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Funds Europe: Franklin Templeton has launched the Franklin MSCI World Catholic Principles Ucits ETF, offering exposure to large and mid-cap stocks of companies considered environmentally and socially responsible in developed market countries.
ESG Today: BlackRock and Temasek’s decarbonization-focused fund Decarbonization Partners announced that it has raised $1.4 billion at the final close of its inaugural fund, Decarbonization Partners Fund I, well ahead of the firm’s $1 billion fundraising target.
BNN Bloomberg: What was once the world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers is now being discontinued, after a wave of attacks by the Republican-led anti-ESG movement.
US News: European and American investors showed converse interest in sustainable funds during the first quarter, research firm Morningstar said, with a record $8.8 billion in net withdrawals from the products in the U.S.
ESG Today: The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announced that all listed companies will be required to begin providing mandatory climate-related disclosures based on the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) new reporting standards, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions disclosure beginning as of the 2025 reporting year.
Business Wire: Udemy, a leading online skills marketplace and learning platform, today released its Q1 2024 Global Workplace Learning Index, a quarterly report highlighting in-demand skills that help companies remain competitive in a fast-changing global economy.
ESG Today: Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 374 to 235 to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a key piece of legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment.
BNN Bloomberg: Firms operating in the UK are being advised to go through any products and services around which some sort of sustainability claim has been made, to ensure they’re not in the crosshairs of a regulatory crackdown that’s due to take effect at the end of next month.
ESG Clarity: 160 global financial institutions and two industry stakeholders have signed a statement calling on governments to negotiate an “ambitious treaty” to end plastic pollution ahead of negotiations taking place at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-4).
Forbes: Sustainability continues to gain momentum as the United States moves to standardize related reporting efforts. Most notably, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced its official guidance, requiring publicly traded organizations to report climate-related disclosures.
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