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    UK Investment Sector Sees Progress In DEI Data

    2024-11-25

    Funds Europe: The Investment Association (IA), the industry group for the UK’s asset management sector, in collaboration with the Thinking Ahead Institute, a non-profit network advancing sustainable investing for global savers, has published its second culture, talent and inclusion report: A Demographic Snapshot of the Industry.

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    EU Seeks to Streamline ESG Regulations Amid Growing Backlash

    2024-11-25

    BNN Bloomberg: The next European Commission will urgently seek to streamline the bloc’s many environmental, social and governance rules, as it responds to complaints that excessive regulations are gutting industry competitiveness.

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    Trump Energy Pick Wrote ESG Report Hailing Oil, Gas, Downplaying Climate Worry

    2024-11-22

    Yahoo News: President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the energy department believes fossil fuels are the key to ending world poverty which, he says, is a greater problem than climate change's "distant" threat, according to a report he penned as CEO of oilfield services company Liberty Energy.

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    HSBC Buys Biomass-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Deal with Cathay Pacific, EcoCeres

    2024-11-22

    ESG Today: HSBC Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific and biofuels platform EcoCeres announced a new initiative aimed at helping to decarbonize air travel by supporting the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Hong Kong.

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    Societe Generale Commits to €500 Billion Sustainable Finance Target by 2030

    2024-11-22

    ESG News: At COP, Societe Generale reaffirmed its commitment to advancing the environmental transition. The bank’s new €500 billion sustainable finance target for 2024–2030 includes €400 billion in financing and advisory and €100 billion in sustainable bonds. 

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    Global Climate Funds on Brink of First Year of Outflows on Record

    2024-11-21

    Portfolio Adviser: Global climate funds are on track to experience their first year of outflows on record, with near $24bn (£19bn) in redemptions from January to September, according to Morningstar’s Sustainalytics report.

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    Meet the World’s Most Controversial Climate Capitalist

    2024-11-21

    BNN Bloomberg: Exxon Mobil Corp. once appeared to be the biggest corporate casualty of the ESG movement. An activist investor forced Exxon to replace a quarter of its board in 2021, largely because of the Texas oil giant’s inadequate plan for the energy transition.

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    EU Approves New ESG Ratings Regulation to Enhance Transparency and Investor Trust

    2024-11-20

    ESG News: The Council of the European Union has approved a groundbreaking regulation to enhance the transparency, consistency, and comparability of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings. 

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    ESG Tops Operational Priority List For Canadian CEOs, KPMG Reports

    2024-11-20

    PR Newswire: Despite potential environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related headwinds globally, increasing extreme weather, emerging regulations, disruptive technology and changing consumer perspectives, have pushed sustainability to the top of many corporate agendas, finds KPMG's 2024 CEO Outlook.

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    BNPP AM Launches Forestry Fund

    2024-11-20

    Funds Europe: BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a fund which will invest in sustainable forestry. The fund is the first launched by BNPP AM in partnership with natural capital expert IWC, a global natural capital specialist, majority owned by BNPP AM and headquartered in Copenhagen.

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