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    Australia Court Fines Active Super A$10.5 Million for Greenwashing ESG Investing Claims

    2025-03-18

    ESG Today: A federal court in Australia imposed a A$10.5 million (USD$6.7 million) penalty on superannuation fund Active Super trustee LGSS, after finding that the firm had engaged in greenwashing by continuing to invest in securities in areas that it had claimed to eliminate for environmental or social reasons.

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    SEC Pushes Back Names Rule Compliance Dates

    2025-03-18

    ESG Dive: When the SEC initially adopted the updated Names Rule in 2023, the largest funds previously had until Dec. 11, 2025 to comply, with smaller funds due to comply six months after.

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    UBS Purges DEI From Annual Report Amid Trump’s Backlash

    2025-03-17

    Advisor Hub: UBS Group AG’s annual report no longer refers to a key sustainability term that has come under attack from the Trump administration, indicating how the backlash is impacting European firms.

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    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Raises Record €12 Billion for Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

    2025-03-17

    ESG News: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised over €12 billion ($13.1 billion) for its fifth flagship fund, CI V, significantly exceeding its original fundraising goals.

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    US Banks Turn to SEC to Dodge Climate, Social Shareholder Proposals

    2024-03-14

    ESG Dive: Major U.S. banks who looked to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow for excluding shareholder proposals with requests to disclose banks’ climate change planning and exposures were turned down by the agency. 

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    FCA and PRA Axe Plans to Impose Stricter DEI Rules for Financial Services

    2024-03-13

    Portfolio Adviser: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have abandoned plans to impose stricter rules for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the financial services sector to “avoid duplication and unnecessary costs”.

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    JP Morgan Boss Attacks ‘Incompetent’ Advisers That Pushed Diversity Agenda

    2024-03-13

    Yahoo Finance: The chief executive of JP Morgan has branded two of the world’s top shareholder proxy advisers “incompetent” amid a growing backlash over their support for diversity policies.

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    Women Unlikely to Reach Parity With Men For 134 Years: JPMorgan

    2024-03-13

    CFO Dive: Women worldwide are far from attaining equal status in the C-suite, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO, CFO and COO, JPMorgan Chase said.

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    BNP Paribas AM Establishes €800 Million Venture and Impact Platform

    2024-03-12

    ESG Today: BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the creation of a new entity, the Venture and Impact platform, within its Private Assets division.

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    US Denounces UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Quits Climate Damage Fund

    2024-03-11

    ESG Dive: The nation’s new stance on the SDGs surfaced during remarks made by Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the U.S. mission to the UN, on a resolution to create an “International Day of Peaceful Coexistence.”

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