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    Banks, Hedge Funds Need to Stop Using Sexual Harassment NDAs, UK Lawmakers Say

    2024-03-07

    BNN Bloomberg: Banks and financial firms should be banned from using nondisclosure agreements in workplace sexual harassment disputes because they risk silencing victims while protecting perpetrators, British lawmakers have warned.

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    Financial Services Firms Among Top 10 To Pay Greenwashing Fines

    2024-03-07

    ESG Clarity: Banking and financial firms DWS, Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon have been featured on a list of firms that have paid the largest corporate fines, settlements and donations over the last 10 years for greenwashing activities.

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    Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Updated Guidance On ESG-Related Investment Fund Disclosure

    2024-03-07

    Canadian Securities Administrators: The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published updated guidance for investment funds on disclosure practices as they relate to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.

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    Green Groups Decry SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule as Too Weak

    2024-03-07

    BNN Bloomberg: Another piece of the Biden administration’s sweeping policy response to climate change fell into place, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve highly anticipated climate disclosure requirements for public companies.

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    People’s Pension Goes All-In on Climate Aware Investments

    2024-03-06

    Institutional Investor: The United Kingdom’s largest workplace pension plan is set to move 70 percent of its assets into climate-aware strategies, the fund announced.

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    Britain Says It Will Regulate ESG Ratings Later In 2024

    2024-03-06

    MSN: Britain's finance ministry said on Wednesday it will introduce regulation for providers of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings on companies to improve "clarity and trust" in benchmarks widely used to steer investments, but gave no specific timeline.

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    US Banks Abandon ‘Bare Minimum’ Environmental Standards Project, Alarming Climate Groups

    2024-03-05

    The Guardian: Four of the world’s biggest banks have left the Equator Principles, a set of minimum industry standards and safeguards for financial institutions to address environmental and social risks in countries where they finance fossil fuel and mining projects.

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    ESG Data Management is a Top Challenge for European Firms, Survey Finds

    2024-03-05

    Funds Europe: 41% of financial market participants based in Europe see managing constantly evolving ESG data as a top challenge for their firms, according to a Bloomberg survey.

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    Capital Group Launches Three Sustainable Funds

    2024-03-05

    ESG Clarity: Capital Group has launched three global, multi-thematic sustainable funds designed to meet demand from European and Asian investors.

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    Companies Walk ESG Tightrope, Under Fire From All Sides Over Disclosures

    2024-02-29

    MSN: Since joining Asahi Group in 2020 as sustainability chief, Preeti Srivastav has helped the Japanese brewer make several environmental and social pledges but has not got it to disclose all its progress.

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