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    JPMorgan, Microsoft Back New Financing Model to Scale Nature-Based Carbon Removal Projects

    2025-07-23

    ESG Today: Nature-based carbon removal startup Chestnut Carbon announced that it has secured a new $210 million project finance credit facility, led by J.P. Morgan and backed by a massive forest-focused carbon removal offtake agreement recently signed with tech giant Microsoft.

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    SBTi Launches Net-Zero Standard for Financial Institutions to Align Global Portfolios with 2050 Climate Goals

    2025-07-22

    ESG News: The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has officially launched its Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, marking a major milestone in sustainable finance. For the first time, banks, asset managers, private equity firms, and insurers can set science-based targets aligned with net-zero across their financial portfolios.

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    Goldman Sachs Alternatives to Acquire Liquid Environmental Solutions

    2025-07-22

    Waste Today: Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Liquid Environmental Solutions (LES), a U.S. provider of nonhazardous liquid waste management services based in Irving, Texas, from Audax Private Equity.

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    Blackstone to Invest $25B+ in Pennsylvania Data and Energy Infrastructure, Targeting AI Growth

    2025-07-22

    ESG News: Blackstone will invest over $25 billion to expand Pennsylvania’s digital and energy infrastructure, a move expected to catalyze an additional $60 billion in private investment across the Commonwealth. 

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    From Alpha to Admin: LPs Are Digging Deeper into Operations

    2025-07-17

    Funds Europe: Eighty-five percent of limited partners (LPs) say poor fund administration has negatively impacted future allocation decisions. This isn’t a marginal concern, it’s a strategic inflection point.

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    BlackRock Integrates RepRisk’s ESG Data into Portfolio Management Software

    2025-07-17

    Yahoo Finance: RepRisk uses entirely third-party data to evaluate a company’s “material ESG risks” by screening more than 150,000 sources — from new media, social media, research firms, NGOs, and others — in 23 languages daily, according to its website.

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    Vanguard to Close Subscale US Corporate Bond ESG ETF

    2025-07-17

    ETF Stream: Vanguard is set to close its US dollar-denominated ESG corporate bond ETF after it failed to gather the “anticipated level of assets under management” (AUM).

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    Redwheel Closes Global Climate Engagement fund

    2025-07-17

    Portfolio Adviser: Redwheel has confirmed its decision to close its Global Climate Engagement fund due to a lack of investor demand. The product was brought to market in 2024 under the management of John Teahan, and currently has $0.8m in assets under management (AUM), according to the group.

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    EU Ombudsman Challenges Commission Over Sustainability Rollback Process

    2025-07-16

    ESG News: European Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho has formally asked the European Commission to explain why it bypassed key procedural steps in preparing its Omnibus I proposal to scale back sustainability rules for businesses.

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    ECB Says Banks are Getting Better at Managing Climate, Nature Risks

    2025-07-16

    ESG Today: Banks in the EU have made “significant strides” in addressing and managing climate and nature-related risks, according to European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member and Supervisory Board Vice-Chair Frank Elderson, with major increases in advanced practices in place to identify, monitor these risks made by banks in just the past few years.

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