T4
— Howard B. Eisen (@HBEisen) January 18, 2019
January 17
#AUSTRALIA SAW ADVICE ON RESPONSIBLE INVESTING INCREASING FROM 19% TO 34% IN THE PAST 2 YEARS. 🔜 https://t.co/AerrSRhxsD ✅
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.#SenseFolio #ESG #environment #social #governance #SRI #sociallyresponsible #responsibleinvesting #finance #sustainability pic.twitter.com/3kL86g58UV— SenseFolio (@sensefolio) January 17, 2019
Institutions increase ESG focus in 2018 https://t.co/95bqClKE9s #ESG #SRI #respolsibleinvesting pic.twitter.com/NWrap8oHJi
— Foundation Research Associates (@FRAConferences) January 17, 2019
.@ABBLbanking endorses the @UNEP_FI Principles for responsible banking, congrats for paving the way for a #sustainable banking system https://t.co/RdOFdlkw06 #responsiblebanking #ESG #SRI #SustainableFinance pic.twitter.com/EqU8hLzgki
— LuxFLAG (@LuxFLAG) January 17, 2019
Twitter, a report I have co-authored at @OECDdev was published today. Give it a read if you are interested in social impact investing, private financing for sustainable development and why development finance needs an impact imperative. #PF4SD https://t.co/oD5eshmMwo pic.twitter.com/Gkkfrw0p3o
— Patrick Dougherty (@Patrickrd1991) January 17, 2019
The new OECD report on Social Impact Investment has been published! I am happy to see that the Report mentions my work on Social Impact Funds! #OECD #impactimperative #socialimpact # impactinvesting #funding #sustainablefinance #Palgravefinance pic.twitter.com/7nqiCb5D4s
— Helen Chiappini (@helen_chiappini) January 17, 2019
January 16
1.5 trillion! Asset Manager Amundi commits to integrate #ESG across €1.5tn funds. https://t.co/hQHtXL2ue8#money #investing #advice #SRI #impactinvesting #investors #smsf #Australia #financialadvice #millenials pic.twitter.com/Nlj3oAOcNd
— responsibleinvestors (@responsible_inv) January 16, 2019
Fantastic to see the launch of the new Corporate Forum on #SustainableFinance bringing together 16 of Europe's major #greenbond issuers to drive forward the market & work with investors https://t.co/E4Lc8ip3vX @IIGCCnews @PRI_News @ClimateBonds @MartinSpolc @FC4SNetwork @SSE pic.twitter.com/UUCet2aJgS
— Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1) January 16, 2019
@AnoukAgnes: #ESG will be the TOP priority in 2019. It is going to be compulsory and ALFI’s commitment is to provide clear guidance to its members. #ALFIAsia19
— ALFI (@ALFIfunds) January 16, 2019
Survey of young professionals by @Masdar found that they view the 18-35 age group as responsible for #SustainableFinance pic.twitter.com/9u0I64xFsA
— Zoë Buckingham (@ZBuckingham) January 16, 2019
International collaboration to the fore at #AbuDhabi #ADSustainableFinanceForum day with @EU_Commission #VP @VDombrovskis coming in by video link to brief participants on EU activities in #sustainablefinance. pic.twitter.com/srZYG1l2F9
— UN Environment FC4S (@FC4SNetwork) January 16, 2019
OUT NOW: New @NatCapFinance guide on assessing natural capital risk that's already been tried and tested by banks in South Africa, Peru and Colombia. Find out more: https://t.co/vxZMZdxjtm @PwCclimateready #Finance #NaturalCapital pic.twitter.com/Zi9OO1n16M
— NatCapFinance (@NatCapFinance) January 16, 2019
#FinanceResponsable Le montant global des encours des fonds labellisés #ISR s’élève aujourd'hui à 47 Mds €. 178 fonds gérés par 39 sociétés de gestion sont labellisés #investissement #socialement #responsable, retrouvez la liste sur le site @lelabelisr ➡️ https://t.co/lTRllKEBVE pic.twitter.com/Ziuz9DSjzR
— Direction générale du Trésor (@DGTresor) January 16, 2019
More CO2 culprits. These are the companies who have increased their CO2 intensity (not actual emissions, but emissions per activity or CO2 efficiency) the most the last 5 years. #globalwarming pic.twitter.com/5aW9lyPbCF
— Sasja Beslik (@SasjaBeslik) January 16, 2019
.@ADX_AE Joins United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative to promote sustainability and transparency https://t.co/MnNLfIR8OT pic.twitter.com/yvWIQFoLRg
— SSE Initiative (@SSEinitiative) January 16, 2019
January 15
SSE joins Corporate Forum on Sustainable Finance: https://t.co/DwZOpihLXm #ClimateChange #sustainablefinance #sustainability
— SSE Plc (@SSE) January 15, 2019
New executive pay transparency measures come into force https://t.co/l8R744luw9 Companies with more than 250 employees will be forced to report on pay ratios #ESG #SRI
— Ethical Screening (@Ethical_Screen) January 15, 2019
“We need a triple A for sustainable finance,” says Finance minister @pierregramegna at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong 🌎
➡️ https://t.co/yTAznekgW2#AFF #Sustainability pic.twitter.com/8frX1yyozB
— LuxembourgForFinance (@LuxFinance) January 15, 2019
January 14
RI People & Appointments, January 14: Chicago Treasurer Summers takes US SIF board seat – https://t.co/JqiBuj1xvG
— Responsible Investor (@RI_News_Alert) January 14, 2019
CEO of BlackRock (world’s largest asset manager with $6.2tn AUM) Larry Fink has been challenged by responsible investment campaigners to take a tougher line on climate change.
#sustainablefinance #climatechange https://t.co/maui5B8J3L— Jakob Bo Nielsen (@JakobBoNielsen) January 14, 2019
Full text of letter to Larry Fink https://t.co/U8WTLtOBS2 https://t.co/zquubdNNMu
— Louise Rouse (@rouselouise) January 14, 2019
January 11
Spending in the ESG data market, including ESG content and indices, is rapidly growing. Total spending was $505 million in 2018 and is expected to hit $745 million by 2020. The mainstreaming of ESG data means that it is becoming standard market data. https://t.co/KEc4r3Tcv9 pic.twitter.com/HHX7laiOre
— Opimas LLC (@OpimasLLC) January 11, 2019
January 10
.@EU_Commission's expert group on #SustainableFinance issues first report on disclosure of climate-related information
📰 news: https://t.co/gbfiDSmbh4
📑 report: https://t.co/bfzJKSRfp0
📣 send us your feedback: https://t.co/HnhnMdLQUL#SustainableFinanceEU #GreenFinance #ESG pic.twitter.com/355V7n5bhT— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) January 10, 2019
Demand for #ESG integration in #investing is growing, and cloud computing, machine learning and data science are becoming significant game changers in the industry and will be a key focus over the course of 2019. Read more in our outlook: https://t.co/8gTwljpPzA #SRI pic.twitter.com/V7X6r8CD80
— ColumbiaThreadneedle (@CTinvest_APAC) January 10, 2019
UK councils invest £566m in arms firms linked to Yemen war https://t.co/k818gUUWNB
— FACING FINANCE (@FacingFinance) January 16, 2019
Luxembourg Green Exchange appoints Flavia Micilotta as new directorhttps://t.co/N5v5SkA0G5@LuxembourgSE #greenfinance #LGX pic.twitter.com/ievqGkN3gK
— Luxembourg Times (@LuxTimes) January 10, 2019
January 9
Good to have everyone back this week in the @Europarl_EN w/meetings up & running. Kicking off my 2019 agenda with trialogue on my Report on #benchmarks & #sustainablefinance agreed. Negotiations between @EP_Economics & the @EUCouncil are set to start next Wednesday16 January.
— Neena Gill MEP (@NeenaGmep) January 9, 2019
Honoured to speak at the Conference on Promoting Sustainable Finance, thx to all participants for sharing their expertise&insight! My speech on why #SustainableFinanceEU is one of the missing links in the fight against #climatechange: https://t.co/CXdFHqJ7Ww #ESG #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/WbfD4mUIGS
— Valdis Dombrovskis (@VDombrovskis) January 9, 2019
#SustainableFinanceEU Conference's 3rd panel towards 2050 was extremely good. Very disappointed though to hear that #G20 to dismantle their #SustainableFinance WG. This is a global issue! @EU_Finance says #EU's ready to activate alternative coalitions to continue the discussion👍
— Diane Mievis (@dianemievis) January 9, 2019
Luxembourg exchange nabs Eurosif’s Micilotta || UK financial regulators and climate risk reporting || Sustainalytics buys GES – https://t.co/hfpCPXXSHh
— Responsible Investor (@RI_News_Alert) January 9, 2019
US SIF Announces Election of Four Board Members from Boston Trust, the Office of the City Treasurer, City of Chicago, OppenheimerFunds, and Green Century Capital Management: https://t.co/3sJ0uVJ6lH @OppFunds @ChiTreasurer @followkurt @Green__Century @LSamuelrich #ESG #impinv
— US SIF (@US_SIF) January 9, 2019
January 8
Fitch Ratings Focuses on #ESG Standards with New Scoring System— Agency finds only 3% of corporate ratings have changed as a direct result of ESG considerations. https://t.co/DfzjyzVBrc
— IntentionalEndowment (@IntentEndowment) January 8, 2019
January 7
Posted: Climate Change and Proxy Voting in the U.S. and Europe, https://t.co/C5XxsZYshE by @issgovernance #corpgov #proxyvoting #climatechange
— HLS Corp Gov Program (@HarvardCorpGov) January 7, 2019
January 4
Responsible tax conduct was on the up in 2018, and looks set to continue in 2019. Our CEO's interview with CSR Europe sets out the key drivers and trends, and is now live on our website | @CSREuropeOrg #TaxJustice #CSR #ESG #SRI pic.twitter.com/rztgwvRJWV
— Fair Tax Mark (@FairTaxMark) January 4, 2019
A few weeks ago, EU ambassadors endorsed the Council's position on 2 proposals aiming at making finance greener and more in line with the objectives of the #ParisAgreement on #ClimateChange!
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/YiUtPDc5Fy #GreenFinance #SustainableFinance— Finance for Tomorrow (@FinforTomorrow) January 4, 2019
#Fossilfuel holdings in Italian #pensionfunds' investment portfolios, new study by @Valori_it and @Recommon https://t.co/rw9vmRZUHH @meggio_m @mcavallito @atricarico72 @lucamanes @distefanonova @simone_siliani #divestment #sustainablefinance #sri #esg #climatechange pic.twitter.com/Ia6ghXqMpz
— Andrea Di Turi (@andytuit) January 4, 2019
Today @EU_Commission published draft rules on how #insurance distributors should take #sustainability issues into account when providing #advice to their clients #sustainablefinance #IDD https://t.co/Cz3wawsrvW
— Stéphane de Maupeou (@S2Maupeou) January 4, 2019
January 1
New Years Resolution to invest your money more ethically or responsibly? RIAA's Responsible Returns online tool helps you find, compare & choose responsible and #ethical #superannuation, banking and investment products that best match your interests. pic.twitter.com/MsliFWebnf
— RIAA (@RIAANews) January 1, 2019
Assets in ESG ETFs Up 34% in '18 https://t.co/L210QpQmcL #ETFs #ESG #SRI pic.twitter.com/LReoFimth0
— Foundation Research Associates (@FRAConferences) January 1, 2019
mondosri - home of @SriEvent 