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    Aviva Stands by Climate Goals in Face of US and UK Net Zero Pushback

    2025-08-14

    The Guardian: Aviva’s chief executive, Amanda Blanc, has reiterated the insurer’s commitment to climate goals in the face of growing pushback against net zero ambitions in the US and UK.

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    Apollo to Acquire Kelvion From Triton in €2 Billion Deal

    2024-08-14

    Private Equity Wire: Kelvion – formerly the heat exchanger division of GEA Group – serves data centres, industrial processes, carbon capture projects and hydrogen production. Demand for its products is being fuelled by global investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and the energy transition.

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    Leading Real Estate Investment Managers Fall Short on Climate Commitments as Global Heating Intensifies

    2025-08-13

    ShareAction: New research by ShareAction, the organisation campaigning for responsible investment, shows several of the world’s largest real estate investment managers are failing to take even basic steps to tackle climate change, leaving investors exposed to financial risks and critical emissions unchecked in a key sector for the transition to net zero.

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    Nuveen Raises $1.3 Billion for New Power Generation and Sustainable Infrastructure Credit Fund

    2025-08-13

    ESG Today: Investment manager Nuveen announced that it has raised $1.3 billion in capital commitments at the first close of Energy & Power Infrastructure Credit Fund II (EPIC II), reaching more than half of its $2.5 billion target for the infrastructure-focused private credit strategy.

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    Norway Sovereign Fund Expects To Sell More Israeli Stocks

    2025-08-12

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said it expects to divest from more Israeli companies. It's part of its ongoing review of investments in the country over the situation in Gaza and the West Bank.

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    Major Companies Reframing, Not Abandoning, DEI: Report

    2025-08-12

    ESG Dive: Companies have been rolling back their DEI programs since the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in higher education. After President Donald Trump’s reelection, McDonald’sMeta, a few banks and others preemptively adjusted policies in anticipation of backlash.

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    Only 38% of Employees Believe Companies are Doing Enough on Climate Change, Sustainability: Deloitte Survey

    2025-08-12

    ESG Today: The proportion of employees who believe that their employers are doing enough to address climate change and sustainability has dropped to around 38% over the past few years.

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    Geopolitical Risk Tops Insurers’ Asset Allocation Concerns

    2025-08-11

    Financial Newswire: The 2025 Australian Insurance Report found 82 per cent of insurers had reworked their asset allocation strategy as a a result of the investment risk posed by geopolitical tension, overtaking both inflation and recession concerns.

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    Standard Chartered Inks Deal to Sell Jurisdictional Forest Credits in Brazil

    2025-08-08

    MSN/Reuters: Standard Chartered has agreed to sell millions of carbon credits aimed at protecting the Amazon rainforest on behalf of the Brazilian state of Acre as it looks to build out its carbon credits business and foster trust in the nascent market, a senior banker told Reuters. 

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    FCA Sets Out Findings from Climate Reporting Review of Financial Firms

    2025-08-07

    ESG News: In 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finalized climate disclosure rules for asset managers, life insurers, and FCA-regulated pension providers, requiring firms to report in line with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations.

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