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Investment Week: The latest BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS) report for the 2020-21 proxy voting year revealed that BIS voted on more than 64,000 director elections, voting against 10% for "falling short of our expectations".
NAPA: Amid growing interest in Environmental, Social and Governance investing among plan sponsors and participants, the National Association of Plan Advisors has launched a new certificate program designed to help advisors educate them and evaluate ESG alternatives.
Private Equity Wire: According to a new survey of 140 global LPs conducted by leading independent global placement agent Capstone Partners (Capstone), European investors continue to lead the way on ESG, demonstrating clear objectives and focus when investing in the private markets.
Investment Week: When the coronavirus pandemic spread around the world in 2020, investors quickly grasped the gravity of the situation and a sense began to emerge that it was perhaps a moment when firms with strong environment, social and governance (ESG) would be less negatively affected than others.
BNN Bloomberg: Kyoya Okazawa, a former Asia executive at BNP Paribas SA, aims to raise $1 billion for a new ESG fund backing Japanese startups in sectors ranging from paint to grass-fed beef.
Cision: Enel Green Power North America and Wellington Management have agreed to terms for a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for an 11 MW portion of the energy delivered to the grid by Enel Green Power's Rockhaven wind project. The arrangement, which is subject to definitive agreements, covers approximately 48 GWh of wind energy annually and the associated renewable energy certificates (RECs) are equivalent to avoiding 30,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.
Financial Standard: A $3.4 billion industry super fund handed its first ESG mandate to an Edinburgh-based fixed income boutique.
BNN Bloomberg: Al Gore warned that the “the mounting threat of greenwash” poses a significant and increasing risk to a successful transition away from fossil fuels.
Institutional Asset Manager: The EU published its sustainable finance framework last week, setting out the bloc’s milestones and measures for Europe’s financial sector to show how it is contributing to the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Financial Post: French private-equity firm Ardian SAS is considering raising as much as 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) for a fund dedicated to green hydrogen, one of the hottest fuels in the energy transition.
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