{"id":37699,"date":"2023-04-27T12:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/?p=37699"},"modified":"2023-06-02T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:11:07","slug":"domini-impact-investments-releases-2022-impact-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/domini-impact-investments-releases-2022-impact-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Domini Impact Investments Releases 2022 Impact Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
>> Back to May 2023 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n

The Report Highlight Action on Climate Transition, Forest Protection, and Workers\u2019 Rights<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

2022\u2019s environmental and social challenges brought about ambitious work and new solutions. The need for climate action intensified, and companies are responding with improved reporting, better jobs, and new decarbonization efforts. Deforestation continues to threaten biodiversity, but the global community is coming together to end nature loss this decade. And while war and persecution persist, governments and companies are stepping in to defend human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Domini\u2019s new report underscores how our impact investment standards, in-house research, and corporate engagement helped to address some of 2022\u2019s most pressing issues \u2014 across the environment, human dignity, racial equity, gender, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEncouraging companies to deepen their sustainability efforts was a focus of our work in 2022,\u201d<\/span><\/i> said Domini CEO Carole Laible. <\/span>\u201cWe understand finance\u2019s role in helping drive progress. We leveraged it to support the climate transition, safeguard nature, and promote equity.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Here are some Highlights from Domini\u2019s work and impact in 2022:<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"DominiReduced carbon intensity<\/b> – All Domini equity funds continued to be less carbon intensive than their respective benchmarks. We also saw a stronger commitment of companies held in each of the funds to setting science-based targets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • The Domini Impact Equity Fund\u2019s portfolio was 64% less carbon intensive than its benchmark in 2022. 53% of our portfolio companies have set or committed to set science-based targets to reduce emissions.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • We also worked with banks on net-zero targets, encouraging measurement and goal setting on financed emissions and, when relevant, the phase-out of the most polluting sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Preserving forests and nature<\/b> – We have a long-term initiative to protect and preserve forests. It\u2019s important that we work towards ending deforestation this decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • We dialogued directly with several companies\u2014communicating investor expectations around deforestation policy commitments, demonstrating how supply chains can be transformed, and helping ensure respect for human rights where deforestation may impact communities or rightsholders.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • We took part in key conversations at the United Nations\u2019 COP15 conference on biodiversity and Climate Week NYC 2022, helping guide leaders towards a new international biodiversity framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Lifting up climate justice<\/b> –<\/span> Transitioning to a lower-carbon economy needs to be an equitable, holistic process that doesn\u2019t leave anyone behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Our standards helped us identify and invest in companies that are seeking and listening to input from their workers as part of efforts to make their business operations more sustainable.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • We also identified companies that provide workers with strong labor protections and fair wages\u2014or are retaining or hiring workers from carbon-intensive roles, who bring valuable expertise to the low-carbon transition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n