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    BlackRock Enters Talks to Acquire Co-Controlling Stake in Eni’s Carbon Capture Business

    2025-05-27

    ESG Today: Italian energy company Eni announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with BlackRock’s infrastructure-focused unit Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for the potential sale of a co-control stake of 49.99% of Eni’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) business, Eni CCUS Holding.

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    BlackRock Says Coal Competition Case Risks US Energy Independence

    2025-05-23

    Yahoo Finance: U.S. government support for a "baseless" case alleging asset managers conspired to reduce competition in the coal sector risks undermining its goal of energy independence, BlackRock said.

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    Asset Managers’ Responsible Investment Progress ‘Stagnating’

    2025-05-22

    Portfolio Adviser: Asset managers are paving the way for fossil fuel expansion, environmental degradation and the proliferation of dangerous arms, including nuclear weapons, according to the latest research from ShareAction.

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    Carlyle Launches New Clean Energy Infrastructure Development Platform

    2025-05-21

    ESG Today: Global private capital investment firm Carlyle announced the launch of Revera Energy, a new platform that will invest in and develop sustainable and clean energy infrastructure solutions in Australia and the UK.

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    JPMorganChase to Buy 450,000 Tons of CO₂ Removals from CO280 in $90 Million Deal

    2025-05-21

    ESG News: JPMorganChase has signed a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) offtake agreement with CO280, marking a major investment in scalable, low-cost engineered carbon removal from the U.S. pulp and paper industry.

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    France’s Macron Joins Germany’s Call to Scrap EU’s Supply Chain Sustainability Due Diligence Law

    2025-05-20

    ESG Today: French President Emmanuel Macron called for the elimination of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), joining a call by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to scrap the new law requiring companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment across their value chains.

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    Novisto Raises $27 Million to Power ESG Reporting for Global Enterprises

    2025-05-20

    Tech Funding News: The EU’s recent Omnibus package aims to streamline requirements for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and related frameworks amid green policy uncertainty. 

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    BNP Paribas AM Debuts Global Equal Weight ESG ETF

    2025-05-20

    ETF Stream: BNP Paribas Asset Management has unveiled its first equally weighted ETF in the form of an MSCI World strategy incorporating ESG exclusions.

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    Blackstone to Acquire TXNM Energy for $11.5 Billion

    2025-05-20

    ESG News: Blackstone Infrastructure has announced it will acquire TXNM Energy for $61.25 per share in cash, valuing the company at $11.5 billion, including net debt and preferred stock. 

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    Scope 3 Emissions Overestimated by 2,480%, AI Study Finds

    2025-05-19

    Funds Europe: Traditional methods of estimating corporate carbon emissions are dramatically underperforming when it comes to Scope 3 emissions, according to a study by UK-based climate intelligence firm Carbon Responsible.

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