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Female-Focused Bond Fund Brings Gender-Lens Investing to Capital Markets

Margot Habiby — Fri, 29 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

New corporate bond fund aims to do for capital markets what gender-lens investors did for equity markets Targeting capital markets for gender-lens investing could recruit another C-suite ally for gender equality: the CFO charged with raising funding for companies Fund aims at broader market — there is $103 trillion in fixed-income securities outstanding worldwide, compared […]

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Pandemic May Speed Sustainability Factors for Assessing Investments Into Mainstream

Margot Habiby — Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

ESG isn’t just for impact investors anymore, and the pandemic is expediting the change. Sustainability issues have become a strategic priority for companies who want to survive the current economic upheaval. ESG indexes have outperformed the broader market since the start of the pandemic, according to S&P, BlackRock, Allianz and Invesco. Sustainability investing is going […]

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Women’s Economic Losses Mount During Pandemic, Highlighting Investment Need

Margot Habiby — Tue, 19 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Pandemic highlights need to invest more in women utilizing so-called “gender lens” Investing in women has proven lucrative while boosting women’s socioeconomic standing and promoting gender equality Institutional investors used the gender lens as part of their criteria to put money toward $868 billion in assets in 2018, more than double the amount two years […]

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COVID-19 Lawsuits Threaten to Overwhelm Reopening Businesses

Margot Habiby — Tue, 05 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

As retailers, restaurants and corporations around the world return to the work, they’ll be managing ESG risk in new ways — with an emphasis on the S, or social factors The potential liability from COVID-19 may leave companies unable to take on other risks, including climate factors The U.S. is considering a legal liability shield […]

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Impact Investors’ Most Likely Current Strategy? Cash Is King

Margot Habiby — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Impact investors with liquidity may want to hold onto cash while at the same time waiting for long-term investments to play out. Hoarding cash will give impact investors the option to pounce on new opportunities and ventures that arise from the pandemic. Sustainable funds outperformed conventional funds in the first quarter, even as the broader […]

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Alternative Proteins Set to Sizzle as Pandemic Drags On

Margot Habiby — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

As the lockdown sends more and more people into their home kitchens, this could become the alternative proteins’ moment. Many people are taking a fresh look at the types of foods they buy with an eye to sustainability, health and safety. The market base for alternative proteins was about $2.2 billion, compared with a global […]

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Chile Keeps Climate Change at the Forefront During Pandemic as It Releases Updated Targets

Margot Habiby — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Amid fears that the coronavirus crisis will set back climate-change goals, Chile raises targets and says carbon emissions will peak by 2025. The country plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and put stronger caps on greenhouse-gas emissions for 2030. Chile becomes the seventh country to update its NDCs — national determined contributions — and […]

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Activists Fear That Canceled COP26 May Set Back Climate Efforts

Margot Habiby — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:00:06 +0000

The postponement of the biggest climate conference in the world because of COVID-19 led activists to warn that the world can’t afford to wait to stem climate change. The pandemic’s latest blow to the planet may delay efforts to halt climate change. This year’s gathering was the crucial five-year mark designated by the Paris Agreement […]

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Amid Shutdown, Airlines’ Emissions Goals Should Be Mandatory, Advocates Say

Margot Habiby — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:00:49 +0000

In aviation’s “darkest hour,” governments must take steps to protect the planet, climate advocates warn. Failing to include climate protections in coronavirus bailout measures will make the climate crisis worse when it’s over, they say Global aviation will be responsible for 3.5% of global-energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, compared with 2.5% currently, the International […]

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Healthtech Investors Can Help Victims of Last Epidemic — Opioid Addiction — as World Takes on COVID-19

Margot Habiby — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:35:29 +0000

Opioid addiction is challenging the U.S. healthcare industry even as doctors, nurses and clinics mobilize to battle COVID-19 — and impact investors are being called on to help. About 130 Americans die each day from opioid overdoses, and the price tag for the misuse of prescription opioids is steep: $78 billion in healthcare costs, lost […]

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