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

    2025-03-17

    ESG News: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised over €12 billion ($13.1 billion) for its fifth flagship fund, CI V, significantly exceeding its original fundraising goals.

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

    2024-03-14

    ESG Dive: Major U.S. banks who looked to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow for excluding shareholder proposals with requests to disclose banks’ climate change planning and exposures were turned down by the agency. 

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

    2024-03-13

    Portfolio Adviser: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have abandoned plans to impose stricter rules for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the financial services sector to “avoid duplication and unnecessary costs”.

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

    2024-03-13

    Yahoo Finance: The chief executive of JP Morgan has branded two of the world’s top shareholder proxy advisers “incompetent” amid a growing backlash over their support for diversity policies.

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

    2024-03-13

    CFO Dive: Women worldwide are far from attaining equal status in the C-suite, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO, CFO and COO, JPMorgan Chase said.

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    BNP Paribas AM Establishes €800 Million Venture and Impact Platform

    2024-03-12

    ESG Today: BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the creation of a new entity, the Venture and Impact platform, within its Private Assets division.

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

    2024-03-11

    ESG Dive: The nation’s new stance on the SDGs surfaced during remarks made by Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the U.S. mission to the UN, on a resolution to create an “International Day of Peaceful Coexistence.”

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

    2024-03-11

    ESG Today: Business leaders are seeing a wide range of value creation benefits from their companies’ sustainability activities, with more than 60% reporting improved employee attraction and retention, and half citing higher sales and lower costs.

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

    2024-03-11

    Institutional Investor: Only 12 percent of portfolio managers globally are women and even the highest performing among them struggle to raise capital.

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    Majority of UK Business Leaders Lack Carbon Credit Knowledge

    2024-03-10

    Funds Europe: Nearly 60% of senior UK decision-makers don’t fully understand carbon credits, despite their growing role in corporate net zero strategies, according to an Octopus Investments report.

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