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    BRB Finance Coalition Secures $4.5B for Brazil’s Forests, Bioeconomy Ahead of COP30

    2025-09-24

    ESG News: The Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition (BRB Finance Coalition) has secured more than $4.5 billion in commitments to forest and bioeconomy projects, accelerating momentum toward its $10 billion target for 2030. 

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    Trump Energy Secretary to Return Billions Set Aside for Green Projects

    2025-09-24

    The Guardian: The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, announced that his department will return to the treasury billions of dollars set aside for green projects, while dodging questions about affordability and grid reliability and claiming international climate policy has not lowered emissions.

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    Barclays Strikes First Major Carbon Removal Deal with UNDO in Canada

    2025-09-24

    ESG News: Barclays has signed its first large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) agreement, partnering with British climate tech company UNDO to advance enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in Canada.

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    LPFA Hits Over 80% Climate resilience in its fund

    2025-09-24

    Portfolio Institutional: Administering authority the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), and £8bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund, has announced that over 80% of its fund is being managed for climate resilience with actions to reduce the impact of climate change now in place.

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    Trump Criticises Countries' Migration and Climate Policies in Scathing UN Speech

    2025-09-23

    BBC: Donald Trump has criticised other countries' migration and climate policies, during a scathing speech to the United Nations that also took aim at the body itself.

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    Infranity Launches Open-Ended Evergreen Infrastructure ELTIF

    2025-09-23

    Funds Europe: Paris-based asset manager Infranity, part of Generali Investments, has launched an open-ended evergreen infrastructure ELTIF catering to Private Wealth investors.

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    Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms

    2025-09-22

    Harvard News: Patient death rates increased in the emergency departments of U.S. hospitals acquired by private equity firms compared to similar hospitals not acquired by private equity, according to a nationwide study of hundreds of hospitals conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Chicago.

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    Australia Sets 62–70% Emissions Cut Target by 2035, Launches $7 Billion in Climate Funding

    2025-09-19

    ESG News: Australia has raised its climate ambition, committing to cut emissions by 62–70% by 2035 compared with 2005 levels, a significant step up from its previous target of 43% by 2030. 

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    Wells Fargo Execs Settle Suit Over Diverse Hiring Practices

    2025-09-18

    ESG Dive: In 2020, Wells Fargo launched a “diverse slate” policy, requiring at least half of job candidates interviewed for open positions paying $100,000 or more per year be women, nonwhite or otherwise disadvantaged.

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    Spooked by Geopolitics, Global Allocators Pull Back From U.S. Assets

    2025-09-17

    Institutional Investor: Asset owners are rethinking their global asset allocation amid a disrupted world order, according to Morningstar’s fourth annual quantitative survey of asset owners. This includes a notable pivot away from U.S. assets driven by policy uncertainty and currency risk.

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