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    Texas AG Probes Proxy Advisers Glass Lewis, ISS Amid ESG Backlash

    2025-09-16

    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.

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    Trump’s Call to End Quarterly Reports Gets Unlikely Support From Climate-Conscious Investors

    2025-09-16

    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.

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    VC Giants Join Forces to Scale Climate Tech Startups

    2025-09-15

    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.

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    Families Back Sustainability Amid Global Uncertainty

    2025-09-15

    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).

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    Robeco Awarded $18 Billion Mandate for Dutch Pension Fund’s Shift to More Sustainability-Focused Strategy

    2025-09-15

    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.

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    Neuberger Berman Joins Blackstone in Backing Sustainability Software Provider Sphera

    2025-09-12

    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.

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    BlackRock’s Support for Environmental, Social Proposals Dips to Less Than 2% in 2025

    2025-09-11

    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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    SEC Chair Warns IFRS Foundation Over Support for International Sustainability Standards Board

    2025-09-11

    ESG Today: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may reconsider its rules allowing foreign companies to file financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting standards due to the IFRS Foundation’s formation and backing of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), according to a warning issued by SEC Chair Paul Atkins.

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    ‘Mob Wives’ and Missed Opportunities: The Hypocrisy of Avoiding Defense Investments

    2025-09-10

    Institutional Investor: Private capital is flooding into defense technology companies at unprecedented levels. Venture funds are "pouring money into defense startups," Bloomberg reports, with defense-related U.S. startups raising more funding since early 2023 than in the previous nine years combined.

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    Wall Street Regulator Says It Has Concerns Over European ESG Rules

    2025-09-10

    MSN/Reuters: Wall Street's top regulator criticized two recent European laws on companies' disclosures of their environmental, social and governance impacts, underscoring the shift in U.S. financial regulation since President Donald Trump took office.

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