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    ‘Nuance and Shades of Gray’: ESG Pro Sees Debate Over What It Is

    2022-03-11

    Yahoo News: To Steve Lydenberg, who has spent almost half a century analyzing how companies impact people and the planet, decisions by socially responsible investors about whether to back businesses in autocratic nations such as Russia aren’t so cut and dried.

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    Credit Suisse Aims to Nearly Halve Emissions Financing to Fossil Fuels by 2030

    2022-03-10

    U.S. News: Switzerland's second-biggest bank reduced its exposure to emissions it financed in the oil, gas and coal sector by 41% between 2020 and 2021, preliminary estimates in its sustainability report showed, when it had some $2.6 billion in loans outstanding to such clients.

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    CFA Expands Women in Investment Programme

    2022-03-10

    Funds Europe: CFA Institute is expanding its recruitment for young women in France, Spain, and the UK, after the success of its programme in South America and Asia. 

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    Russia’s Attack Casts Huge Shadow Over Future of ESG

    2022-03-09

    BNN Bloomberg: How can fund managers buy Russian government bonds and shares of state-backed energy giants while claiming to be committed to the highest environmental, social and governance principles?

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    Actis Sets Portfolio-wide 2050 Net Zero Target

    2022-03-08

    Private Equity Wire: Actis will continue to invest in critical infrastructure assets which catalyse systemic change and help the world to align to a Net Zero pathway. In order to identify these assets and aid its investment decision-making process, Actis has developed a Transition Tool, which is already successfully used across every Actis investment. 

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    Half of Investors to Switch Investments into ESG in 2022

    2022-03-08

    Funds Europe: The research by Oxford Risk found that of those 50%, one in seven investors plan to move 60% or more of their investments to ESG in 2022, following increased focus on ethical and sustainable investing.

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    ESG Funds Had $8.3 Billion in Russia Assets Right Before War

    2022-03-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Fund managers touting environmental, social and governance standards held at least $8.3 billion in Russian assets right before President Vladimir Putin launched a war on Ukraine. 

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    The Number of Women in C-Suite Finance Jobs Is Going Up — But the View From Below Is Less Rosy

    2022-03-08

    Institutional Investor: The share of women in C-suite roles in the North American financial services industry is expected to increase from 21.1 percent to 28.3 percent from 2021 to 2030, according to a new Deloitte report that studied the percentage of women in various job categories in the financial industry from 1998 to 2021.

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    Climate Groups Press Banks, Asset Managers to Sever Russian Ties

    2022-03-04

    BNN Bloomberg: A coalition of more than 75 climate change-focused nonprofits want the biggest names in banking and fund management to “stop propping up Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine” by severing all financial ties with Russian energy companies.

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    Much-Needed Climate Funds Flee Sinking Caribbean Islands

    2022-03-04

    Financial Post: According to U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and other Western leaders, the private sector will lead the battle against climate change given governments can’t raise enough money. Officials from Caribbean islands 1,750 miles south of Washington are less optimistic.

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