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    Schroders Publishes Stewardship Framework on Climate Risk Resilience and Adaptation

    2025-04-17

    Portfolio Adviser: Schroders has developed guidelines for engaging with companies on climate adaptation, resilience and risk, in collaboration with Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute (GLI).

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

    2025-04-16

    Yahoo Finance: India's market regulator is rethinking sustainability or ESG disclosures required of listed firms including its already delayed plans for companies to include supply chains in their reporting, its new chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey told Reuters.

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

    2025-04-15

    ESG News: While the NZBA maintains that 1.5°C remains its “guiding star,” the vote—backed by 90% of participating members—reflects growing unease with the pace of real-economy decarbonization.

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

    2025-04-15

    Portfolio Adviser: Adding an ESG term to the name of a fund has “a significant impact” on fund inflows during the five quarters following the name change, according to the latest study published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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

    2025-04-14

    ESG Today: Global alternative investment manager Apollo and community solar operator Summit Ridge Energy announced a new agreement, with Apollo-managed funds committing up to $400 million to form a new joint venture to jointly own and operate a portfolio of commercial solar assets across Illinois.

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    Physical Climate Risk Tops Investor Threats, Research Shows

    2025-04-14

    Funds Europe: Physical climate risk continues to pose the most serious long-term threat to institutional investors, according to a 2025 climate scenarios study warning that “net zero by 2050 is no longer realistic.”

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    SEC Gives Nod For First Green Stock Exchange Starting Next Year

    2025-04-14

    Financial Advisor: A new stock exchange dedicated to sustainable investing moved a step closer to opening after receiving backing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

    2025-04-14

    CNBC: Just as many mission-driven fund managers have reconsidered their defense policy in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an analyst at Goldman Sachs says it is now time for sustainable investors to re-evaluate their approach to oil and gas companies.

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    Germany’s New Coalition Government Eliminates Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    2025-04-10

    ESG Today: Germany’s conservative CDU and CSU parties and the center-left SPD announced a deal for the formation of a new government, and released a coalition agreement that includes the immediate elimination of Germany’s human rights and environmental supply chain due diligence law, the Supply Chain Act (LkSG).

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    ESMA Recommends Simplifying ESG Disclosure Rules for Benchmark Administrators in EU

    2025-04-10

    ESG News: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the findings of its 2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures under the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).

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