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    CIP Reaches Close on €3bn Clean Hydrogen Fund

    2022-08-31

    Energy Voice: The CI Energy Transition Fund I (CI ETF I) was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap of €3 billion (£2.58bn), making it “the largest dedicated clean hydrogen fund globally” according to the Danish fund manager.

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    Public Pension Plans Crossed Party Lines to Support ESG

    2022-08-30

    Institutional Investor: U.S. public pension plans are some of the environmental, social, and governance movement’s biggest supporters. Divisions along political party lines might change that. 

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    Asian-American Private Equity Professional Hits Portfolio Advisors with Federal Discrimination Suit

    2022-08-30

    Morning Star: Michelle Lee worked as senior counsel, investment for Portfolio Advisors and graduated from Yale Law School, but says she was passed over for promotions because she's Asian-American.

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    RBC Climate Action Mild Enough to Pass Texas Fossil Fuel Test

    2022-08-29

    Advisor's Edge: RBC’s climate policies have been deemed mild enough to pass a Texas test on whether banks are boycotting oil and gas companies.

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    MetLife Investment Management to Buy Affirmative Investment Management for Undisclosed Terms

    2022-08-29

    Nasdaq: MetLife Investment Management or MIM, the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. (MET), announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Affirmative Investment Management or AIM, a specialist global ESG impact fixed income investment manager with deep capabilities in impact investing, verification, reporting and engagement.

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    BlackRock, UBS and 348 ESG Funds "Banned" in Texas

    2022-08-25

    Axios: Wall Street giants have a Texas-sized problem: making good on flashy vows to make clients' investments greener while limiting political and financial blowback from red states.

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    From Meta to Twitter, What Everyone Gets Wrong About ESG — And Why It Matters

    2022-08-24

    Institutional Investor: Frances Haugen chose to join Facebook after a family member became radicalized online. She wanted to help make the social media platform less toxic. As she would later testify before Congress, however, she found that she had joined a company that persistently put profit before the broader social good.

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    ESG Officers Want Gov’t Incentives for Sustainability Drive

    2022-08-23

    BusinessWorld: SUSTAINABILITY officers from different companies — Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC), Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc., and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. — have highlighted the importance of government incentives in achieving sustainability.

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    FCA Looks for External Experts to Help Shape its Work on ESG Issues

    2022-08-23

    FCA: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is establishing a new advisory committee to the FCA’s Board to work on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, and is looking for expressions of interest from stakeholders to join.

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    DeSantis Amps Up ESG Attack, Banning Strategy for State Pensions

    2022-08-23

    Yahoo Finance: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican politician to take aim at environmental, social and governance investment strategies by eliminating such considerations for the state pension funds.

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