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    Just 20% of Asset Managers Track Social Mobility

    2024-09-18

    Portfolio Adviser: While 83% of European asset managers have measurable goals in place for gender equality, just 19% have a similar system in place for social mobility, a report from the Diversity Project Europe has found.

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    Thomson Reuters and SAP Collaborate to Simplify ESG Reporting for Global Businesses

    2024-09-17

    FinTech Global: This collaboration is designed to assist multinational corporations in adhering to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting standards and simplifying compliance with emerging regulations.

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    Companies Already Seeing Major Impact, Financial Benefits from Use of AI in Decarbonization Efforts: BCG Survey

    2024-09-17

    ESG Today: Over half of companies globally report that the use of AI has a major impact on key areas of their decarbonization efforts, according to a new survey released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and AI usage was also found to be a significant driver of companies’ ability to derive substantial sustainability-related financial benefits, the report found.

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    Wall Street Quietly Turns Tail on Its Sustainability Commitments

    2024-09-12

    BNN Bloomberg: News emerged last week that Morgan Stanley had quietly shelved a central pillar of its sustainability strategy: a commitment to finance the cleanup and prevention of plastic pollution. 

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    85% of Companies Increased Sustainability Investments Over Past Year, as Execs Expect Direct Business Benefits: Deloitte Survey

    2024-09-12

    ESG Today: The vast majority of large companies across the world have been increasing sustainability-related investments over the past year, as C-suite executives have become more concerned about the impact of climate change on their companies, according to a new survey released by global professional services firm Deloitte.

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    94% of Investors Consider Defence Stocks ESG Friendly

    2024-09-12

    Portfolio Adviser: Defence companies were once shunned by environment, social and governance (ESG) investors much like oil and tobacco companies are, but attitudes have reversed dramatically in recent years – a new study by HANetf found that 94% of wealth managers now consider defence companies to be ESG stocks.

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    AllianzGI Raises €560 Million for Impact Credit Fund Supporting SMEs Addressing Environmental & Social Challenges

    2024-09-12

    ESG Today: Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced that it has raised €560 million in total commitments for its Impact Private Credit Strategy (IPC) at its first closing, more than half of the total sought for this effort.

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    Finnish Company Upright Launches the First-Ever Open Database on Science-based Impact of Funds

    2024-09-11

    ESG News: Upright has just launched a groundbreaking open database, the first of its kind, covering the science-based impact of over 35,000 mutual funds and ETFs worldwide.

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    CFA Institute Calls For Stricter ESG Fund Classification Standards

    2024-09-11

    Funds Europe: A report released by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Center, the global association of investment professionals, has called for greater rigour in the classification of ESG funds.

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    Goldman Stock-Picking Model Is Challenging ESG Assumptions

    2024-09-10

    BNN Bloomberg: At Goldman Sachs Group Inc., there’s an ESG filter that tells investors to buy coal giant Glencore Plc, and avoid Big Tech staples Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. 

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