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    More than 80% of U.S. Board Directors Prefer Executives Stay Quiet on Social Issues: Report

    2025-02-13

    ESG Today: Corporate boards in the U.S. see significant risk to their companies in speaking out on social issues, with less than a fifth of directors believing that they should encourage C-Suite leaders to speak publicly to reinforce company values, according to a new survey released by board education provider Corporate Board Member, GRC solutions provider Diligent, and advisory firm FTI Consulting.

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    71% of Companies Strengthen Board Oversight Under CSRD – New Datamaran Survey

    2025-02-12

    ESG News: The 2025 CSRD Pulse Check Survey by Datamaran reveals a transformative shift in corporate sustainability governance. With ESG oversight moving into the boardroom, companies are embedding sustainability into decision-making structures like never before.

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    Macquarie Exits the Net Zero Banking Alliance

    2025-02-12

    ESG Today: Australia-based financial services group Macquarie announced that it has decided to leave the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), expanding what had been a primarily North America-focused series of exits from the UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities.

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    BNP Paribas AM Removes ESG From S&P 500 ETF

    2025-02-12

    ETF Stream: BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNP AM) has become the latest European ETF issuer to strip the ESG moniker from its S&P 500 ESG ETF after the EU and UK updated their fund naming guidelines to prevent greenwashing.

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    US SEC Will Not Defend Climate Rule In Court

    2025-02-11

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial rule requiring thousands of public companies to disclose the threats their businesses face from risks related to the climate and environment.

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    HSBC Taps Global Banking Executive for Chief Sustainability Officer Role

    2025-02-11

    ESG Dive: Julian Wentzel has worked at HSBC since November 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile. The bank named him interim chief sustainability officer after Herweijer stepped down following corporate reshuffle that downsized the bank’s executive committee.

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    Clarity AI Launches Solution to Help Fund Managers Comply with New Sustainable Fund Naming Rules

    2025-02-06

    ESG Today: Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced the launch of a new tool aimed at helping fund managers to market products aligned with new sustainable investment naming rules, labels and standards across Europe.

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    US Health Department Condemns Private Equity Firms for Role in Declining Healthcare Access

    2025-02-06

    The Guardian: Private equity investment firms have been slammed for their role in the declining healthcare quality and access, as well as the rising costs for patients, in a recently released report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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    Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Invests in Torch Clean Energy to Build Integrated Clean Power Platform

    2025-02-06

    ESG News: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) has made a strategic investment in Torch Clean Energy, a U.S.-based solar and storage developer, to expand and evolve its business model.

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    BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies

    2025-02-06

    ESG Today: More than three quarters of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas’ financing of energy production in 2024 was directed to low carbon energies, according to figures released with the bank’s annual results.

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