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