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    US SEC Will Not Defend Climate Rule In Court

    2025-02-11

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signaled the regulator may roll back a controversial rule requiring thousands of public companies to disclose the threats their businesses face from risks related to the climate and environment.

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    HSBC Taps Global Banking Executive for Chief Sustainability Officer Role

    2025-02-11

    ESG Dive: Julian Wentzel has worked at HSBC since November 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile. The bank named him interim chief sustainability officer after Herweijer stepped down following corporate reshuffle that downsized the bank’s executive committee.

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    Clarity AI Launches Solution to Help Fund Managers Comply with New Sustainable Fund Naming Rules

    2025-02-06

    ESG Today: Sustainability technology company Clarity AI announced the launch of a new tool aimed at helping fund managers to market products aligned with new sustainable investment naming rules, labels and standards across Europe.

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    US Health Department Condemns Private Equity Firms for Role in Declining Healthcare Access

    2025-02-06

    The Guardian: Private equity investment firms have been slammed for their role in the declining healthcare quality and access, as well as the rising costs for patients, in a recently released report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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    Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Invests in Torch Clean Energy to Build Integrated Clean Power Platform

    2025-02-06

    ESG News: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) has made a strategic investment in Torch Clean Energy, a U.S.-based solar and storage developer, to expand and evolve its business model.

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    BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies

    2025-02-06

    ESG Today: More than three quarters of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas’ financing of energy production in 2024 was directed to low carbon energies, according to figures released with the bank’s annual results.

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    Hedge Funds Slam ‘Enormous Burden’ of New ESG Requirements

    2025-02-06

    Yahoo Finance: Hedge funds are seizing the rising tide of opposition to European ESG rules as an opportunity to seek exemptions from some environmental, social and governance reporting requirements.

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    Norway's Wealth Fund Maintains ESG Focus Despite US Backlash

    2025-02-05

    MSN: Norway's wealth fund will continue to raise environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues with the companies it is invested in, including with Big Tech, despite a backlash against ESG, a top fund official said.

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    Why ESG Faces Backlash and Its Future Under Trump 2.0

    2025-02-04

    BNN Bloomberg: ESG. Three letters that have inspired, confused and angered. They stand for environmental, social and governance, and refer to a strategy where banks and investors weigh factors such as climate change and labor conditions in their financing decisions.

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    Investors With $6.8 Trillion Warn EU Not to Bow to ESG Backlash

    2025-02-04

    Yahoo Finance: A group of investors representing €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) of assets is calling on European officials not to cave in to mounting pressure to scale back the bloc’s ESG regulations.

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