Q&A with CFA UK’s Goodhart: ‘Impact is what ESG wants to be when it grows up’
Will Goodhart, CEO at CFA UK, discusses the latest certificate and helping investors understand just what impact actually means
Author: Michael Nelson
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‘Empirical evidence’ that nature loss could knock 12% off UK GDP
Much worse impact than GFC and Covid-19 pandemic
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Exclusive: Bloomberg launches sustainable investment screening tool
Enables investors to screen portfolios, funds and indices against their own set of sustainability criteria
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COP29 president outlines key conference objectives in Berlin speech
Based on two mutually reinforcing pillars to enhance ambition and enable action
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European Parliament approves CSDDD in ‘major political breakthrough’
‘A crucial step to holding companies accountable for their negative impacts on people and the planet’
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Franklin Templeton launches Catholic principles ETF
Article 8 fund is designed to provide access to highly rated large and mid-cap stocks
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Business Benchmark on Animal Welfare relaunches with tougher criteria
Companies including Amazon Whole Foods, Domino’s Pizza and Müller rated ‘F’
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Abrdn AGM disrupted by climate change protesters
Demanding the asset manager end investment in fossil fuels
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Finance for Biodiversity calls on governments to implement economic incentives to scale nature investment
Aligning financial flows with the Global Biodiversity Framework
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‘Deployment speed’ the biggest obstacle to renewables investment
Policy and regulatory uncertainty, as well as illiquidity, were also found to be barriers in AlphaReal study
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ISSB to research nature and human capital disclosures
Identifying common information investors need
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Taskforce outlines five-step process for measuring impact
Draft guidance aims to assist corporate and sovereign entities