Media - specialist SRI
An important role has been played by a small number of specialist SRI media sources that have tracked the emerging industry closely, have reported critically and constructively, have stimulated debate and thereby have supported the healthy development of the industry.
SRI-C welcomes the participation of these specialist news providers but reminds them of the SRI-CONNECT principle that “what goes on the site, stays on the site”. In practice, this means that specialist SRI media can:
- Publish their news on the site
- View the news of practitioners
But they cannot:
- Source stories from the site
- Publish information that they find on the site in other places
(Repeating information published on SRI-CONNECT outside the site defeats the trust necessary for the operation of the site and will lead to an immediate ban of the user concerned and potentially to ‘naming and shaming’.)
Media organisations are likely to use the following services from SRI-CONNECT:
Market buzz & Research
- Channel their news directly to investors based on their self-selected interests
- Receive news, research and reports from companies, SRI research providers and other industry participants
- Search the SRI-CONNECT database for research and reports
Profiles, networks & discussion
- Maintain a profile to ensure that companies, research providers and others have a clear understanding of their objectives, capabilities and needs
- Find and filter profiles to identify relevant research providers, contacts at companies, analysts at research providers and experts at other organisations
- Discuss SRI developments with a wide range of industry participants
- Host and participate in industry events and conferences
- Build and manage their own SRI network via the groups, events and messaging functions
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Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
Media - specialist SRIs can:
- Use Market Buzz to raise the profile of their research and share their opinions with investors and analysts (About Market Buzz | Post research & reports)
- Use the Directory to highlight their organisational and individual capabilities and interests (About Directory | Update your organisation's profile | Update your personal profile)
- Advertise events (About Events | All events)
- Monitor the developing profile of their firm and research with sustainable investment industry
- Response to requests for research made via the Research Marketplace
Learn & interact
Media - specialist SRIs can:
- Receive research that matches their areas of focus (About Market Buzz | View the latest buzz)
- Learn about the dynamics of the sustainable investment industry (SRI Primer | Ecology of SRI | Trends & opinion)
- Join discussions (All Discussion Groups)
- Make connections & send messages
Other
... and like all members of the network, they can:
- Careers, skills & jobs: Employ others and develop their own skills & careers
- People & networks: Network with, follow and engage with others
Note
These special conditions govern the access of NGOs to SRI-Connect
Individuals 50 of 6,040 results
Organisations 50 of 8,123 results
Buzzes 50 of 13,343 results
DOGE's DEI Contract Cancellations Create Massive Economic Losses, New Analysis Reveals
DOGE's DEI Contract Cancellations Create Massive Economic Losses, New Analysis Reveals
A new economic analysis by Creative Investment Research reveals that the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) cancellation of 104 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) contracts will result in staggering economic losses ranging from $1.6 trillion to $2.6 trillion annually, far exceeding the reported $1 billion in "savings."
While DOGE, under the leadership of Elon Musk, claims to have reduced government spending, our analysis demonstrates that these cuts will increase social and economic costs through rising employment discrimination, housing inequities, business exclusion, healthcare disparities, and criminal justice failures.
Hardman & Co: Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds in 2024 ‒ A year of trials and tribulations
Hardman & Co: Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds in 2024 ‒ A year of trials and tribulations
Only Cordiant and Pantheon buck the trend
For the remaining 29 quoted Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and the Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs), 2024 was a dire year ‒ as was 2023. NAV discounts widened appreciably, while some REIFs, in particular, really struggled.
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Clearly, sector investors will be hoping that 2025 brings some good news ‒ on the back of the high yields currently prevailing ‒ and enables the wide NAV discounts to be narrowed.
Purina: Purina in Society Commitments Report 2023
Purina: Purina in Society Commitments Report 2023
Note - report published September 2024. Purina is part of Swiss-based Nestlé S.A (pet care division) and publishes a separate CSR report.
Amundi: ESG Thema #19 - Measuring Scope 3 Emissions: implications & challenges for investors
Amundi: ESG Thema #19 - Measuring Scope 3 Emissions: implications & challenges for investors
Amundi: ESG Thema #19 - Measuring Scope 3 Emissions: implications & challenges for investors
Key takeaways
- Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions include all indirect emissions that occur in a company’s value chain, both upstream and downstream. These emissions are crucial for understanding a company's full climate impact.
- Upstream emissions can include those from the production of raw materials, transportation, and business travel. Downstream emissions can include those from the use of sold products and their end-of-life treatment.
- Scope 3 emissions often represent the bulk of a company's total green GHG emissions and are thus essential for understanding the full climate-related risks and opportunities associated with an investment.
- The GHG Protocol’s Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard classifies Scope 3 emissions into 15 distinct categories, covering both upstream and downstream emissions. These categories are designed to be mutually exclusive to prevent double-counting of emissions....
William Blair: The Energy Transition: Fueling Tomorrow’s Economy
William Blair: The Energy Transition: Fueling Tomorrow’s Economy
Over time, the forces behind the energy transition have become deeper and the motivations more diverse.
A longstanding catalyst of the energy transition has been the adverse impact of burning fossil fuels on the climate. Globally, there has been a consensus that the world needed to shift away from a scarce, expensive, inefficient, and volatile commodity-based fossil fuel system to a cheaper, cleaner, and leaner technology that is readily available and exposed to falling costs.
The shift from hydrocarbons to electrons has resulted in greater electrification and digitalization within the power space. The commercialization of electric vehicle (EV) technology is directly linked to these initiatives as transportation is a huge contributor to emissions. Electrifying transport is, and will continue to be, beneficial from an emissions reduction perspective.
But recently, new energy transition catalysts have emerged, such as national security (particularly as importing fuel through pipelines that could potentially be compromised has emerged as a threat) and the deglobalization of supply chains. As reshoring and nearshoring accelerate, there is a need for countries in both emerging and developed markets to dramatically increase investment in their capacity to generate, transmit, and distribute power, which is also providing momentum to the energy transition...
Frenchsif : Publication of the 2024 written questions campaign to CAC 40
Frenchsif : Publication of the 2024 written questions campaign to CAC 40
For the fifth year running, FIR is publishing the results of the ESG written question campaign put to CAC 40 companies at their annual general meetings in 2024. This year, the new theme of directors' expertise in CSR issues was addressed from a governance perspective.
In addition, this year's report examines overall results from a double materiality angle, and final scores are presented in a more granular form.
On the podium this year we have Michelin with 2.2/3, then Veolia with 2.1/3, then L'Oréal with 2/3.
The analysis and rating of the companies was carried out by the members of the Dialogue & Commitment Commission within FIR, which manages over 6,200 billion euros in assets.
Frenchsif : Review of collaborative investor engagement initiatives on biodiversity and climate
Frenchsif : Review of collaborative investor engagement initiatives on biodiversity and climate
After a first version in 2023 of a document listing all collaborative investor engagement initiatives on biodiversity, the Frenchsif is publishing a new edition of its review this year, including initiatives on climate.
As a reminder, the initiatives listed are driven by or aimed at investors, target companies or public authorities and are ongoing or regularly renewed.
The document is based on Frenchsif research to the end of 2024, and is intended to be regularly updated.
WEF: Nature Positive: Role of the Automotive Sector
WEF: Nature Positive: Role of the Automotive Sector
The automotive sector plays a critical role in the transition to a nature-positive world. In 2023, global vehicle production reached 94 million, contributing 3% of global gross domestic product (GDP), and the sector is projected to grow rapidly at a rate of 6-7% annually until 2030.
This growth is fuelled by a growing global middle class, an expansion of emerging markets and a shift in consumer preferences towards sustainable mobility. The shift can be seen in the surge of electric vehicle (EV) sales from 1 million to 14 million per year between 2017 and 2023.
This progress is supported by governments across the world, with 43 countries collectively committed to accelerating the transition towards 100% zero-emissions vehicles. These goals have also been integrated into national policies in key markets, including the EU, the UK, Canada and the US, which aim to scale up zero-emissions vehicles and circularity.
Despite these efforts, the automotive sector still contributes to biodiversity loss through pollution, water use, land-use change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its entire value chain – from material sourcing to vehicle manufacturing and end-of-life management.
This report summarizes the sector’s key impacts and dependencies on nature and sets out priority actions that corporate leaders can take to transform their businesses.
WEF: Nature Positive: Role of the Mining and Metals Sector
WEF: Nature Positive: Role of the Mining and Metals Sector
(https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Nature_Positive_Role_of_the_Mining_and_Metals_Sector.pdf)
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, has spent the past two years
gathering data and insights through research, expert consultation and industry interviews. This
work has paved the way for the Forum’s 2025 Nature Positive Transitions: Sectors report series.
Building from those released on the chemical sector, the household and personal care products sector, and the cement and concrete sector in 2023, these new reports focus on four sectors: mining and metals, automotive, offshore wind and ports.
This initiative is part of a broader collaborative effort with Business for Nature and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
IEA: The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy
IEA: The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy
The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy is a new report by the International Energy Agency that looks at the opportunities for nuclear energy to address energy security and climate concerns – and at critical elements needed to pursue these opportunities, including policies, innovation and financing.
Nuclear energy is a well-established technology that has provided electricity and heat to consumers for well over 50 years but has faced a number of challenges in recent years. However, nuclear energy is making a strong comeback, with rising investment, new technology advances and supportive policies in over 40 countries.
Electricity demand is projected to grow strongly over the next decades, including from data centres, further underpinning the importance of having sufficient new sources of stable low-emissions electricity. Despite the rising momentum behind nuclear energy, various challenges need to be overcome for nuclear to play an important role in the future energy landscape.
This report reviews the status of nuclear energy around the world and explores risks related to policies, construction and financing. It provides the long-term outlook for nuclear power in light of policies and ambitions, quantifying nuclear power capacity and the related investment over the period to 2050.
The report shows that with continued innovation, sufficient government support and new
business models, small modular reactors can play a pivotal role in enabling a new era for nuclear energy. It highlights potential mechanisms to unlock financing while also emphasising the critical importance of adequate planning for the required workforce and supply chains.
Global Water Monitor: 2024 Summary Report
Global Water Monitor: 2024 Summary Report
(https://www.globalwater.online/globalwater/report/index.html)
In 2024, the world broke new temperature records while precipitation extremes increased. Water-related disasters caused extensive impacts, with climate change contributing to the severity of floods, droughts, and cyclones.
Some of the key findings include:
Climate change is making water disasters worse. Rising temperatures caused by fossil fuel burning are increasing the strength and rainfall intensity of monsoons, cyclones and other storm systems.
Global temperatures continue to increase rapidly. Average air temperature over land area hit an all-time high, reaching 1.2°C above the 1995-2005 average. More than half the world’s population spread over 111 countries experienced their warmest year yet, while 34 countries set new maximum temperature records.
Both high rainfall and drought are becoming more extreme. In 2024, months with record-low precipitation were 38% more common than during the 1995-2005 baseline period, while record-high 24h rainfall extremes were 52% more frequent.
Water-related disasters caused major damage in 2024. They caused over 8,700 deaths, displaced 40 million people, and inflicted more than US$550 billion in damages. Flash floods, landslides, and tropical cyclones were the worst types of disasters in terms of casualties and economic damage....
WEF: Global Risks Report 2025
WEF: Global Risks Report 2025
(https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/)
WEF: Global Risks Report 2025
The 20th edition of the Global Risks Report 2025 reveals an increasingly fractured global landscape, where escalating geopolitical, environmental, societal and technological challenges threaten stability and progress.
This edition presents the findings of the Global Risks Perception Survey 2024-2025 (GRPS), which captures insights from over 900 experts worldwide. The report analyses global risks through three timeframes to support decision- makers in balancing current crises and longer-term priorities.
UNEP-FI: Tackling Hidden Emissions for a Net-Zero Transition
UNEP-FI: Tackling Hidden Emissions for a Net-Zero Transition
(https://www.unepfi.org/industries/tackling-hidden-emissions-for-a-net-zero-transition/)
Set on tackling the Scope 3 or ‘hidden’ emissions, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance conducts an in-depth sectoral analysis to clearly outline obstacles to Scope 3 integration and to offer ways forward for a multitude of stakeholders.
The challenges with Scope 3 emission accounting include data reliability and double counting. The sector analysis also showed the discrepancies among the different sectors (oil and gas, utilities, and financials).
To chart a path forward, the paper underscores the importance of three key requirements:
- Reliable emission data should become available at company level.
- Policies that require transparent disclosures should be established across
different jurisdictions. - Asset owners should capitalise on increased data transparency and reliability.
Set on tackling the Scope 3 or ‘hidden’ emissions, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance conducts an in-depth sectoral analysis to clearly outline obstacles to Scope 3 integration and to offer ways forward for a multitude of stakeholders.
The challenges with Scope 3 emission accounting include data reliability and double counting. The
sector analysis also showed the discrepancies among the different sectors (oil and gas, utilities, and financials).
To chart a path forward, the paper underscores the importance of three key requirements:
- Reliable emission data should become available at company level.
- Policies that require transparent disclosures should be established across
different jurisdictions. - Asset owners should capitalise on increased data transparency and reliability.
For each of these requirements, the Alliance outlines actions points for the relevant stakeholders—corporates, policymakers, and asset owners.
HKGFA: Green Technology Landscape in Hong Kong: Opportunities for Finance
HKGFA: Green Technology Landscape in Hong Kong: Opportunities for Finance
This report aims to guide companies in identifying technology levers while providing finance practitioners with clarity on the technology options ready for scaled deployment, enabling them to channel capital more effectively towards the innovations and infrastructures.
It addresses knowledge and financing gaps by presenting a broad landscape of green technologies across sectors, supported by expert insights on commercial viability, such as market opportunities, technical maturity, and financing needs.
Furthermore, the report supplements the ongoing industry initiatives by the Green Development Institute, the Prototype Hong Kong Green Fintech Map in collaboration with Cyberport and Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) designed to help corporates and financial firms identify green and sustainable financial technology solutions that meet their business needs, and the HKMA green fintech competition that sought to identify market-ready solutions to help the banking sector address the challenges of climate-related risk management, analytics, disclosures and reporting.
AIGCC: Background Briefing: The Economic Cost to Japan of Delayed Transition to Net Zero
AIGCC: Background Briefing: The Economic Cost to Japan of Delayed Transition to Net Zero
(https://aigcc.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/171224-Japan-Cost-of-Delay-Media-Stakeholder-Brief.pdf)
Climate damage would deliver an almost 10 percent annual hit to Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) if current global climate policy trajectories continue, according to new economic modelling.
Physical impacts are set to wipe out JPY 952 trillion (US$9.2 trillion) from Japan’s economy between now and 2050, translating to hundreds of thousands of yen being lost by Japanese households annually.
Impacts to Japan are forecasted to be higher than those for the U.S. and Europe. Asia - home to seven out of Japan’s top 10 trading partners - is amongst the world’s most climate change-exposed regions.
This reveals the significant economic risks posed by inadequate climate ambition and the proposed “linear” trajectory to net zero. To safeguard its future, Japan must pursue an ambitious science-based transition pathways for transition that is supported by the necessary supporting climate policy.
Profundo, BankTrack, Others: Banking on Thin Ice - Exposing Nordic Banks’ Ties to Fossil Fuels
Profundo, BankTrack, Others: Banking on Thin Ice - Exposing Nordic Banks’ Ties to Fossil Fuels
(https://fairfinanceguide.se/media/bkobtmvx/bti-3-report-240127_final.pdf)
This report covers the role of Nordic banks in financing the fossil fuel industry. It is based on financial research conducted by Profundo, a Netherlands based research and advice consultancy.
The report investigates credit flows of 10 Nordic banks into fossil fuel companies over the period January 2016 – June 2024, as well as investments in fossil fuel bonds and shares identified at the most recently available filing date in August 2024.
This report is a joint publication of the Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance, Profundo, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Coal-Free Finland (Hiilivapaa Suomi) the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), BankTrack, and Future is in our hands.
Allspring: Eye on SI: 2025 Outlook
Allspring: Eye on SI: 2025 Outlook
Key takeaways
- Nuclear power initiatives are expanding because of the growing need for clean energy. The focus is on restarting existing reactors and building small module reactors.
- More extreme weather is adding risk worldwide. Certain industries, such as insurance, are uniquely exposed. Even benign weather changes affect profitability for some firms.
- Increasing water dependency is influencing corporate strategy, capital expenditures, and economic growth. Demand is rising, but clean water sources are shrinking.
Schroders: 2025 Sustainable Investment Outlook: Top 8 trends for North America in the year ahead
Schroders: 2025 Sustainable Investment Outlook: Top 8 trends for North America in the year ahead
As investors focus on the long-term drivers of investment performance, of which structural environmental and social changes are a major and increasing component, there is a growing demand for initiatives and leadership that will address major risks and unlock opportunities.
[1] New ways to define and measure sustainable AUM and flows: As fund-naming rules become more stringent and as more investors incorporate sustainability criteria into their investment process, there is a growing need for new methods to track funds that may lack sustainability labels but are still aligned with sustainable goals.
[2] Increased focus on the physical risks and the role of insurance: This is particularly timely, especially as news of the LA wildfires dominated headlines. Schroders expects this area (and the role of insurance) to become increasingly important as mitigation efforts are not progressing quickly enough and as natural disasters cause billions of dollars’ worth of damages.
[3] Further focus on thematics: Beyond generic ESG, sustainability-minded investors will become more specific in seeking alpha opportunities. These include technology and innovation (AI — of course), health & wellness, sustainable infrastructure and resource security, and the circular economy.
[4] Emerging focus on natural capital and biodiversity: Schroders acknowledges that “actual investment dollars moving into this area are still quite scarce”, but it has observed increased client interest in areas like regenerative agriculture, forestry, and water conservation.
[5] Increasing focus on private assets: Private assets are expected to play a bigger role in sustainability goals as more investors include them in their portfolios. Decarbonization in private markets is one of the key themes in focus here.
Planet Tracker: Toray Climate Transition Analysis Update
Planet Tracker: Toray Climate Transition Analysis Update
(https://planet-tracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Toray-CTA.pdf)
Planet Tracker examined Toray’s climate transition strategy across its emissions profile, policy and engagement, governance, risk management, and capital allocation. Toray aims for carbon neutrality by 2050 and invests in low-carbon opportunities, however its focus on intensity-based and avoidance targets – rather than absolute reductions – undermines its alignment with the most ambitious climate goals.
Without stronger absolute reduction commitments, enhanced supply chain accountability, and clearer links between incentives and Net Zero goals, Toray appears more likely to align with a 2°C to 3°C scenario, rather than Paris Aligned targets.
Free Float: Does anyone vote against directors based on performance?
Free Float: Does anyone vote against directors based on performance?
Free Float: Does anyone vote against directors based on performance?
Is there a reason capital markets will tolerate the "meritocracy" argument for buying and selling stocks or hiring/firing, but NOT for boardrooms given the average director receives 96% votes in favor of re-election (or election)?
J.P.Morgan AM: Climate scenarios: What they are, why they are important, and how they are applied to investment portfolios
J.P.Morgan AM: Climate scenarios: What they are, why they are important, and how they are applied to investment portfolios
In brief
- Climate analytics initially focused on carbon emissions metrics such as carbon footprint and carbon intensity. While carbon emissions metrics can help understand where a company currently stands on its emissions profile, these backward-looking metrics that are often lagged by one to two years provide only limited insights into a company’s exposures to climate risks. To understand a company’s exposures to climate risks, climate scenario analysis can provide further insights.
- Given the multitude of climate scenarios that are available, it is crucial that investors understand how scenarios are constructed, the uncertainties that are inherent in climate model design, and the associated implications for the results of a climate scenario analysis.
What are Climate scenarios?
Climate scenario analysis is a process to help organizations consider how the future might look if certain trends continue or certain conditions are met with respect to the climate. Climate scenarios analysis is generally done by running simulations of plausible climate futures, based on a set of assumptions on the economy and its interaction with the climate. These simulations produce climate and economic outputs such as global GHG emissions, GDP and energy demand given specific assumptions.
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Robeco: Nine themes poised to reshape portfolios and the future
Robeco: Nine themes poised to reshape portfolios and the future
Polarization continued to rock geopolitics, national politics, and financial markets in 2024. Ironically, last year’s turbulence has left thematic investing even better positioned to benefit from opportunities.
Summary
- From stalwarts to start-ups, the business of finance is booming
- Broader growth as AI tools are practically applied across sectors
- Reshoring and regulation should boost robotics and automation
Robeco: Reduce, recycle, reshore: localization is revving up the circular revolution
Robeco: Reduce, recycle, reshore: localization is revving up the circular revolution
While reshoring doesn’t feature among the circular economy’s traditional refrain of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’, it does act as a catalyst to promote a host of circular solutions. With a strong focus on IT, AI and industrials as well as domestic suppliers, the circular economy strategy is well positioned to capture the short and long-term growth of reshoring waves.
Summary
- Reshoring is gaining momentum amid high tensions and tariffs
- Reshoring promotes circularity, circularity facilitates reshoring
- Reshoring tailwinds strongest for Industrials, IT and local manufacturers
RFI Foundation: Will climate financial stability risk assessment produce headwinds for climate finance in emerging markets?
RFI Foundation: Will climate financial stability risk assessment produce headwinds for climate finance in emerging markets?
RFI Foundation: Will climate financial stability risk assessment produce headwinds for climate finance in emerging markets?
The Financial Stability Board is developing an assessment framework to evaluate the risks to financial stability relating to climate change. In broad terms, it will translate a conceptual framework for how climate risks generate financial risks, and how these could cascade into a systemic risk.
Using the framework, the FSB outlined several types of proxies and metrics that could be used to evaluate the severity of different or multiple types of climate-related risks to financial stability. One challenge to the type of framework being developed by the FSB is that the prescriptions for large global financial institutions that follow from its conclusions could be misaligned with the interests of emerging markets and developed economies (EMDEs).
Many of the risk metrics are being developed with reference to developed economies and specifically reference the way that “global financial stability risks may arise from climate shocks in EMDEs [including those that] originate in the real economy and transmit internationally [such as] in some EMDEs that provide agricultural and mining products to the rest of the world”.
There is a clear connection between economic shocks in large EMDEs and global financial institutions and markets. Climate-related risks are among the types of risks that can spill over widely into global markets. However, often the application of macroeconomic metrics to identify sources of risks to global financial stability can have the impact — even if unintended — of raising barriers to flows of climate finance to EMDEs.
The FSB’s role is to identify ways to avoid global financial instability, and it approaches the issue from this perspective. The framework identifies ‘proxies’ for climate-related risk exposure for the region being considered. It follows up by identifying exposure metrics that relate climate risk to the financial sector. These issues are then linked together to identify the degree of risk to financial stability, incorporating information to blend climate risks with sources of systemic vulnerabilities that heighten the financial risk related to the climate risks and exposures.
Taken together, these metrics can provide an accurate picture of the parts of the global financial sector that are most at risk from climate change. Yet the actions that investors and financial institutions may imply from these types of metrics often have unintended and counterproductive impacts. For example, large global financial institutions may respond to the identification of heightened climate financial risk in EMDEs by ‘de-risking’ their climate-related exposures in these markets.
De-risking can benefit global financial stability while at the same time contributing to raising climate-related risks by making investments in mitigation, adaptation and resilience harder to come by. Global financial sector assets are concentrated in advanced economies and financial centres, which means financial stability will provide the greatest financial benefits to these same markets.
The consequence of de-risking away from climate-related risks will have the greatest negative consequences for EMDEs. To borrow from the FSB’s scenario description of the way climate-related financial risks are transmitted to the economy, the amplification of the impacts of climate-related shocks to EMDEs will come through reduced credit availability, increasing insurance gaps, and disruption to their own domestic financial sector institutions.
The conclusion isn’t to avoid producing assessment frameworks like that proposed by the FSB. Global financial instability will be widely damaging globally. At the same time, there are multi-trillion gaps in the amount of climate finance needed in EMDEs that are essential to achieving global climate goals. Formalizing assessments based on financial stability has the potential to be counterproductive if this undermines other efforts to increase flows of climate finance — and private climate finance in particular — to EMDEs.
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Creative Investment Research: Making The Case For A Thoughtful Approach To DEI: Addressing Misconception And Reality
Creative Investment Research: Making The Case For A Thoughtful Approach To DEI: Addressing Misconception And Reality
(https://www.blackenterprise.com/making-the-case-for-dei-reform/)
Recommendations to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, supported by the incoming administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), rest on a flawed understanding of their purpose, impact, and beneficiaries. Black-owned firms receive a relatively small percentage of the $133 billion in diversity-focused federal contracts, underscoring the need to improve, not eliminate, these programs.
Creative Investment Research: Freezing Federal Grants And Loans Creates Economic And Social Risks For Black Americans
Creative Investment Research: Freezing Federal Grants And Loans Creates Economic And Social Risks For Black Americans
(https://www.blackenterprise.com/freezing-federal-grant-loans-trump-administration/)
The economic and social costs of this federal shutdown will disproportionately affect Black Americans.
The freezing of federal grants and loans by the Trump administration creates immediate and significant economic and social risks for Black Americans. Black communities, which are already disproportionately reliant on Medicaid, federal housing assistance, education programs, and other social services, are poised to bear the brunt of this sweeping shutdown. Here’s an analysis of the potential economic impact:
Sustainalytics: Voting on ESG: Gap Becomes a Gulf
Sustainalytics: Voting on ESG: Gap Becomes a Gulf
At US companies, there are more shareholder proposals than ever targeting environmental and social (E&S) issues. When it comes to sustainability-focused shareholder resolutions, responsible investors want their sustainability ambitions reflected in proxy voting decisions.
This latest stewardship research analyzes data from the 2024 proxy voting seasons and compares it with previous years. It shows that asset managers’ backing for E&S proposals hit a five-year low in 2024.
Investors who want their fund manager’s proxy voting decisions to reflect higher sustainability ambitions must remain vigilant. They should pay careful attention to their manager selection, fund selection, and keep up with specific voting policies.
MSCI ESG: What Could Shape Sustainability and Climate Investing in 2025? (Blog)
MSCI ESG: What Could Shape Sustainability and Climate Investing in 2025? (Blog)
(https://www.msci.com/www/blog-posts/what-could-shape-sustainability/05266596954)
7 mins read
Key findings
- Private market solutions: Investors looking to capitalize on the energy transition may look to private markets, where low-carbon-solutions companies have delivered 123% cumulative returns over five years.
- Climate adaptation opportunities: The risks from extreme weather are escalating. Companies offering climate adaptation and resilience solutions have not been trading at a valuation premium, suggesting underappreciated growth opportunities.
- Social risks rise: The growth of tech has increased investor exposure to social risks, both old and new. But almost half of the largest consumer-facing companies are not disclosing their approach to AI-related risks.
CFA Institute: Global Trends and Developments in Carbon Pricing
CFA Institute: Global Trends and Developments in Carbon Pricing
"This comprehensive report delves into the global trends and developments in carbon pricing, a pivotal tool for governments, companies, and investors to mitigate climate change and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Our analysis of global carbon-pricing mechanisms reveals significant progress during the past few decades, with a marked increase in both the coverage of emissions and the sophistication of pricing instruments.
Carbon pricing is a powerful tool for achieving net-zero emissions, providing financial incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting the development of low-carbon technologies. The Real Carbon Price Index offers a transparent global benchmark for carbon pricing, enabling better decision making for policymakers, businesses, and investors. Investors should care about carbon pricing because it affects the profitability of high-emission companies. Understanding the trends in carbon pricing will also assist investors in managing carbon-pricing-related regulatory risks.
In the journey to net zero, investors play an important role in accelerating the shift to cleaner technologies, supporting sustainable long-term growth, and ensuring portfolios are resilient in a low-carbon economy.
S&P Global: Top Cleantech Trends for 2025
S&P Global: Top Cleantech Trends for 2025
S&P Global: Top Cleantech Trends for 2025
Technologies to reduce emissions and confront climate change
As we move into 2025, the clean energy sector is witnessing transformative trends that are reshaping the landscape of energy production and consumption. The global commitment to emissions
reduction has spurred unprecedented growth in clean energy investments, and we are seeing a surge in innovative technologies that promise to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and improve energy reliability. Additionally, geopolitical tensions, particularly concerning China’s dominance in the clean technology supply chain, are influencing global energy strategies and investment decisions. Here are the key trends to watch in the coming year.
Profundo: Financial and environmental risks related to pesticide use on four key crops
Profundo: Financial and environmental risks related to pesticide use on four key crops
(https://profundo.nl/projects/risk-from-pesticides-for-us-food-retailers/)
"US$ 219 billion risk from pesticides for US food retailers"
- The US food retail sector faces up to US$ 219 billion in financial, climate, and biodiversity costs and risks for the period 2024-2050 stemming from the use of pesticides in the domestic production of just four crops — soy, corn, apples, and almonds.
- This represents 32% of US food retailers’ current equity value. In the high-end scenario, a value equal to nearly one-third of the total stock available to shareholders would be lost if food retailers were held fully accountable for all risks associated with pesticide use in the domestic production of soy, corn, apples, and almonds.
- The use of pollinator-harming pesticides on the four target commodities is associated with biodiversity risk valued at a staggering US$ 34.3 billion for the US food retail sector between now and 2050. This is a conservative estimate, as it is impossible to account fully for the damage done to ecosystem services and nature’s intrinsic value by toxic pesticides.
- Climate damage costs for US food retailer sales of products containing soy, corn, apples, and almonds can be associated with US$ 4.5 billion for the period 2024-2050.
Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
(https://planet-tracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Food-Giants-and-Fertiliser-Risk.pdf)
Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
Widespread misuse of synthetic fertilisers has led to a rise in fertiliser-related environmental risks. Planet Tracker searched the company filings of 45 of the largest food system companies globally for evidence that food producers, manufacturers, and food retailers are highlighting fertiliser-related risks to investors and other stakeholders.
Overall, this report found that a third of companies are failing to acknowledge fertiliser risks at all. Many risk disclosures are still superficial, and more companies need to provide evidence that they assess the risks associated with fertiliser misuse in their own operations and value chains, such as the potential financial cost and declining agricultural yields from fertiliser overuse.
Nordsip: Will Civil Preparedness Save ESG?
Nordsip: Will Civil Preparedness Save ESG?
(https://nordsip.com/2025/01/24/will-civil-preparedness-save-esg/)
In a world where ESG has become politically anathema and after several years of underperformance, sustainability specialists are having to twist themselves into knots to make the argument for the relevance of sustainable investments. Given the intellectual tribulations facing sustainable investors, it is worth considering a new argument, explicitly made by Swedish-based KPA Pension at the beginning of January, which suggests that the overlap between climate adaptation and social, economic and political preparedness at times of crisis might prove a fruitful way forward.
The (Failing) Pitch for Sustainable Investments
There are a wide range of arguments in favour of sustainable investment and climate change mitigation. Depending on one’s starting point, one can argue for climate investments from a purely ethical perspective (we have a responsibility for the welfare of our ecosystem), to guarantee growth (green investments create a first-mover advantage later) or to avoid stranded assets (as green technologies and regulation takes over, the value of brown asset will decrease). All of these arguments have been made at one time or another, individually or separately, as part of the pitch in favour of climate investing.
Reality on the ground, however, appears to have invalidated some of these arguments, at least temporarily.
Read more on:
- Greenflation, Fossilflation, Climateflation and Materiality
- A New Pitch for Sustainable Investments?
- An Asymmetric Argument
Sustainable Fitch: Engie S.A. - Transition Assessment
Sustainable Fitch: Engie S.A. - Transition Assessment
(https://www.sustainablefitch.com/corporate-finance/engie-sa-transition-assessment-11-12-2024)
Sustainable Fitch has assigned Engie S.A. a Transition Assessment Outcome of ‘Light Green - ’, indicating an advanced transition plan featuring ambitious and largely comprehensive long-term and interim targets, including net-zero absolute Scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2045.
These are backed by a credible business transformation plan to steadily reduce the share of fossil fuel-based activities and products in Engie’s business mix and ramp up investment in green technologies such as wind and solar.
Morningstar Sustainalytics: Global Sustainable Fund Flows: Q4 2024 in Review
Morningstar Sustainalytics: Global Sustainable Fund Flows: Q4 2024 in Review
(https://www.morningstar.com/lp/global-esg-flows)
Despite headwinds, inflows increase, driven by Europe
- "Global sustainable open-end and exchange-traded funds ended 2024 with the highest quarterly inflows of the year, with subscriptions amounting to USD 16 billion in the fourth quarter, a notable uptick from the restated inflows of USD 9.2 billion in the third quarter. However, over the full year, inflows into global sustainable funds shrank by half, while the rest of the market enjoyed a boom.
- Europe drove the higher inflows in the fourth quarter, garnering USD 18.5 billion, more than doubling the restated USD 8.9 billion in the previous quarter.
- In the US, redemptions in the last quarter slid further to USD 4.3 billion compared with the USD 2.0 billion outflow registered in the third quarter. Outflows in Japan deepened, too, while sustainable funds in the rest of Asia continued to attract new money.
- Global sustainable fund assets retreated mildly by 4% over the last quarter to almost USD 3.2 trillion, dragged mostly by market price depreciation.
- Product development rebounded, with 86 new sustainable funds in the fourth quarter, compared with the 60 funds launched during the previous quarter.
- Meanwhile, fund closing and rebranding activity gained momentum. In Europe, 94 sustainable funds closed in the fourth quarter, bringing the total to 351 over the full year. Meanwhile, 213 products changed names in 2024, 50 of which dropped key ESG terms. In the US, a total of 19 sustainable funds were closed in the last quarter, outpacing new launches for the sixth consecutive quarter.
- In the UK, 61 funds have adopted a sustainability label so far, representing USD 35 billion of assets.
- We expect changes to the universe of sustainable funds to intensify in the coming months ahead of the May deadline for the application of the EU's antigreenwashing rules related to fund names."
RepRisk: Business conduct and ESG risk data now available to Bloomberg customers
RepRisk: Business conduct and ESG risk data now available to Bloomberg customers
Exciting news! 📣 We’re delighted to announce that RepRisk data is now accessible on the Bloomberg Terminal and for Data License subscribers, next to Bloomberg’s DL+ ESG Manager solution.
Patricia Torres Leandro, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Bloomberg Professional Services, and RepRisk CEO Philipp Aeby celebrate our expanded collaboration.
Philipp said: “Sharing a profound passion for data, RepRisk complements Bloomberg's dedication to financial and sustainability data coverage by focusing on transparency and assessing companies' actions over their claims.”
Patricia said: “The integration of RepRisk’s data into Bloomberg’s offering will broaden the universe of companies we provide ESG risk factors for and enable our customers to make better-informed decisions.”
Klement on Investing: California’s electricity conundrum
Klement on Investing: California’s electricity conundrum
(https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/californias-electricity-conundrum)
"Last Monday, I wrote about how renewable energy is reducing electricity prices in Spain. Maybe predictably, I got some pushback from readers staying that this is not the case in the US. As proof, one reader sent me the chart below of the average electricity price homeowners pay in California, which has aggressively moved to renewables vs. the average US homeowner.
At first glance I thought this might be a mistake where the US and California had been mixed up, but I checked and yes, it is true. Retail electricity prices in California are some 70% higher than the US average even though California covered 58.5% of its electricity needs in 2023 with renewables (hydro + wind + solar).
This looked like an interesting mystery to solve,..."
Invesco: Sustainable investing outlook (for 2025)
Invesco: Sustainable investing outlook (for 2025)
(https://www.invesco.com/apac/en/institutional/insights/esg/sustainable-investing-outlook.html)
What sustainable investing opportunities do we expect to see in 2025? Recent regional and national developments emphasize the growing role of trade, industrial, and supply chain policies in supporting green sectors. Climate mitigation, transition, and adaptation will also continue to be investment themes of focus across asset classes. In this outlook, we present 10 ideas that address 3 questions:
- Which investment ideas can drive value in 2025?
- What are opportunities across asset classes?
- What are longer-term trends worth keeping a look-out for?
Osmosis IM: The Department of Resource Efficiency
Osmosis IM: The Department of Resource Efficiency
(https://www.osmosisim.com/the-department-of-resource-efficiency/)
Osmosis IM: The Department of Resource Efficiency
Climate investing and Trump 2.0
The issue of climate change continues to be a polarizing topic in politics, but one thing everyone agrees on is the need for more efficiency. While president-elect Trump is clearly hostile to environmental concerns, he has committed to reducing waste by vowing to create the new Department of Government Efficiency. We agree. Efficiency is not only important for more effective government, but also the key to a more sustainable economy.
Osmosis IM: Environmental and Climate Policy under a Trump administration
Osmosis IM: Environmental and Climate Policy under a Trump administration
(https://www.osmosisim.com/environmental-and-climate-policy-under-a-trump-administration/)
The impacts of a climate sceptic in office
The return of Donald Trump to the presidency poses significant implications for environmental and climate policies, as well as global efforts to combat climate change. As a known climate sceptic, Trump’s administration is expected to prioritise fossil fuel development, deregulation, and reduce participation in international climate agreements.
This approach represents a marked reversal from the progress made under President Biden, potentially undermining national and international climate goals. Trump’s first administration saw significant rollbacks on environmental protections, including withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and relaxed regulations on methane emissions. His second term could deepen these changes, further destabilising global climate efforts.
Article covers implications for:
- International Climate Commitments
- Key Appointments and Governance
- Impact on Inflation Reduction Act
- Potential Impacts and Mitigation
- Corporate and State-Level Resistance
- ESG Funds and Investments
- Financial Institution Response
Robeco: Ocean health engagement leads Q4 Active Ownership report
Robeco: Ocean health engagement leads Q4 Active Ownership report
The aims of engagement with companies reliant on the ocean leads the Active Ownership team’s report into its activities during the fourth quarter of 2024.
Summary
- Ocean Health theme to focus on seafood, shipping and cruise companies
- Progress reports on Acceleration to Paris and Just Transition themes
- Concerns aired over shareholder rights in Italian Capital Markets Bill
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JobPost: TrustPilot - Group ESG Strategy & Reporting Manager (London | close unknown)
JobPost: TrustPilot - Group ESG Strategy & Reporting Manager (London | close unknown)
(https://business.trustpilot.com/jobs/6532402?gh_jid=6532402)
JobPost: TrustPilot - Group ESG Strategy & Reporting Manager (London | close unknown)
JobPost: Zurich Insurance - Climate Change & Sustainability Risk Consultant (remote | close 19 Feb)
JobPost: Zurich Insurance - Climate Change & Sustainability Risk Consultant (remote | close 19 Feb)
JobPost: Zurich Insurance - Climate Change & Sustainability Risk Consultant (remote | close 19 Feb)
JobPost: Bloomberg - Team Leader - ESG Scores, Controversies and Sustainable Fixed Income (London | close unknown)
JobPost: Bloomberg - Team Leader - ESG Scores, Controversies and Sustainable Fixed Income (London | close unknown)
(https://bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobDetail/Team-Leader-ESG-Scores-Controversies-SFI-LDN/8197)
JobPost: Chanel - ESG Due Diligence & Governance Manager (Paris | Close Unknown)
JobPost: Chanel - ESG Due Diligence & Governance Manager (Paris | Close Unknown)
JobPost: Chanel - ESG Due Diligence & Governance Manager (Paris | Close Unknown)
JobPost: Lloyds Banking Group - Head of Reporting & Controls - ESG (London | Close 7 Feb)
JobPost: Lloyds Banking Group - Head of Reporting & Controls - ESG (London | Close 7 Feb)
JobPost: Lloyds Banking Group - Head of Reporting & Controls - ESG (London | Close 7 Feb)
JobPost: Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) – Sustainability Analytics and Reporting, Vice President (NYC)
JobPost: Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) – Sustainability Analytics and Reporting, Vice President (NYC)
JobPost: Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) – Sustainability Analytics and Reporting, Vice President (NYC)
JobPost: GE Aerospace - Sustainability & ESG Ratings Lead (Various locations)
JobPost: GE Aerospace - Sustainability & ESG Ratings Lead (Various locations)
JobPost: GE Aerospace - Sustainability & ESG Ratings Lead (Various locations)
JobPost: 2 @ TikTok (London)
JobPost: 2 @ TikTok (London)
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) & Climate Strategist
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JobPost: SSgA - Global Head of Sustainability (Environmental, Social, and Governance ESG Compliance) Managing Director (Various Locations, Close 31 Jan)
JobPost: SSgA - Global Head of Sustainability (Environmental, Social, and Governance ESG Compliance) Managing Director (Various Locations, Close 31 Jan)
JobPost: Climate Asset Management - AM (Sustainability), Nature Based Carbon Strategy (London | Close unknown)
JobPost: Climate Asset Management - AM (Sustainability), Nature Based Carbon Strategy (London | Close unknown)
(https://cam.bamboohr.com/careers/30?source=aWQ9MTA%3D)
nb Climate Asset Management is an independent investment firm co-owned by HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) and Pollination.
JobPosts: 2 @ PRI - Head, Sustainability Initiatives / Head, MENA RI Ecosystems (London | Dubai)
JobPosts: 2 @ PRI - Head, Sustainability Initiatives / Head, MENA RI Ecosystems (London | Dubai)
Head of Middle East & Northern Africa, Responsible Investment Ecosystems Close 25 Jan
Head, Sustainability Initiatives Close 5 Jan
JobPost: PRI - People Partner (Projects & Initiatives) & People Partner (Engagement) (London | Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jan 2025 GMT)
JobPost: PRI - People Partner (Projects & Initiatives) & People Partner (Engagement) (London | Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jan 2025 GMT)
(https://app.beapplied.com/apply/3azmgajtbe)
JobPost: PRI - People Partner (Projects & Initiatives) & People Partner (Engagement) (London | Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jan 2025 GMT)
People & Culture Team
Employment Type Full time Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work a minimum of 2 days per week
Location Hybrid · London, UK
Seniority Mid-level
Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jan 2025 GMT
JobPost: PRI - Director, Asia Pacific Responsible Investment Ecosystems - Singapore
JobPost: PRI - Director, Asia Pacific Responsible Investment Ecosystems - Singapore
(https://app.beapplied.com/apply/db0tkqihsz)
JobPost: PRI - Director, Asia Pacific Responsible Investment Ecosystems - Singapore
Employment Type Full time
Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work a minimum of 2 days per week
Location Hybrid · Singapore YOU MUST BE A SINGAPORE NATIONAL TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE
Seniority Senior
Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jan 2025 +08
JobPost: Aequo - Advisor, Shareholder Engagement (Montreal)
JobPost: Aequo - Advisor, Shareholder Engagement (Montreal)
(https://aequo.ca/en/job-offer-advisor-shareholder-engagement/)
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