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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ESG News: Temasek-owned investment platform GenZero has published its inaugural sustainability report, setting out a new climate target and highlighting progress just three years after its launch.
ESG Today: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the central bank and financial regulator of Singapore, announced the first close of the Green Investments Partnership (GIP), raising $510 million in commitments for the blended finance partnership.
CFO Dive: Work-related accidents and diseases annually take the lives of 3 million people worldwide, a 5% increase compared with 2015, the International Labor Organization said in a 2023 report.
Funds Europe: Schroders has been awarded a €3.9 billion actively managed sustainable equity mandate by Dutch pension investor PGGM.
ESG Dive: Deutsche Bank reaffirmed its commitment to reaching net-zero and decarbonizing the economy in its latest transition plan, as global banking peers have sought to recalibrate their public messaging around sustainability in the wake of increased political scrutiny.
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