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    China Issues its First Sovereign Green Bonds

    2025-04-07

    ESG Today: China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued the country’s inaugural sovereign green bond, raising RMB 6 billion (USD$824 million) to support projects and initiatives aimed at achieving environmental objectives ranging from climate change mitigation and adaptation to natural resource and biodiversity conservation.

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    Article 9 Funds Saw Net Outflows in 2024: Efama

    2025-04-07

    Funds Europe: Article 9 funds saw net outflows in 2024, highlighting growing investor hesitation and sparking calls for a more accessible sustainable finance framework, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association’s (Efama) research.

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    Deutsche Bank’s DWS Fined $27 Million in Greenwashing Probe

    2025-04-03

    MSN: Deutsche Bank’s asset-management arm DWS Group agreed to pay 25 million euros, equivalent to $27 million, to settle an investigation by German prosecutors into allegations of greenwashing.

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    EU Parliament Votes to Delay Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Laws

    2025-04-03

    ESG News: The European Parliament has voted to adopt the European Commission’s “stop-the-clock” directive, delaying implementation timelines for key sustainability regulations: the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

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    Mirova, Robeco Launch Platform to Compare Decarbonization Impact of Climate Solutions

    2025-04-03

    ESG Today: Asset managers Mirova, Robeco, and Edmond de Rothschild AM and sustainability-focused consulting firms I Care by BearingPoint and BCG’s Quantis announced the launch of the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP), a new tool aimed at enabling investors and companies to assess and compare the decarbonization impact of different climate solutions.

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    House GOP Asks SEC To Rescind ESG Disclosures, Names Rules

    2025-04-02

    ESG Dive: The SEC’s “Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies about Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices” rule was among ESG-related regulations in the rulemaking or proposal phase at the agency expected to be on the chopping block under the Trump administration.

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    UBS Ditches Weapons Exclusion From Sustainable Investment Criteria

    2025-04-02

    MSN: UBS's asset management arm has become the latest European money manager to ditch some exclusions on investments in defence companies as private investors race to enable their funds to finance the region's rearmament drive.

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    Japan’s $1.7 Trillion Pension Fund Unveils New ESG Investment Strategy

    2025-04-01

    ESG News: Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has outlined a comprehensive policy to ensure long-term, stable investment returns by prioritizing sustainability-focused investments, incorporating ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and impact considerations across its portfolio.

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    Sustainable Investing at Goldman Sachs Alternatives Completes Acquisition of Atlas-SSI

    2025-04-01

    PR Newswire: Atlas-SSI Holdings, LLC ("Atlas-SSI" or the "Company"), a North American supplier of water management equipment for the protection of mission-critical assets and water ecosystems, announced its acquisition by the Sustainable Investing team at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.

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    OCC Ends Climate Risk Guidance For Large Banks

    2025-04-01

    ESG Dive: The OCC’s decision to withdraw the guidance on managing climate-related risks comes almost a month after the agency announced it was departing the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System

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