January 27, 2021 |
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The Brief: Larry Fink’s net-zero mandate, catalyzing economic opportunity in India, solar fintech SPAC, guaranteeing small biz lending in West Africa
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Larry Fink’s corporate net-zero mandate pushes carbon markets mainstream. Think all those corporate 2050 net-zero pledges are nothing but hot air? The price of carbon credits in voluntary markets has risen to $15 or even $20 per ton, driven by corporate efforts to meet their net-zero pledges by locking in offsets with forward contracts of a decade or more. BlackRock, the $9 trillion asset manager, is adding, uh, fuel to the fire. “We are asking companies to disclose a plan for how their business model will be compatible with a net-zero economy,” BlackRock’s
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (the Company ) is pleased to announce its intention to launch an initial public offering and to admit its shares on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company will seek to generate attractive total returns over the longer term, comprising capital growth and a progressive dividend, through investment in the core infrastructure of the digital economy (the plumbing of the internet ): data centres, fibreoptic networks and mobile towers in the UK, Europe and North America. The Company is targeting an issue of 300 million Ordinary Shares at an Issue Price of 100 pence per Ordinary Share to raise £300 million pursuant to the Initial Issue comprising the Initial Placing and the Offer for Subscription. Subscription Shares will be issued for nil value to IPO investors subscribing for Ordinary Shares on the basis of one Subscription Share for every eight Ordinary S
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Principal, Banking on Green LLC
The need for greater investments that incorporate social and environmental impacts is clear. Governmental and philanthropic resources, while critical, will be insufficient to respond to our economic, social, and environmental challenges. The private sector is expected to align its actions with societal goals, and stakeholders increasingly have the tools to hold it accountable, thanks to progress on data and standards for impact measurement and reporting. The pending “era of impact transparency” will be both a risk and an opportunity. Businesses that proactively manage their impacts will experience greater opportunities and lower risks as the world comes to terms with the many crises facing it.
The Language of Kindness Фото Alex Kraus / Bloomberg via Getty Images Forbes’ new «Impact Currency» ranking to integrate three global movements of world leaders through one measuring system shares
The world’s business leaders have launched three movements calling on the wealthy to contribute to solving the planet’s issues: by philanthropy while alive, by philanthropy after death and by impact investing.
The 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos called on the world’s 2,150 billionaires, collectively worth about $10 trillion, to give away at least 5% of their wealth every year. These 5% donations would immediately end world hunger (estimated to cost between $7 and $265 billion per year, according to the calculations by GlobalGiving). This is the «Give While You Live» campaign.
The changing face of impact investing: Greater awareness of social issues and the road to a defined ESG strategy
Clearly defined objectives still required for lasting change
Alex Hoctor-Duncan of Aberdeen Standard Investments
Alex Hoctor-Duncan
The environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues facing the world today are no doubt on the rise. This goes hand-in-hand with the rising popularity of impact investing.
According to the latest annual survey from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), the market was worth $715bn at the end of 2019. The decade of decarbonisation: Which three sectors will reap the.
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