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    Fidelity Partners With Ebi for Launch of ESG Index Fund

    2025-07-29

    Portfolio Adviser: Fidelity International has launched an ESG-screened global equity index fund, seeded with £320m from discretionary fund manager ebi. 

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    Macquarie Acquires Renewable Energy Asset Optimization Platform Erova

    2025-07-28

    ESG Today: Australia-based global financial services group Macquarie announced an agreement to acquire Ireland-based renewable energy asset optimization company Erova Energy, citing opportunities to scale its platform to new markets.

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    Deutsche Bank Reports Strongest Sustainable Finance Quarter Since 2021

    2025-07-25

    ESG Today: Deutsche Bank recorded its strongest sustainable finance quarter in four years in Q2 2025, according to the bank’s quarterly results, which included more than €28 billion (USD$33 billion) in sustainable finance and investment volumes, the highest in any quarter since 2021.

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    Trump’s SEC Distances Itself From Biden-Era ESG, Climate Rulemaking

    2025-07-25

    ESG Dive: Shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, the Securities and Exchange Commission started taking steps to distance itself from rules promulgated under the prior administration, particularly those on environmental, social and governance issues. 

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    SEC Declines to Say if it Will Uphold Climate Disclosure Rule if Lawsuit Against it Fails

    2025-07-24

    ESG Today: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told the U.S. Court of Appeals that it does not intend to review or revisit its climate disclosure rules for companies, and asked the court to rule on rule on petitions filed against the rules.

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    Latest ESG Fund Flows Are In, Not Out

    2025-07-24

    Funds Europe: Data from Morningstar for Q2 2025 point to a reversal of investor attitudes towards ESG funds, with $4.9bn of net inflows measured globally versus the redemptions of $11.8bn seen in Q1.

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    Glass Lewis, ISS Sue Texas Over Law Limiting DEI, ESG Proxy Advice

    2025-07-24

    MSN/Reuters: Glass Lewis and ISS, two of the best known proxy advisers, sued Texas to block a first-of-its-kind state law limiting their ability to advise shareholders on diversity, environmental and governance practices.

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    JPMorgan, Microsoft Back New Financing Model to Scale Nature-Based Carbon Removal Projects

    2025-07-23

    ESG Today: Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon announced that it has secured a new $210 million project finance credit facility, led by J.P. Morgan and backed by a massive forest-focused carbon removal offtake agreement recently signed with tech giant Microsoft.

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    SBTi Launches Net-Zero Standard for Financial Institutions to Align Global Portfolios with 2050 Climate Goals

    2025-07-22

    ESG News: The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has officially launched its Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, marking a major milestone in sustainable finance. For the first time, banks, asset managers, private equity firms, and insurers can set science-based targets aligned with net-zero across their financial portfolios.

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    Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Acquire Liquid Environmental Solutions

    2025-07-22

    Waste Today: Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Liquid Environmental Solutions (LES), a U.S. provider of nonhazardous liquid waste management services based in Irving, Texas, from Audax Private Equity.

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