Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the sustainable finance space.
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April 30
BREAKING
World record vote on Scope 3 targets at @WoodsideEnergy:
Paris Goals & Targets 50.12%
Climate-related Lobbying 42.66%#WoodsideAGM— Dan Gocher (@justdanfornow) April 30, 2020
Time for @WoodsideEnergy to end its denial of the need to change
A majority of shareholders agreed with us @austccr that the company needs to show us credible plans to bring its business into line with the objective of a liveable planet https://t.co/ssAZWkr59g
— Brynn O'Brien (@brynnobrien) April 30, 2020
April 29
Over 500 professionals have already accessed SSF's e-learning tool on #sustainableinvestments. Be one of the firsts to check it out!
👉https://t.co/lJOq2wTuox
Developed with the support of @EdeRothschild, and available in EN, DE & FR thanks to @Raiffeisen_CH, @Vontobel & @zkb_ch pic.twitter.com/lAEYysTkNI— SSF (@SwissSustFin) April 29, 2020
#1day1member 👏 Communiqué | Dans le contexte de crise sanitaire majeure créée par le #COVID19, l’association AGIPI, partenaire d’@AXAFrance annonce la création du Fonds AGIPI Solidarité COVID-19 👉 https://t.co/gBf80pAL4u #FinanceDurable
— Finance for Tomorrow (@FinforTomorrow) April 29, 2020
Pleases tell RBS Group to adopt a policy that comprehensively excludes nuclear weapons companies from investment: https://t.co/x72VndX4rw #NaeCash4Nukes #divestment #nuclearban pic.twitter.com/BoNVbh38iS
— Don't Bank on the Bomb Scotland (@NukeDivestScot) April 29, 2020
April 28
Proud to be recognised as one of the world’s most innovative #fintech providers for #banks #assetmanagement #privatebanks #WealthManagement and included in this year’s #WealthTech100 https://t.co/emP6Sy9q1e #FintechNews #finance #financeamdeconomy #sustainablefinance #ESG #SRI pic.twitter.com/oJG5Tj9gfq
— Plenitude.io (@Plenitude_io) April 28, 2020
What impact will the current situation have on key elements of #SustainableFinance? Share your thoughts with us in our short #survey: https://t.co/AFCSqjU6jM pic.twitter.com/DB9FEx7W1r
— BearingPoint GSA (@BearingPoint_de) April 28, 2020
April 27
EU's COVID recovery spending should be guided by green finance plan: experts https://t.co/4tdI9jXN6T pic.twitter.com/MbElrEdGdR
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 26, 2020
EU's COVID recovery spending should be guided by green finance plan: members of the TEG said #sustainablefinance #climatechange https://t.co/2JT9FJgNRJ
— Giulietta Duyck (@GiuliDuyck) April 27, 2020
The TEG on #SustainableFinanceEU calls for a sustainable, fair & resilient recovery from the #coronavirus crisis. #EUTaxonomy, #EUGreenBonds & Climate/ESG Benchmarks are even more relevant today to guide the public & private sectors to a swift recovery https://t.co/1Fy2MnblNr pic.twitter.com/AxIC2JcErC
— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) April 27, 2020
Check out my latest article: La ripresa sostenibile dalla pandemia da Covid-19 richiede i giusti strumenti. https://t.co/vyCWMdTIPv @gualtierieurope @itinagli @ale-moretti @andytuit @ecoinnovazione
— Paolo Masoni (@PaoloMasoni) April 27, 2020
NYT coverage of our EU TEG statement today: EU's COVID Recovery Spending Should Be Guided by Green Finance Plan https://t.co/tMArLn0rWd @climatebonds #GreenBonds #SustainableFinanceEU
— Sean Kidney (@seankidney) April 27, 2020
April 24
Visit https://t.co/kpxvTHMD1X for free summarised #ESG and #sustainablefinance research like @cisl_cambridge's 'The Value of Responsible Investment' https://t.co/jWLU8pPixY #changefinance4good #Altiorem #sustainability pic.twitter.com/oPXCy30vSR
— Altiorem (@Altiorem1) April 24, 2020
BIG NEWS: Responding to pressure from shareholders and activists, @MorganStanley just committed not to fund Arctic drilling, joining @Citi, @WellsFargo, @Chase & @GoldmanSachs. @BankofAmerica: time to get with the program and #ProtectTheArctic.https://t.co/RDetF4yhqM
— Rep. Jared Huffman (@RepHuffman) April 24, 2020
Following @EUCouncil's endorsement of the political agreement, we’re getting closer to the adoption of the #EUTaxonomy proposal. @EU_Commission supports the outcome of the political agreement & @Europarl_EN will soon vote on it. #SustainableFinanceEU
📄👉 https://t.co/hZuKnoxKXJ https://t.co/exRu0oIp48— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) April 24, 2020
April 22
Mizuho, Japan’s 2nd largest bank, announces the strictest ESG policies to date in the country, including #NDPE criteria for forest sector clients. This puts the bank well ahead of its competitors SMBC & MUFG.https://t.co/s4t1TLGpg0
— BankTrack (@BankTrack) April 22, 2020
April 21
The definitive primer on #strandedassets now available in paperback! Forewords by @ASteiner @lordstern1 with contributions from @bankofengland @2degreesinvest @DimitriZ and others, including me. 30% discount: ADC20 https://t.co/zcq7PDMsXL
— Ben Caldecott (@bencaldecott) April 21, 2020
Today we announced our intent to fully acquire @Sustainalytics, a globally recognized leader in environmental, social, and governance (#ESG) ratings and research. Read more in our press release. https://t.co/CgjYmhM7s9 pic.twitter.com/AneSNvmdWp
— Morningstar, Inc. (@MorningstarInc) April 21, 2020
+ '#Morningstar takes 100% control of #Sustainalytics in €170m total deal' "@HughWheelan on @RI_News_Alert https://t.co/isi1IAJl0W @MorningstarInc @Jon_F_Hale @MstarSSilano @Sustainalytics @cesc_mazze @tt498 @mattraimondi #sustainablefinance #sri #esg #rating #sustainability pic.twitter.com/1DY7ruEFon
— Andrea Di Turi (@andytuit) April 21, 2020
.@DeutscheBankAG has set up a dedicated #sustainablefinance team within its capital markets division in response to the growing focus on environmental, social and governance issues among its clients https://t.co/xBXGX0rwyC #ESG #sustainableinvesting #ClimateActionNow pic.twitter.com/lTi3ffkPU0
— Planet Tracker (@planet_tracker) April 21, 2020
April 20
We don't expect the fox to guard the chickens
We can't expect the US & fossil fuel investor @BlackRock to advise on the integration of strong #ESG factors into EU banking regulation
The contract must be cancelled @UEFrance @EU_Commission https://t.co/5VBmnqxa83
— Reclaim Finance (@ReclaimFinance) April 20, 2020
La inversión según criterios ambientales, sociales y de buen gobierno #ESG #ASG se presenta como una de las palancas para superar el impacto económico y social #COVID19. Reportaje de @EFEnoticias con la participación de Joaquín Garralda, pte. #Spainsif https://t.co/8e6Odkecjx
— Spainsif (@Spainsif) April 20, 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched two new indices that select and weight companies compatible with a 1.5°C degree scenario. #sustainablefinancehttps://t.co/ya5fLbgiNI
— Institute for Sustainable Finance (@isfcanada) April 20, 2020
April 19
New academic #blog: James O’Donovan from @CityUHongKong, @hanneswagner of @Unibocconi and Stefan Zeume of @giesbusiness at @Illinois_Alma investigate whether and how firms use secret offshore vehicles. Read their full paper here ➡️ https://t.co/D6Aqpv6ozR pic.twitter.com/KSYW4BlHBI
— The PRI (@PRI_News) April 19, 2020
April 18
In a new report from Moody’s, the rating agency found ESG factors were material credit considerations in 33% of its rating actions last year. #isfcanada #sustainablefinance https://t.co/SZwanutrhk
— Institute for Sustainable Finance (@isfcanada) April 18, 2020
End of Wk Notes: Larger purpose of sustainable investing: It’s about investors helping co's move toward a long-term stakeholder model that’s better for people and the planet, and over the long run, better for shareholders. #ESG #susty #pandemic #fintwithttps://t.co/ifG8cgASD2
— Jon Hale (@Jon_F_Hale) April 18, 2020
April 17
Social bond volume jumps in Covid-19 crisis, Refinitiv data shows #ESG #sustainablefinance pic.twitter.com/3S5HidKaPT
— Tessa Walsh (@te55ssa) April 17, 2020
Today in EPFR Daily Exchange we cover #Equity #Funds with socially responsible (#SRI) and environmental, social and governance (#ESG) mandates – sailing through March with only one weekly outflow, their first in over a year…Read: https://t.co/QVzBKfkUZc pic.twitter.com/aQZKjmk1gl
— EPFR | Informa Financial Intelligence (@EPFR) April 17, 2020
La Commission européenne vient d’engager #BlackRock, le plus gros gestionnaire d’actifs du monde, pour l’aider à appliquer les critères Environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance dans l’activité des banques https://t.co/KTLrSg2hgD
— Novethic (@Novethic) April 17, 2020
The Italian Development Bank GruppoCDP issued a €1 billion Covid-19 Social Response Bond, the first of its kind for Italy 🇮🇹.
Scroll down to understand how it works and how it will help fight the #covid19 pandemic 👇 pic.twitter.com/FhN3kz4zp8— Frederik POQUET (@Fred_Poquet) April 17, 2020
Dominion Energy mgt has failed to align its capital expenditures with its decarbonization targets including its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. On 05.06 vote YES for item #4 calling for an #IndependentChair @WoodenStirrups #VoteYourProxies @majorityact https://t.co/u4gZEW9nT4 pic.twitter.com/eQ0oveORvb
— ICCR (@ICCRonline) April 17, 2020
April 16
Avec ses propositions, le FIR souhaite faciliter la délibération démocratique par le dépôt de résolutions sur
les questions environnementales et sociales >>https://t.co/oquNeGsSwf<< #FinanceDurable #ISR #ESG #Gouvernance #Engagement #RSE #DD https://t.co/MvJMiPCE1L— FIR – ISR (@FIR_FrenchSIF) April 16, 2020
Good news from @EUCouncil: The classification system just adopted by all EU countries will help the private sector channel money to support an economic recovery with sustainability at its heart 🌍 Final step: @Europarl_EN #StrongerTogether #EUGreenDeal #SustainableFinanceEU https://t.co/OLBPN5xZR3
— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) April 16, 2020
Brazil ordered the shutdown of 47 unsafe tailings ponds., many owned by #Vale. https://t.co/lZgKch8NZT We're working with an investor coalition to address this problem globally as well. @IndustriALL_GU @share_ca
— Kevin Thomas (@kthomas_share) April 16, 2020
April 15
📢SSF is proud to publicly present its e-learning tool on #sustainableinvestments for finance professionals !
Developed with the extensive support of @EdeRothschild, and translated into EN, DE & FR thanks to @Raiffeisen_CH @Vontobel & @zkb_ch pic.twitter.com/wow4psBGbl
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) April 15, 2020
Yet more evidence that a good record on environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) pays off for investors: respondents in this @McKinsey survey say they would pay a 10% premium to buy a company with a good #ESG record. Full details here: https://t.co/bI1EGULx4n
— ChukaUmunna (@ChukaUmunna) April 15, 2020
April 14
@Altiorem1 is the first community built sustainable finance library. It couldn't happen without people like Cameron. We are so grateful to all our volunteers! We would love for you to join their ranks! https://t.co/DpymOZLRO0 #sustainablefinance #ESG https://t.co/ygyjEc0TW4
— Pablo Berrutti (@pabsberrutti) April 14, 2020
ESG Managers Say Pandemic Is a Stress Test That Proves Their Point https://t.co/MZVWVmNBh8
— Robert Rubinstein (@tbli) April 14, 2020
SustainaBonds explored how #socialbonds and #sustainablebonds can contribute to alleviating the social and economic impact of the #Covid19 pandemic in an article featuring our #sustainablebanking expert, Pascale Forde-Maurice ➡️ https://t.co/RYYKjAs5La pic.twitter.com/HOPZQ4LllI
— Crédit Agricole CIB (@CA_CIB) April 14, 2020
April 10
Finance Watch denounces the incoherence of the selection of BlackRock by the European Commission to integrate ESG factors into EU banking frameworks https://t.co/Nw2mGlIXWN
— Mariateresa Ruggiero (@materuggiero) April 10, 2020
April 9
BlackRock got a D in our ranking on #ResponsibleInvestment.
It may have upped its ambition since our survey closed, but it's unclear what makes it the ideal candidate for leading @EU_Finance work on #ESG integration https://t.co/AI8Z4OcSXl pic.twitter.com/apqGrKcSHn
— ShareAction (@ShareAction) April 9, 2020
The Bottom Line: Actively managed US funds posted excellent absolute returns in 2019 but lagged behind indices again while #sustainable funds delivered somewhat better results.https://t.co/VOR4gvNeMh#esg #sri #sustainability #responsiblinvesting #sustainablefinance
— @greeninvst (@greeninvst) April 9, 2020
#ESG #Rating #litigation.First case in #Germany. ISS accepted a preliminary injunction of ISRA vision not to issue the ESG rating (D-),calculated on the basis of publicly available information only. #Sustainability #sustainablefinance #corpgov https://t.co/9Yc9XhqboE @UZH_susfin pic.twitter.com/IOZHUdLXKD
— Marco Dell'Erba (@marcodellerba_) April 9, 2020
In the face of a bear market, sustainable funds notched record flows in Q1. #ESG #susty #ImpInv #fintwit #SriAgendahttps://t.co/wu61z7imfj pic.twitter.com/bMwR90NGNi
— Jon Hale (@Jon_F_Hale) April 9, 2020
April 8
Consultation started on 'renewed EU #SustainableFinance strategy' | Open until 15 July 2020 | Part of #EUGreenDeal and @EU_Commission’s efforts to ensure sustainable and resilient economic recovery following coronavirus outbreak#SustainableFinanceEUhttps://t.co/mgvwvz6jph
— Ralf Kuder (@Ralf_Kuder) April 8, 2020
While we're working hard to fight the #coronavirus, our efforts to create a greener & cleaner economy don’t stop 🌍 @EU_Commission is launching a consultation on the future strategy on sustainable finance. Have your say by 15 July. #SustainableFinanceEU #EUGreenDeal
— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) April 8, 2020
Hortense Bioy @hortensebioy @MorningstarInc said "Companies that score high on #ESG tend to be large well-run businesses that treat their stakeholders well… Many such companies tend to be more resilient during market downturns" https://t.co/y4xGGvKZ9w via @Reuters
— Morningstar UK media (@MstarUKmedia) April 8, 2020
#COVIDー19 Updates: #InstitutionalInvestors (195 representing over $4.7 trillion USD AUM) call on companies to put the welfare of their stakeholders first, including by retaining workers, maintaining payments to suppliers and limiting executive compensation -> #ESG #Leadership
— Anna Bulzomi (@AnnaBulzomi) April 8, 2020
Ma Jun, Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs:
Has created the Dynamic Environmental Credit Risk Assessment (DECRA) database, which a major Chinese bank is using to review the enviro performance of 70K companies that they're lending to#Ceres2020 @CeresNews pic.twitter.com/7zHTaTdutw
— Dan Saccardi (@dsaccardi) April 8, 2020
"ESG stocks prove their value during Covid-19 crisis" – a timely and fascinating piece via @IRMagazine on how the crisis is impacting those with no #ESG disclosures #ResponsibleInvestmenthttps://t.co/5GhAngxu24
— SIFIreland (@SIFIreland) April 8, 2020
April 7
Australia’s first #sukuk mandate adds diversification to a Shariah-compliant #responsibleinvestment super fund @CrescentWealth #ResponsibleFinance https://t.co/hasyYEJw4N pic.twitter.com/nxTbsHsybM
— RFI Foundation (@RFIFoundation) April 7, 2020
#SriAgenda | #Apr7#webinars
📌#ESG in #CreditRisk Analysis: the implications of Covid-19
📌Navigating a crisis: lessons from the Great Recession
📌Tassonomia UE: perché, cos’è, come si usa
📌Changing the world thru #AGMActivism: How can you get involved?#sustainablefinance 👇 https://t.co/FzCJD0YubK— Sri Event (@SriEvent) April 7, 2020
⛔️Investors line up against Mizuho support for coal. It marks the first time a Japanese publicly traded company has faced a shareholder climate change resolution. https://t.co/FtV8FEDjJd
— Andy Brown (@AndyBrown1_) April 7, 2020
How can Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Sage & others fail to provide a substantive response & still be top holdings in so many #ESG funds? Underlines the need for far greater integration of the 'S' of ESG; & #COVID19 the need for forceful stewardship with aggressive tax avoiders https://t.co/3FYtZbILv3
— Colin Baines (@ColinBaines1) April 7, 2020
(ICYMI) #SriAgenda happened today | #Apr7 #webinar
Tassonomia UE: perché, cos’è, come si usa. Colloquio con esperti del #TEG "@ClimateBonds
see the recap 👇https://t.co/MRg8lrDD8e #EUTaxonomy #sustainablefinanceEU #sustainablefinance @EPhilipova @Lsuttors @JLBlasco_me https://t.co/LhTaX2Vx7f
— Sri Event (@SriEvent) April 7, 2020
April 6
#ESG engagement in private equity is rising: surveyhttps://t.co/wJ3UW0nIIR
— SSE Initiative (@SSEinitiative) April 6, 2020
PRI blog: Highlights of the signatory survey on passive strategies and ESG https://t.co/L6giIsusUM
— Mark Kolmar (@mpkolmar) April 6, 2020
#ESG a safer harbour in coronavirus slide shows @MorningstarInc datahttps://t.co/xcS9P5KFPi via @Reuters
— Morningstar UK media (@MstarUKmedia) April 6, 2020
April 3
World first vote of this significance for shareholder resolution calling on a company to set Scope 3 targets. So proud of the work of the @AustCCR team and our many shareholder supporters https://t.co/2iVEtN1A9R
— Brynn O'Brien (@brynnobrien) April 3, 2020
In Q12020 @VigeoEiris’ Controversy Risk Assessment Database captured 790 #ESGControversies. Covering 7000+ #issuers, with daily updates our #Controversy Database offers up to date insights to support investors in managing their risks. https://t.co/TUlO2klsR1#BecauseESGmatters pic.twitter.com/YYcpuCnElE
— V.E, Vigeo Eiris (@VigeoEiris) April 3, 2020
The @Proxy_Impact and @ArjunaCapital #GenderPayGapScorecard is out and most companies say they support #EqualPay and #EqualOpportunity but few will report on their actual #genderpaygap https://t.co/aTY8VLMi9G via @hrdive
— Proxy Impact (@Proxy_Impact) April 3, 2020
April 1
ESG Stock Resilience Is Paving the Way for a Surge in Popularity found via @cronycle @seankidney @SasjaBeslik @SEBGroup @bolund @maxelger @SustAbility @volansjohn @JeremyLeggett https://t.co/64oLO4errR
— Kaj Embren (@KajEmbren) April 1, 2020
mondosri - home of @SriEvent 