ESG – Investment Executive https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:44:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png ESG – Investment Executive https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 SEC retreats on climate disclosure rules https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/sec-retreats-on-climate-disclosure-rules/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:44:06 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=502235 Regulator signals halt to its legal defence of tougher climate rules

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]]> Currency-hedged ETFs were popular in January, amid fears of weakening loonie https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/products/currency-hedged-etfs-were-popular-in-january-amid-fears-of-weakening-loonie/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:46:11 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501758 Canada’s ETF industry gathered $8.8B in the month: National Bank Financial

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]]> Climate news drives ESG fund flows: BIS https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/climate-news-drives-esg-fund-flows-bis/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:46:36 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501725 Research finds media coverage boosts fund flows, portfolio allocations

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]]> Indigenous support critical to infrastructure projects https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/indigenous-support-critical-to-infrastructure-projects/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:13:04 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501638 Community engagement, co-investment increasingly important: Moody's

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]]> RBC quits UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/rbc-quits-un-backed-net-zero-banking-alliance/ Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:16:54 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501531 Bloomberg New Energy Finance ranked RBC as having the worst ratio of clean energy to fossil fuel funding among major global banks

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]]> Fitch eyes new metric to flag sovereigns’ climate risks https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/fitch-eyes-new-metric-to-flag-sovereigns-climate-risks/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:32:05 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=501051 Rating agency consults on process for systematically identifying climate threats

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]]> ESG social media posts are often ‘window dressing’: study https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/esg-social-media-posts-are-often-window-dressing-study/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:45:29 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=500994 Increased ESG messaging doesn’t always translate into tangible action

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]]> Sustainable bond issuance to top US$1 trillion https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/sustainable-bond-issuance-to-top-us1-trillion/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:58:04 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=500890 Amid U.S. sentiment shift, climate mitigation, clean energy needs persist: Moody's

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]]> Global anti-greenwashing efforts on the rise: ISS https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/global-anti-greenwashing-efforts-on-the-rise-iss/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:56:57 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=500657 Report reveals firm's top ESG trends for investors in 2025

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]]> BMO becomes first Canadian bank to withdraw from banking climate alliance https://uat-phoenix.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/bmo-becomes-first-canadian-bank-to-withdraw-from-banking-climate-alliance/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:40:34 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=500508 As of Friday, the other Big Six banks were still listed as members

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