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    Trump Administration to Drop ESG Rule for Pension Funds

    TPG Rise Climate to Acquire Majority Stake in Aurora Energy Research

    BlackRock Removed From Texas Boycott List After Quitting Climate Groups

    Blended Finance Initiative SCALED to Launch Platform for Private Capital in Emerging Markets

    Citi to Drop Policy Restricting Services to Retail Clients Selling Firearms

    JPMorgan Banker Warns of Silicon Valley Trap for Clean Tech

    Vanguard to Add Four More Funds to Investor Proxy Choice Program

    “Industry-First” Tech Solution to Cut ESG Reporting Times by up to 6000 Hours

    Report: 80% of Corporations Recalibrate ESG Strategies in Response to Policy Shifts

    Danske Bank Shifts to Company-Level Climate Transition Financing

    Institutional Investors Committed to Sustainable Investment, BNP Paribas Survey Finds

    Labor Dept. Drops Biden-Era ESG Fiduciary Rule

    Survey: 80% of Corporations Are Reworking ESG Strategies Amid Policy Shifts

    FTC, DOJ Weigh in on Republican States’ Coal Antitrust Case Against ‘Big Three’ Asset Managers

    EU Watchdog Probes Commission Over Bypassing Consultation on Eased Sustainability Rules

    EBA Proposes Simplified ESG Reporting Requirements for Banks

    Let’s Stop Treating the “S” in ESG as Secondary

    BlackRock Enters Talks to Acquire Co-Controlling Stake in Eni’s Carbon Capture Business

    BlackRock Says Coal Competition Case Risks US Energy Independence

    Asset Managers’ Responsible Investment Progress ‘Stagnating’

    Carlyle Launches New Clean Energy Infrastructure Development Platform

    JPMorganChase to Buy 450,000 Tons of CO₂ Removals from CO280 in $90 Million Deal

    France’s Macron Joins Germany’s Call to Scrap EU’s Supply Chain Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    Novisto Raises $27 Million to Power ESG Reporting for Global Enterprises

    BNP Paribas AM Debuts Global Equal Weight ESG ETF

    Blackstone to Acquire TXNM Energy for $11.5 Billion

    Scope 3 Emissions Overestimated by 2,480%, AI Study Finds

    Parmenion Adds Five Funds To ESG Portfolios

    AXA IM Adopts SDR ‘Sustainability Improver’ Labels for Carbon Transition Fixed Income Funds

    Federated Hermes Closes Two Sustainable Funds as Portfolio Manager Exits Firm

    Actis Raises $1.7 Billion for Brownfield Infrastructure Investment Fund

    DEI May Go Largely Unchanged Despite Trump Attacks, Littler Says

    Global Banking Regulators Agree to Prioritize Climate Risk Work

    Sustainability Funds Cross €6 Trillion, Shows Maples Analysis

    German Chancellor Pushes EU to Scrap Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    ECB Warns EU Against Removing 80% of Companies from Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

    15 States Sue Over Trump’s Move to Fast-Track Oil and Gas Projects via His ‘Energy Emergency’ Order

    EU Investors Warn Against Deep Data Cuts In Green Rules Review

    How CSOs Should Use AI For Sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG Lead

    JP Morgan Creates New Green Banking Leadership Role

    India Releases Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy to Drive Capital to Net Zero Goals

    Euronext Rebrands ESG to Support Defense Listings and Bond Issuance Across Europe

    Canada Banks Keep Climate Pledges As Rival RBC Drops Targets

    State Street Launches Sustainability Engagement and Voting Service

    HSBC Pressed on Net Zero by $1.6 Trillion Investor Group at Annual Meeting

    ESMA Releases Proposed Rules for Regulation of ESG Ratings Providers

    Bank of England Proposes Updated Climate Risk Expectations for UK Banks, Insurers

    ESG ETFs Take Big Hits During Trump's First 100 Days

    Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Pauses Litigation On Biden-Era DOL ESG Rule

    88% of Global Investors Show Interest in Sustainable Investing: Morgan Stanley Survey

    RBC Drops $500 Billion Sustainable Finance Target

    Last Year, Just 25% of Big Companies Used "ESG" in Their Report Titles

    Now Global Investors Are Pulling Money Out of Sustainable Funds

    Private Equity Firms Target Defense Assets Once Seen as Toxic

    Swiss Central Bank Faces Environmental Protests Over Investments

    Apollo Commits $220 Million to Community Solar Venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures

    FCA to Cut 70% of Capital Rules for Investment Firms

    Sebi Tweaks Framework For ESG Rating Providers Using Subscriber-Pays Model

    Canadian Regulators Hit Pause on Mandatory Climate Reporting Requirements

    Sustainable Funds Suffer Worst Quarter of Outflows on Record

    98% of Goldman Sachs Shareholders Reject Anti-DEI Proposals

    Novata Launches Tech-Enabled ESG Due Diligence Solution to Streamline Investment Workflows

    Franklin Templeton Launches ESG-Enhanced, Low-Carbon S&P 500 and World ETFs

    Institutional Investors Hold Firm Despite Heightened Geopolitical Risks

    Schroders Publishes Stewardship Framework on Climate Risk Resilience and Adaptation

    India to Review ESG Disclosures for Listed Firms, Market Regulator Says

    Net Zero Banking Alliance Eases Climate Rules, Retreats from 1.5°C Target

    ESMA Study Finds Adding ESG-Related Terms To Fund Names Increases Inflows

    Apollo Commits up to $400 Million to Launch New Community Solar JV with Summit Ridge

    Physical Climate Risk Tops Investor Threats, Research Shows

    SEC Gives Nod For First Green Stock Exchange Starting Next Year

    Like Defense, Goldman Says ESG Investors Should Bring Oil and Gas Stocks in From the Cold

    Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    ESMA Recommends Simplifying ESG Disclosure Rules for Benchmark Administrators in EU

    Evergreen and Eltif Fund Markets Soar to More Than €83 Billion

    JPMorgan AM Raises $1.5 Billion for Forest & Climate Solutions Fund

    Trump EO Targets State Climate, Emissions and ESG Policies

    Facing Anti-Trans Policies, Top Performing Manager Contemplates Move to Canada

    Institutional Shareholder Services Subsidiary Launches Sustainability Bond Ratings

    China Issues its First Sovereign Green Bonds

    Article 9 Funds Saw Net Outflows in 2024: Efama

    Deutsche Bank’s DWS Fined $27 Million in Greenwashing Probe

    EU Parliament Votes to Delay Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Laws

    Mirova, Robeco Launch Platform to Compare Decarbonization Impact of Climate Solutions

    House GOP Asks SEC To Rescind ESG Disclosures, Names Rules

    UBS Ditches Weapons Exclusion From Sustainable Investment Criteria

    Japan’s $1.7 Trillion Pension Fund Unveils New ESG Investment Strategy

    Sustainable Investing at Goldman Sachs Alternatives Completes Acquisition of Atlas-SSI

    OCC Ends Climate Risk Guidance For Large Banks

    78% of Global Companies Now Link Executive Pay to Sustainability, KPMG Study Finds

    Sustainalytics: DEI Rollbacks Have Limited Impact on ESG Risk Ratings but Raise Broader Concerns for Investors

    SEC Votes to End Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

    UK Launches World-First Nature Finance Standard to Guide Green Investment

    JLL Acquires Renewable Energy Banking Firm Javelin Capital

    Fidelity International Raises Over $330 Million for Climate-Focused Real Estate Fund

    Nordea AM Reviews Fund Names Following New ESMA Sustainability Rules

    84% of Companies Keeping or Accelerating Climate Targets: PwC

    Morgan Stanley Says Defense Could Get $119 Billion ESG Boost

    JPMorgan Rebrands DEI, Leaves Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative

    BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Seek Dismissal of Red States’ Coal Antitrust Suit

    Defence Firms Held Back By UK Ethical Banking Standards, Industry Says

    Fund Bosses Are Piling Into Defense Bets Once Deemed ‘Laughable’

    BlackRock Enhances Sustainability Characteristics of $92 Billion of Funds Ahead of ESMA ESG Fund Naming Rules

    Sustainability as Strategy: Why Smart Companies Keep ESG Policies Despite Political Headwinds

    Australia Court Fines Active Super A$10.5 Million for Greenwashing ESG Investing Claims

    SEC Pushes Back Names Rule Compliance Dates

    UBS Purges DEI From Annual Report Amid Trump’s Backlash

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Raises Record €12 Billion for Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

    US Banks Turn to SEC to Dodge Climate, Social Shareholder Proposals

    FCA and PRA Axe Plans to Impose Stricter DEI Rules for Financial Services

    JP Morgan Boss Attacks ‘Incompetent’ Advisers That Pushed Diversity Agenda

    Women Unlikely to Reach Parity With Men For 134 Years: JPMorgan

    BNP Paribas AM Establishes €800 Million Venture and Impact Platform

    US Denounces UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Quits Climate Damage Fund

    Half of Execs Report Higher Sales, Lower Costs from Sustainability Initiatives: Survey

    Morningstar Highlights ‘Industry’s Most Exceptional Women Portfolio Managers’

    Majority of UK Business Leaders Lack Carbon Credit Knowledge

    US Exits Climate Finance Initiative Aimed At Helping Developing Nations Quit Coal

    Gender Diversity Improves in UK Private Equity and VC

    State Street Ditches Board Diversity Requirement, Completes Big Three DEI Retreat

    US Anger Grows Over Global Reach of EU’s ‘Hostile’ ESG Rules

    Over 40% of Senior Executives Prioritizing ESG in Career Decisions: Survey

    M&G to Adopt “Sustainability Improvers” Label for Climate-Focused Fund Range

    Europe’s Demand for Digital Sustainability Solutions on the Rise

    Standard Chartered to Engage with all Priority Clients in High-Emitting Sectors Over Next 12 Months

    92% of CFOs Plan to Boost Sustainability Spending

    Blackstone Raises $5.6 Billion for Energy Transition-focused Private Equity Fund

    Wells Fargo Drops Financed Emissions Target Amid ESG Rethink

    Standard Chartered Sets 2050 Net Zero Goal with $300 Billion Sustainable Finance Plan

    Anti-ESG Groups Intensify Activism Early in 2025 Proxy Season

    More Fiduciaries Fight Back Against ‘Politically Motivated’ Anti-ESG Movement

    EU Launches €100 Billion Clean Industrial Deal for Decarbonization and Clean Tech Growth

    FTSE 350 Surpasses Gender Target With Women in 43% of Board Positions

    Asset Owners Demand Greater Transparency on ESG Amid Increased Scrutiny: Cerulli

    Anti-ESG Concerns Dog Vanguard as it Rounds up Fund Board Votes

    BlackRock Resumes Stewardship Talks After Reviewing New ESG Guidance

    ETF Giants Rethink ESG Strategy Amid Tougher SEC Disclosure Rules

    Dems Ask SEC, DOL To Not Issue Anti-ESG Rules

    Climate Change Should be Incorporated Into ‘Daily Decision-Making’: JPMorgan

    HSBC Pushes Back Net Zero Goals by 20 Years

    Vanguard Pauses Corporate Meetings Over New ESG Guidance

    Support for ESG Proposals at Record Low Driven by US Investors, Report Shows

    Federal Judge Sides with Biden Labor Dept. on ESG Fiduciary Rule

    69% of CFOs Expect Higher Returns from Sustainability Initiatives Than Traditional Investments – Kearney

    US Judge Rejects Republican-Led Challenge to Biden-Era ESG Investing Rule

    BlackRock Appoints Louise Kooy-Henckel as EMEA Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions

    ‘Sustainable’ Investors Flee References to Climate Change

    More than 80% of U.S. Board Directors Prefer Executives Stay Quiet on Social Issues: Report

    71% of Companies Strengthen Board Oversight Under CSRD – New Datamaran Survey

    Macquarie Exits the Net Zero Banking Alliance

    BNP Paribas AM Removes ESG From S&P 500 ETF

    US SEC Will Not Defend Climate Rule In Court

    HSBC Taps Global Banking Executive for Chief Sustainability Officer Role

    Clarity AI Launches Solution to Help Fund Managers Comply with New Sustainable Fund Naming Rules

    US Health Department Condemns Private Equity Firms for Role in Declining Healthcare Access

    Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Invests in Torch Clean Energy to Build Integrated Clean Power Platform

    BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies

    Hedge Funds Slam ‘Enormous Burden’ of New ESG Requirements

    Norway's Wealth Fund Maintains ESG Focus Despite US Backlash

    Why ESG Faces Backlash and Its Future Under Trump 2.0

    Investors With $6.8 Trillion Warn EU Not to Bow to ESG Backlash

    Republican Officials Urge SEC, DOL to Adopt Anti-ESG, DEI Rules

    Goldman Sachs AM Seeks Up to $3 Billion for Climate Credit Fund

    Developments Driving the ESG, Sustainability Industry in 2025

    Vanguard Dials Back Diversity Language for US Corporate Boards

    ESG Funds Hit by Worst-Ever Redemptions as Backlash Deepens

    Manulife Raises $480 Million for Carbon Credit-Generating Forest Climate Fund

    State AGs Threaten Financial Institutions Over ESG, DEI Policies

    BlackRock Launches First Fund Using FCA’s “Sustainability Improvers” Label

    IAASB, IESBA Unveil New Global Standards and Guidance to Strengthen Sustainability Reporting

    Sustainable Funds Market Inflows Halve as ESG Falls Out of Favour

    BNP Paribas' ESG Rethink to Focus on Profitable Sustainable Finance

    Allianz Global Investors, EIB Raise $491 Million for Emerging Markets Climate Fund

    Trump Orders Agencies to Target Private-Sector DEI

    Nearly Two-thirds of Employees Say Employers Not Doing Enough to Address Climate Change and Sustainability: Deloitte Survey

    EU Set to Cut ESG Red Tape as France Adds to Mounting Pressure

    Canadian Banks Follow U.S. Peers Out of Net Zero Banking Alliance

    BlackRock and Tennessee Reach Settlement on ESG Suit

    A Fifth of Private Deals Last Year 'Sustainable', UBS Exec Says

    80% of Companies on Track to Meet Climate Targets Tie Executive Pay to Goals: CDP

    BlackRock Settles With Tennessee Over ESG Strategy

    Global Risk Outlook ‘Bleak’ As Environmental Concerns Soar

    IFC Issues $2 Billion Social Bond to Fund Projects in Emerging Markets

    Standard Chartered, Apollo Partner on $3 Billion Infrastructure and Energy Transition Financing

    Research Report Explores the Rising Popularity of Evergreen Funds

    Barclays’ Head of Sustainability Steps Down as Sector Scrutiny Heats Up

    Banks Claim They’re Still in the Climate Fight. Are They?

    Net Zero Investor Coalition Hits Pause After BlackRock Exit

    Schroders Wins St. James’s Place’s Sustainable Investment Mandate

    Politics, Not Climate, to Drive Sustainable Finance Trends in 2025

    ESG Tops In-House Counsel Litigation Concerns

    Two T. Rowe Price Funds Secure SDR Label

    BlackRock Leaves Major Climate Group Amid Wall Street Exodus

    EQT’s New Transition Infrastructure Strategy Acquires Distributed Energy Company Scale Microgrids

    Invesco Appoints Head of EMEA Sustainable and Impact Investing Distribution

    Amundi, EDF Join Firms Asking EU Not to Water Down ESG Rules

    Robeco to Engage Companies on Deforestation, Transition Materials Supply Chain Sustainability

    World Bank Launches $1.088 Billion Sustainable Development Bond for 2025

    Deepki Launches AI-Driven Tools For Real Estate Decarbonisation

    Global Sustainable Bond Sales Reach $1 Trillion for Second Time

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