On this page you can find the most relevant, not-to-be-missed and hopefully groundbreaking #SriNews that I see by surfing the web and mainly by ‘living’ on Twitter (apart from #DivestNews, #GreenBondNews and #BizHRInvesting news, of course).
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February 19
🎯EIB Vice-President @_EmmaNavarro signs the #BrusselsDeclaration on “Climate Change and Oceans Preservation”: https://t.co/KXjvFkd2Qq#BEclimateoceans #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/ioo3vixXjZ
— European Investment Bank (@EIB) February 19, 2019
#Finance #durable | @SpreadResearch et @EthiFinance poursuivent le développement de leur #société de #notation #intégrée Leur objectif : devenir la première agence européenne de notation intégrée (~#financière et #extrafinancière) pour le PME-PMI via @AEF__DD pic.twitter.com/8zpJF6jxjs
— François GARREAU (@GARREAU75) February 19, 2019
Climate change impacts are increasingly recognized by private equity actors as determinants of performance.
83% of respondents are concerned about climate risks in their portfolio & 77% noted the importance of carbon footprints to reduce #GHG's#ESG #susty https://t.co/VNAkrvYFEF pic.twitter.com/BtnlLSGBim— Alexandria Fisher (@EnviroDevlopmt) February 19, 2019
Which publicly traded companies are leading the charge to a clean energy future? JOIN OUR WEBINAR TODAY @ 10 a.m. EST ➡️ https://t.co/jrmBjFIcpg #Clean200https://t.co/iew2IvfXgK
— As You Sow (@AsYouSow) February 19, 2019
February 15
⚡️ #GreenFinanceBriefing 02
Each Friday, catch up with the latest highlights in #SustainableFinance #GreenFinancehttps://t.co/5ZFF26Lcll— Finance for Tomorrow (@FinforTomorrow) February 15, 2019
Compelling summary from @MstarResearch on the positive growth and performance of #SRI funds in 2018, with "plenty more room to grow." #ESG https://t.co/5bZRmipmdZ
— Rehana Nathoo (@rehananathoo) February 15, 2019
February 14
Apply for new EIBURS research grant on incorporating #ESG criteria in credit analysis and ratings. Click for more https://t.co/mQnaNiADDC #sustainablefinance #impactinvesting @sciencespo @LSEnews @sdabocconi @uni_lu @ucl pic.twitter.com/v3VYE9zGMe
— EIB INSTITUTE (@EIBINSTITUTE) February 14, 2019
You can still support the Open Letter to Global Index Providers on Controversial Weapons Exclusions, coordinated by SSF and currently supported by over 140 investors with USD 6.9 trillion AuM, under the following link: https://t.co/4nk2nBDbav #sustainablefinance #BankingOnValue pic.twitter.com/0XDfZ2ZkbR
— SSF (@SwissSustFin) February 13, 2019
READ: A year after #HLEG's landmark proposals on #SustainableFinance @ca_howarth asks what's changed. Lots on #greenfinance, but the financial system still isn't democratic enough. Let's light a fire under policy-makers to keep ambitions high @EU_Finance https://t.co/vGxa7PNlmr pic.twitter.com/TymIM0cDLk
— ShareAction (@ShareActionUK) February 14, 2019
Sustainable finance market grew 26% in 2018, with record US$247bn worth of sustainable debt instruments https://t.co/OBaD565hwu#greenfinance #sustainablefinance, #impinv #responsibleinvesting #esg #esginvesting #sustainableinvesting #finance #money #greeneconomy #sustainability
— responsibleinvestors (@responsible_inv) February 14, 2019
February 12
US-based Episcopal Church arms itself with shares in battle for responsible gun-control https://t.co/C5AYIqsdl7
— ECCR (@eccr1) February 12, 2019
SHAREHOLDER DEMOCRACY NETWORK IS LIVE! Concerned about runaway drug prices? You can send a message to 6 of the Big Pharma companies. https://t.co/O6AcAWygFk #drugprices #pharma #healthcare #ACA https://t.co/pmm3CuNaNC
— ShareholderDemocracyNetwork (@ShareholderDem1) February 12, 2019
February 8
Congratulations and thanks to the additional 155 experts, incl from key economic sectors, selected to contribute to the development of EU taxonomy that will shift the trillions to projects with a major positive impact on climate: https://t.co/PqMN3qxtbm #TEG #SustainableFinanceEU
— Martin Spolc (@MartinSpolc) February 8, 2019
Index groups face fight over controversial weapons https://t.co/xFaejpb0dZ @financialtimes
— Hanna Kaskela (@KaskelaH) February 8, 2019
Important move to connect the often separate agendas of short-termism, real economy investment & #SustainableFinance Great to see the EU action plan in action! https://t.co/dwISDziXHo
— Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1) February 8, 2019
L’association @makesense lance un fond d’investissement pour les startups à impact social et environnemental, en pré-amorçage.
« Il s’agit de financer le développement d’entrepreneurs en amont de tout ce qui existe aujourd’hui en France » explique @CoralieGau#Investissement #ESS pic.twitter.com/YoxEK0qhZ7— MEDIATICO (@MEDIATICO_FR) February 8, 2019
World's largest wealth fund to press firms for #ClimateChange data at AGMs https://t.co/lPR3QAQ9EZ
— IIGCC (@IIGCCnews) February 8, 2019
Major funds launch toolkit to help investors measure SDG impact https://t.co/CpY53ClDpN #CISL #EthicalInvesting #SDGs #ClimateAction100+ #ESG #Divestment #SRI
— Harshi Joshi (@harshijoshi) February 8, 2019
February 7
Belgian Financial Sector presents Quality Standard & Label for socially responsible and sustainable financial products https://t.co/3iZvcsKKL5 https://t.co/ycrHnMWnYJ @Febelfin #SRI #ESG pic.twitter.com/vZ2SJMvgrd
— Banking for Society (@banking4society) February 7, 2019
February 6
Bravo @dkalf70 d'avoir inauguré au nom de @Sanso_IS l'#ESSECFinLab de l'@essec #Sustainablefinance #SRI #assetmanagement https://t.co/tSACNE95iz
— François L'Henoret (@FHenoret) February 5, 2019
An Australian mutual bank is one of the first banks to certify for responsible banking across its retail deposits, mortgages and wholesale funding. This could generate $3.5bn of responsible investment by 2021 https://t.co/m8mZ5FluUU #ESG #SRI #responsiblebanking #australia pic.twitter.com/nE7VXiaGnB
— responsibleinvestors (@responsible_inv) February 5, 2019
Quand le #climat fait sa #première #victime en #Bourse | La société @PGE4Me est presque inconnue de ce côté-ci de l'Atlantique. C'est pourtant un géant de l'énergie américain, l'EDF de la Californie PG & E https://t.co/kIo66RGVkt pic.twitter.com/Vlqh1FhklQ
— François GARREAU (@GARREAU75) February 6, 2019
Lastest issue of #FinanceNewsletter is out! Interview with @nathanafabian on work of technical expert group on #SustainableFinance; screening of foreign direct #investment https://t.co/w8JqcXraqA pic.twitter.com/4CkjPKHyol
— EU Finance 🇪🇺 (@EU_Finance) February 6, 2019
La #finance #éthique, un enjeu pour la Place | La Bourse de Luxembourg confie les rênes du #Luxembourg #Green #Exchange #LGX à Flavia Micilotta, experte européenne en finance #responsable @fmici @FIR_FrenchSIF #sustainability #ESG #SRI #greenbonds #ISR https://t.co/aULfY1Pmlz pic.twitter.com/FXtFEYzNF1
— François GARREAU (@GARREAU75) February 6, 2019
February 5
The Church Commissioners and other investors have welcomed BP's backing of their shareholder resolution on climate change. https://t.co/6cgHOz3Jar
— ECCR (@eccr1) February 5, 2019
Two rating firms are taking action to offer improved measurements on how companies are living up to environmental, social and governance initiatives. #ESG #ImpInv https://t.co/P9sVfY3ik0
— TriLinc Global, LLC (@TriLinc) February 5, 2019
Good to see the initiative that European banks and @EBFeu have showed on the @UNEP_FI Responsible #BankingPrinciples. Now it is time to implement these and truly scale up #SustainableFinance pic.twitter.com/7PuCH3mMkz
— Valdis Dombrovskis (@VDombrovskis) February 5, 2019
.@WorldBank has estimated that it will take about $4tn of annual investment to create the necessary infrastructure to achieve the #SDGs 🌎@gilliantett asks, if governments won’t fund #sustainabledevelopment, will private finance step in?https://t.co/6aYuIWRdYt#Sustainable pic.twitter.com/31jFGfkhRn
— LuxembourgForFinance (@LuxFinance) February 5, 2019
ICYMI this 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
— US SIF (@US_SIF) February 5, 2019
Interdisciplinary workshop on #finance and #socialjustice with @ysi_commons @oxfamgb @ShareActionUK on 21-22 March @UofGLaw. Exploring issues of #SustainableFinance #HumanRights. Masters, PhDs and early career researchers welcome. Apply by 18 February: https://t.co/TrSxwrWG6h. pic.twitter.com/ASfusYxHXT
— Javier Solana (@JavierSolana8) February 5, 2019
What do you think will be the number one #sustainability issue in 2019? Vote now or reply to this tweet with your number one sustainability issue!
— The PRI (@PRI_News) February 5, 2019
February 4
.@actmatthews The Church of England Pensions Board has divested from #Vale and together with Swedish Public Pension funds, APG, @Robeco, New Zealand Super, the UK’s LGPS Central and @BMOGAM_UK is calling for a global independent public classification system to monitor dams. https://t.co/NWFEtqUi3P
— Ethical Corporation (@Ethical_Corp) February 4, 2019
IOSCO's report #SustainableFinance in #EmergingMarkets & Role of Regulators has 11 recommendations: Integration by issuers of #ESG, ESG disclosures, #data, defining instruments, eligible projects, integration of ESG in inv analysis, building ESG capacityhttps://t.co/8raDmOhe71 pic.twitter.com/7OpvWwWGCr
— SIFF India (@SIFFInd) February 4, 2019
Looking forward to delivering the first #sustainablefinance #executive #education program at #IIMA @IIMAhmedabad! India’s first and much needed. #ClimateAction #finance pic.twitter.com/r0lGqtrt5J
— Mahua (@mahuaacharya) February 4, 2019
February 1
A great change to align business with @PRI_News recommendations!
S&P Global Ratings has started to include environmental, social, and governance sections within its issuer credit rating reports on corporate entities. https://t.co/hk8H5ttKMM@SPGlobal #ESG #CorpGov #fixedincome
— Alexandria Fisher (@EnviroDevlopmt) February 1, 2019
Leading investors are filing a shareholder resolution at BP with support of its board! Company to set-out Paris Agreement business strategy. Another significant step forward for investor engagement, @ActOnClimate100 & IIGCC. Via @adamvaughan_uk. https://t.co/3IifSnLiss
— IIGCC (@IIGCCnews) February 1, 2019
"BP supports Climate Action 100+ investor call to align its business strategy with the goals of the #ParisAgreement" – statement by @ActOnClimate100 https://t.co/jBEYywG36o @AIGCC_update @CeresNews @IGCC_Update @IIGCCnews @PRI_News
— Chris Fox (@ChristopherNFox) February 1, 2019
We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new investment fund; @Cpr_Am will be using our data to make sustainable investment decisions – a brilliant example of #InvestorAction https://t.co/O4JZDagwYz #ClimateAction #ESG
— CDP (@CDP) February 1, 2019
Amundi subsidiary teams up with NGO for climate fund launch https://t.co/GHlUgh9oBG via @investmentweek
— SSE Initiative (@SSEinitiative) February 1, 2019
UBS rolling out pilot program to match clients with ESG preferences to obtain personal sustainability score https://t.co/nJ6q9A3BwI
— Sustainable Insight (@SICMgmt) February 1, 2019
