"Nick Autiello, vice president of environmental, social and governance strategy at State Street Corp. who's also director of impact at the Investor Leadership Network, said that as valid as such criticisms may be, delivering the energy transition in the timeframe...
"This year, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), a G7 initiative, placed particular emphasis on inclusion in an effort to move the conversation away from quotas. 'In February, ILN's DE&I committee laid out key inclusion metrics to expand beyond checking boxes...
"Blended finance also sat close to the top of the agenda for Amy Hepburn, CEO of the Investment Leadership Network (ILN), who regards it as the unofficial theme of COP27." Read more ...
"The forum follows the release of a Call on Policymakers to facilitate the scaling of blended finance structures to fund climate solutions if the world is to achieve both the Paris climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Signed by UN Special...
"While the signatories note that capital for clean technology and sustainability is readily available and growing, they express concern that financial mechanisms aren’t being blended to ensure that capital is funnelled into EMDEs. Signatories to the call included UN...
"In a call on policymakers– signed by UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney and UN High-Level Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping and supported by the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the Investor Leadership Network – the Alliance said...
"Last year, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), representing 14 global institutional investors with over US$9 trillion in AUM, called for the creation of a rolling pool of funds that offer first or second loss guarantees to blended finance vehicles funding...
"The UK government recently announced mandatory requirements for listed companies and financial institutions to publish transition plans by 2023, while the influential Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has provided guidance on climate...
"The Investor Leadership Network (ILN) released a Net Zero Investor Playbook which offers an inventory of approaches institutional investors are taking to transition investing and highlights key challenges: TORONTO | Sept. 21, 2022 –– The Investor Leadership Network...
"In March, the Investor Leadership Network, a group of institutional investors focused on social responsibility, published its Inclusive Finance Playbook, a guide that provides information metrics and best practices institutional investors are using to assess DEI...
"Then there’s the Investment Leadership Network, Washington, which decided that of its three areas of focus — climate change, sustainable infrastructure and diversity in investment — the last priority needed more attention. After review, the ILN debuted its Inclusive...
"Investor Leadership Network, Washington, launched a new online tool, the Inclusive Finance Playbook, which focuses on inclusion metrics for asset owners and investment managers. The playbook offers investors two tiers of metrics — fundamental and advanced — that help...
"There are also big considerations around insurance. Current policies, based on already outdated flood maps, could lead to a volume of claims that would strain insurance companies. Premiums will likely rise to unaffordable levels for many businesses in the future,...
"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
"Investors call for blended finance to play a larger role in supporting climate adaption and mitigation in emerging markets. A new report last week sent a sobering message to the great and the good getting set to converge on Glasgow for COP26. There will be much noise...
"A USD9 trillion investor group has made a series of recommendations for channelling greater sums of private capital into ‘blended finance’, including projects to help emerging market countries reduce their carbon emissions." Read this article on Institutional Asset...
"'I often tell my four young children when they are confronted with an injustice that they have two choices: become part of the solution or remain part of the problem by being silent and complicit in a world that allows it to persist. The more we place women in...
"'In a gender equal world, people of all genders will have equal representation at the highest levels of decision making, whether that be in the courtroom, the political arena, the boardroom or through financial status. The words “boss” and “founder” will no longer be...
"Institutions that oversee $8 trillion in assets have implemented everything from data analysis programs to new executive incentives to achieve equity and inclusion goals." Read the full article from Institutional Investor.
[Translated from Italian] "So for one evening St James's Palace, in the heart of London, opened its doors to 300 international exponents of the business world: from designer Stella McCartney to the CEO of NatWest, Alison Rose, to the UK president for Cop26 Alok...
"ESG Investing has announced the winners of its 2021 awards, celebrating the best in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research, ratings, funds and products. MOST INNOVATIVE ESG INITIATIVE Runner-up: Investor Leadership Network" Read the full release on...
"During a webinar hosted by the Association of Canadian Pension Management on Tuesday, Maria Montero, climate change program head at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, said her organization approaches the implementation of the TCFD’s recommendations through...
On March 11, the co-chairs of the Diversity in investment initiative, Oona Stock, Executive Vice-President at CDPQ, and Jason Chang, Managing Director at Ontario Teachers', attended the Women in business - Return on Investment event hosted by the Canadian and French...