Not-to-be-missed tweeted news on the sustainable finance space.
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June 30
Great milestone in #HouseofLords: When published, #PensionsSchemesBill gave zero consideration to climate risk. Today we have a disclosure framework for pensions that takes into account Paris and 2050 net zero targets. #greenfinance
— Peers for the Planet (@Peers4Planet) June 30, 2020
June 25
Climate proposal at Mizuho Financial Group was not successful, but did achieve almost 35% support according to preliminary count #ESG #CorpGov https://t.co/dYQckPJDED
— Proxy Insight (@ProxyInsight) June 25, 2020
❗We are pleased to announce that 14 new funds have been granted a #LuxFLAG label, bringing the total to 204 labelled investment products.❗
🔎https://t.co/jv69LEGcmW#sustainablefinance #LuxFLAG #labelling #ESG #climatefinance #microfinance #environment #sustainableinvestments pic.twitter.com/ojpgpSp1lV
— LuxFLAG (@LuxFLAG) June 24, 2020
June 24
With the reports released today, @NGFS_ keeps guiding central banks and supervisors towards better management of climate-related and environmental risks! 🌿
▶ Watch video: https://t.co/b2vSZGv73x
▶ Press release: https://t.co/W4RkQNzBJ0 pic.twitter.com/upPilHpflo— Network for Greening the Financial System (@NGFS_) June 24, 2020
June 23
.@ShareAction and a coalition of industry & CSOs with a common interest in #SustainableFinance have published 7 recommendations for the upcoming review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive #NFRDhttps://t.co/ai7qDu63jX pic.twitter.com/osjaxBK9YG
— Philipp Woelk (@PhWoelk) June 23, 2020
June 18
Parliament has adopted #EUTaxonomy to boost green investments, prevent ‘greenwashing’ and to achieve a #ClimateNeutralEU
Quotes by @spietikainen & @BasEickhout in the press releasehttps://t.co/p36gfnWfcg
— ENVI Committee Press (@EP_Environment) June 18, 2020
@VigeoEiris with @euronext launch an advanced ESG index. Powered by Vigeo Eiris it selects 80 Large Cap for their high sustainability profiles with a stringest focus on Energy Transition. https://t.co/bCqFJgLGpd #sustainabilityriskrating
— Fouad Benseddik (@fbenseddik) June 18, 2020
Today the Racial Justice Investing Coalition has released a Statement of Solidarity calling on the investment community to take action to dismantle systemic racism and promote racial equity and justice in their investments. https://t.co/o0N3629at9 @ACREcampaigns pic.twitter.com/ydpaPyAAB1
— ICCR (@ICCRonline) June 18, 2020
June 17
Euronext Announces Comprehensive Suite of ESG Products, Services, Commitmentshttps://t.co/46W9nnN5Ne@euronext #ESG #sustainableinvesting #SDG #greenbonds
— ESG Today (@EsgToday) June 17, 2020
📰A new guide by @southpoleglobal, commissioned by @foenCH helps investors understand & reduce water-related risks and make a contribution to the achievement of global water objectives, in particular #SDG6 @2030AgendaCH @bluepeace @eda_dfae @SIF
@5SOS https://t.co/sMammUNYls— SSF (@SwissSustFin) June 17, 2020
June 15
.@PRI_News proposes #SDG outcomes framework ahead of reporting changes https://t.co/2TThn8KWzn #esg #SDGoutcomes
— Fiona Reynolds (@Fireynolds) June 15, 2020
June 11
We can bounce back from this crisis & build a greener economy, but only if we work together 🌍
Today two more countries join forces to mobilise private money towards sustainable projects in the International Platform on #SustainableFinance
Welcome New Zealand 🇳🇿 & Singapore 🇸🇬 ! pic.twitter.com/mICiCQq3b4— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) June 11, 2020
@theGIIN estimates the size of the global #impinv market to be US$ 715 Billion.
Datos interesantes que estudiaremos con detenimiento al mismo tiempo que seguimos trabajando para caracterizar y cuantificar el mercado de la #inversióndeimpacto en España. https://t.co/p1jrQ4HjMd
— SpainNAB (@SpainNAB) June 11, 2020
Asset managers are still blind to #biodiversity loss!
New research shows none of the world’s largest managers have a dedicated policy on biodiversity https://t.co/tsGxMsLaf7 #ResponsibleInvestment #ESG pic.twitter.com/3qC3vOnuHn
— ShareAction (@ShareAction) June 11, 2020
June 10
The Ripple Effect of EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Investments in U.S. Financial Sector https://t.co/bbSqTUNaS1 via @HarvardCorpGov
— Ana Alvarez Grullon (@AnaAlvarezGrull) June 10, 2020
June 9
Retrouvez les derniers chiffres de l’#InvestissementResponsable de l’@AFG_France et du @FIR_FrenchSIF ➡️ https://t.co/kPnm6ZiWGV #AssetManagement #FinanceDurable #FinanceVerte pic.twitter.com/kE4DBI5Owg
— Finance for Tomorrow (@FinforTomorrow) June 9, 2020
Sustainable investments grew 23% to €270 billion in Germany last year, reaching 5.4% share of all investments
"Despite strong growth rates" the market has "not made it into the mainstream in Germany yet" – @FNG_eV https://t.co/FswwniimJx #sustainablefinance #invest pic.twitter.com/jh7FerPvMV
— Clean Energy Wire (@cleanenergywire) June 9, 2020
@SPGlobalRatings launched its #Green Financing Framework Alignment Opinions under its already-established #GreenEvaluation service. #sustainablefinance #greenbonds https://t.co/3HkU3ZDuWq
— Arnaud Humblot (@arnaudhumblot) June 9, 2020
EDHEC-Risk Institute, welcome to Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment ….! https://t.co/dOvv7IJgCn
— Rob Bauer (@robbauerUM) June 9, 2020
Policy-makers should take immediate action to harness banking prudential regulation to tackle the climatefinance “#doomloop” #FinancialStability #GreenSwan #NGFS 👇
https://t.co/jVLhxLmBYP— Finance Watch (@forfinancewatch) June 9, 2020
June 8
The Swiss Sustainable Investment Market Study 2020 is out! #Sustainableinvestments in Switzerland have grown by 62%, reaching CHF 1.16 tn by the end of 2019. SSF is proud to present the brand new #SwissSIMS20 🇨🇭🌏
Read more👉https://t.co/yUN6z5cqmv pic.twitter.com/FSnZzKCmvd
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) June 8, 2020
BREAKING: Shareholder and environmental activists seek to oust seven non-executive directors at Standard Bank with ties to fossil fuel companies https://t.co/O5XzR3Wca2
— South Africa Climate News (@ZAClimateNews) June 8, 2020
Today, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a report entitled "Positively green: Measuring climate change risks to financial stability"
▶ Read more: https://t.co/dx7kqPo56R pic.twitter.com/GXJPHhwDr6
— Network for Greening the Financial System (@NGFS_) June 8, 2020
Another key step towards greening finance & supporting the #EUGreenDeal transition: draft legal acts integrating #ESG considerations in fiduciary duties and adapting suitability test by introducing ESG preferences now out for feedback:https://t.co/edkLYSmi4G @SustainableFinanceEU
— Martin Spolc (@MartinSpolc) June 8, 2020
June 5
Casi un 80% de los planes de empleo invierte con criterios socialmente responsables https://t.co/ISTvB6SQ1Q Crónica de @sofi_cis en @Futuroafondo cc @fonditel @OCOPEN_ @MjimenezLash @Bankia @mabalue @CCOO @UGT_Comunica #SemanaISR2020 #InversiónSostenible #ASG #ESG
— Spainsif (@Spainsif) June 5, 2020
Investors with over €11 trillion in assets are calling on EU leaders to ensure a sustainable economic recovery from Covid-19, which delivers the EU Green Deal & goals of the #ParisAgreement. See letter https://t.co/6yW6D3ASiw @IIGCCnews @PRI_News #BuildBackBetter pic.twitter.com/OkOQP3kANc
— CDP (@CDP) June 5, 2020
The English version of the blog: ESG reports Latin America: Panel of local experts discuss 6 key trends in the region is here 👇🏽https://t.co/gR5PvmwwPK @bonosverdes @CCFVerdes @epiquero @AsocBancosMx @cmosellav @mexico2_pmc @eatehort @CAVILO_ @AldoCerda1 @andytuit @EstrategiaRev
— Soffia AD (@SoffiaAlarcon) June 5, 2020
June 4
If you're wondering what all this talk about sustainable finance "taxonomies" is about, @isfcanada has published a good primer here.https://t.co/W81OUI8hJd #SustainableFinance #ESG
— Dustyn Lanz (@dustynlanz) June 4, 2020
June 3
https://t.co/6uC4iV6bq1 #ClimateChange #esg #esginvesting #sustainablefinance #lowcarbon #parisagreement #indexfunds #etfs
— Mona Naqvi (@Mona_Naqvi_) June 3, 2020
June 1
EIRIS Conflict Risk Network moves to the EIRIS Foundation https://t.co/e6Zt1A4L3E
— EIRIS Foundation (@EIRISFoundation) June 1, 2020
Less than 1.5% of the $70 trillion handled by the asset management industry each year is overseen by #BIPOC and #women managers. The @BeeckCenter’s @ErikaSeth76 has ideas on how to fix it. Learn more: https://t.co/NvXigbcBmQ #ESG #racialequity #racialjustice #socialjustice
— US SIF (@US_SIF) June 1, 2020
UK's USS will divest from #tobacco corporations, companies that derive 25% of revenues from thermal #coal mining and organizations with links to #clustermunitions, white phosphorus and #landmines.https://t.co/uFXDXWXOTW#investing #ESG #divestment
— Amy Resnick (@Resnick_PI) June 1, 2020
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