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      Barclays Is the Latest Firm to Face Anti-ESG Wrath in Oklahoma

      2024-05-03

      BNN Bloomberg: Oklahoma State Treasurer Todd Russ announced that Barclays Plc would be added to his list of companies that he claims have boycotted the fossil fuel industry — a gesture that aims to limit the governmental business the bank can conduct in the state.   

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      Republican-Led State Bans Four Major Banks in Blow to ESG Movement

      2024-05-03

      MSN: The State of West Virginia banned four major banks – Citigroup, TD Bank, HSBC and Northern Trust – from state contracts worth tens of billions due to their environmental policies.

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      Microsoft Signs Largest-Ever Corporate Renewable Energy Deal with Brookfield

      2024-05-02

      ESG Today: Brookfield Asset Management and its clean energy platform Brookfield Renewable announced a new 5-year global renewable energy framework agreement with Microsoft, for the development of more than 10.5 GW of new clean energy capacity in the U.S. and Europe.

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      Fragile Support for Sustainable Funds in Asia

      2024-05-02

      ESG Clarity: Excluding China, Asia ex-Japan recorded net inflows of roughly $622m in the first quarter of 2024, down from $1.7 billion registered in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to report by Morningstar.

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      83% of Companies Say Collecting Accurate Data for CSRD Reporting Requirements will be a Challenge: Workiva Survey

      2024-05-01

      ESG Today: More than 4 out of 5 professionals involved in corporate reporting say that collecting accurate data to comply with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be a challenge.

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      Wells Fargo, RBC Bankers Met Texas AG Staff Regarding ESG Probe

      2024-05-01

      Yahoo Finance: The Texas Attorney General’s staff met with municipal finance executives from Wells Fargo & Co. and RBC Capital Markets as Ken Paxton’s probe into whether the Wall Street banks “boycott” the fossil fuels industry drags on.

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      Goldman Sachs Acquires Environmental Risk Reduction Services Provider Adler & Allan

      2024-05-01

      ESG Today: Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s alternative investment platform  announced an agreement to acquire UK environmental risk reduction specialist Adler & Allan from private investment advisory firm Sun European Partners.

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      DWS to Launch Real Estate ESG ETF in Q2

      2024-04-30

      ETF Stream: DWS is set to launch a green real estate ETF in the second quarter of 2024 following growing investor demand for ESG products.

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      Actively Managed Funds Hemorrhage Client Cash in ESG Upheaval

      2024-04-30

      BNN Bloomberg: A long-held truism of ESG is being challenged, namely the idea that the strategy is best-suited to active fund management.

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      Franklin Templeton Launches Catholic Principles ETF Aligned With ESG Values

      2024-04-26

      Funds Europe: Franklin Templeton has launched the Franklin MSCI World Catholic Principles Ucits ETF, offering exposure to large and mid-cap stocks of companies considered environmentally and socially responsible in developed market countries.

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