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ESG Dive: In 2020, Wells Fargo launched a “diverse slate” policy, requiring at least half of job candidates interviewed for open positions paying $100,000 or more per year be women, nonwhite or otherwise disadvantaged.
Institutional Investor: Asset owners are rethinking their global asset allocation amid a disrupted world order, according to Morningstar’s fourth annual quantitative survey of asset owners. This includes a notable pivot away from U.S. assets driven by policy uncertainty and currency risk.
ESG Today: The U.S. Court of Appeals has told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it will not issue a ruling on the legality of its climate disclosure rules, as requested by the SEC, leaving the agency on its own to decide on the fate of the rules requiring climate-related reporting by public companies.
Yahoo Finance: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into proxy advisers Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, alleging they may have misled institutional investors and public companies.
Investing.com: A call by Donald Trump to ditch quarterly corporate reporting has received cautious support from an unlikely source: international investors pushing business to do more on longer-term sustainability issues, many lambasted by the U.S. president.
KnowESG: Fourteen venture capital and growth equity firms with $60 billion in assets launch a collaborative climate tech fund. The All Aboard Coalition aims to bridge the “valley of death” for clean tech startups scaling from early-stage to commercial deployment.
Funds Europe: Family offices are reinforcing their commitment to sustainable finance, even as global markets face political and economic turbulence, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi).
ESG Today: International asset manager Robeco announced that it has been awarded €15.4 billion (USD$18.1 billion) in investment mandates by pension investor PGGM on behalf of Dutch pension fund PFZW, as part of PZFW’s shift to from a passive strategy to one more focused on sustainability and active management.
ESG News: Sphera, the Chicago-based sustainability and operational risk management software firm, has secured a new round of growth capital from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, adding a second major institutional backer alongside Blackstone.
ESG Dive: Average shareholder support for environmental and social proposals has declined over the past four proxy seasons from a 2021 high of 33%, according to a proxy preview report released last year.
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