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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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    US Exits Climate Finance Initiative Aimed At Helping Developing Nations Quit Coal

    2025-03-07

    Yahoo Finance: The United States has withdrawn from a climate coalition that pledged billions of dollars to help certain developing countries transition from coal to clean energy sources. The move marks the latest walk back from a climate deal since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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    Gender Diversity Improves in UK Private Equity and VC

    2025-03-07

    Funds Europe: Women’s representation in UK private equity (PE) and venture capital continues to rise in 2025, with 27% of investment professionals now female, up from 24% in 2023, according to a report by Level 20 and the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

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    State Street Ditches Board Diversity Requirement, Completes Big Three DEI Retreat

    2025-03-06

    ESG Dive: State Street Global Advisors has dropped a requirement for company board nomination slates to feature a certain percentage of women directors from its 2025 global proxy voting and engagement policy, per reports.

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    US Anger Grows Over Global Reach of EU’s ‘Hostile’ ESG Rules

    2025-03-06

    Yahoo Finance: As trans-Atlantic relations grow increasingly fraught, Europe’s ESG regulations are becoming yet another flashpoint that threatens to sour ties.

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    Over 40% of Senior Executives Prioritizing ESG in Career Decisions: Survey

    2025-03-05

    ESG Today: More than 40% of senior executives report that they prioritize ESG factors when applying for jobs, well ahead of their more junior peers, and many see a rising role for sustainability in talent attraction over the longer term, according to a new survey released by Economist Impact.

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    M&G to Adopt “Sustainability Improvers” Label for Climate-Focused Fund Range

    2025-03-05

    ESG Today: International investment manager M&G Investments announced that it will adopt the new “Sustainability Improvers” label introduced by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for its Sustain Paris Aligned range of climate mitigation-focused investment funds.

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    Europe’s Demand for Digital Sustainability Solutions on the Rise

    2025-03-04

    Yahoo Finance: Despite economic uncertainty and cost pressures, Europe’s demand for digital solutions that improve sustainability and governance continues to grow, according to a new research report published by Information Services Group.

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