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  • Shein pledges an additional $85 million to support its ESG roadmap

    Shein pledges an additional $85 million to support its ESG roadmap

    China’s Shein has allocated an additional US$85 million over five years for its Global Community Empowerment Commitment.

    The fund will bring the company’s ESG roadmap pledge to $155 million, following the $70 million committed last April. The strategy, dubbed ‘EvoluShein’, consists of nine environmental and social priorities organized under three strategic pillars – People, Planet and Process.

    According to the company, while the $70 million commitment will be used to fund the company’s manufacturing supplier community, $50 million and $35 million will be used to support ‘aspiring designers’ and women, young people, and the underprivileged, respectively.

    “This fund will support these communities to grow alongside Shein, towards a more equitable future,” said Molly Miao, COO at Shein.

    Shein, which sells goods in more than 150 countries, is headquartered in Singapore but manufactures most of its products in China.

    Last month, US states asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to audit the chain for the use of forced labor ahead of its potential IPO.

  • UBS Creates ESG Role in Investment Bank

    UBS Creates ESG Role in Investment Bank

    The Swiss bank appoints one of its investment bankers to a key sustainability role.

    Zurich-based UBS is naming Laurent Bouvier to front a new team of investment bankers focused on environmental, social, and governance responsibility, according to a memo seen by finews.com. Bouvier, a managing director, is currently co-head of the global industries group, with Charles Otton.

    Bouvier’s promotion is part of a wider push by UBS and other investment banks to increasingly consider so-called ESG criteria in traditional sectors like industry. Wall Street rivals like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have already set up similar teams, which first reported Bouvier’s appointment.

    A dealmaking veteran, Bouvier will be joined by Armin Peter and Samantha Sutcliffe, who have devoted themselves to sustainable banking and finance efforts at UBS since 2019. Peter is the global head of debt syndicate and the head of sustainable banking in the European, Middle East, and Africa regions. Sutcliffe is the head of green and sustainable finance.

    Bouvier previously spent more than 16 years at Credit Suisse, also as an MD, before joining UBS in 2015. He will be replaced in his current job by Philippe Chryssicopoulos, who will co-lead the industrials group with Otton.

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  • DBS says Tsunami of Money is Flowing to ESG Investments

    DBS says Tsunami of Money is Flowing to ESG Investments

    Companies that focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) tend to be high-performing companies, therefore investing in a basket of ESG stock will you cannot do too badly with a portfolio ESG stock, DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta said.

    The truth is that there is a tsunami of money being directed at ESG investments, and therefore, even if the fundamentals don’t bear out, the supply-demand equation will Gupta said at the virtual CNBC Evolve Global Summit on Thursday.

    ESG assets are expected to bring in $1 trillion in investments, Gupta noted. If nothing else, that’s going to take prices up, he said, responding to a question of whether ESG is a passing fad or long-term strategy.

    DBS recently announced a revised sustainable financing target of S$50 billion ($37.53 billion) by 2024, up from its initial target of S$20 billion.

    The bank said there has been renewed focus on sustainability as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and as more companies seek to advance their corporate sustainability agenda through sustainable financing,

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