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    ESG Debt Could Fund Oil and Gas Decommissioning

    2023-01-20

    IFR: The cumulative cost of decommissioning ageing oil and gas assets may reach US$42bn by 2024, according to research company Rystad Energy, as wells are plugged and installations are dismantled and removed and the environment is restored.

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    Bank of America CEO Says New ESG Rules Are Needed to Reboot Capitalism

    2023-01-18

    CNBC: Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said Wednesday that current efforts to produce a set of official global standards on ESG issues were vital to “align capitalism with what society wants from it.”

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    Private Equity Dealmakers Say Don’t Ignore Firms With Bad ESG

    2023-01-17

    BNN Bloomberg: Private equity firms shouldn’t ignore companies with poor environmental, social and governance records when seeking sustainable investments, a panel of dealmakers told the World Economic Forum in Davos. 

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    Large Asset Managers 'Block Progress' on ESG Issues in 2022

    2023-01-17

    Investment Week: A report released from ShareAction has accused large asset managers of “blocking progress” on ESG issues and reveals how they voted on shareholder resolutions in 2022.

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    BlackRock’s Fink Says ESG Narrative Has Become Ugly, Personal

    2023-01-17

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said the narrative around ESG investing has become ugly and is creating “huge polarization.”

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    ESG Dominated European 2022 ETF Flows

    2023-01-16

    Funds Europe: ESG strategies dominated the ETF market in Europe in 2022, according to the latest data by Morningstar.

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    ESAs Urged to Differentiate Between Intentional and Unintentional Greenwashing

    2023-01-16

    European Pensions: The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has called for the European Supervisory Authorities’ (ESAs) work on greenwashing to differentiate between misleading with intent and uncertainty on regulations.

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    Understanding Greenwashing Crucial to Combat the Risk, Says EFAMA

    2023-01-16

    Funds Europe: Regulators must not apply the term "greenwashing" too broadly in their efforts to identify offenders, a leading funds trade body said, due to unclear definitions surrounding sustainability at the regulatory level.

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    VCs Are Investing in These Hot Areas of Climate Tech

    2023-01-15

    Yahoo News: Venture-capital and private-equity funds searching for the next big climate solution raised piles of cash last year, and now it's time to spend it.

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    SE-Asia ESG Bond Proceeds Rose 37.4% Year-on-year in Q4 2022

    2023-01

    Business Times: PROCEEDS from South-east Asian environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds rose 37.4 per cent year-on-year to US$2.9 billion in the last three months of 2022, bucking a global decline, according to data from Refinitiv.

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