GreenBiz: The COP28 climate negotiations gathered a record 84,000 people in Dubai, and the volume of collaborative buying commitments made by companies on the sidelines also swelled.
Funds Europe: Schroders has joined the Global Real Estate Engagement Network (GREEN), a non-profit engagement network comprised of global institutional investors committed to advancing sustainability within the real estate industry.
CNBC: ESG investing, which stresses environmental, social and corporate governance yardsticks when building a portfolio, has long struggled with a lack of transparency and differing metrics across companies — making it difficult for investors to gauge the impact of their investments.
Funds Europe: A study by Cardano, the investment management and advisory firm, has revealed that chief financial officers (CFOs) of UK businesses are "unclear and unprepared for potential impacts of ESG risks on their operations".
Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC): Northern Trust has paid $29,820 to comply with two infringement notices issued by ASIC regarding concerns about alleged false and misleading statements about the application of a Carbon Emissions Exclusion Screen.
BNN Bloomberg: Tennessee sued BlackRock Inc. for allegedly breaching consumer protection laws by making “misleading” statements about its ESG investment strategy.
ESG Clarity: Major UK investors have written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to urge the regulator to act on racial equality by introducing mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting for financial institutions.
Yahoo Finance: The asset manager 7RCC filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a new kind of Bitcoin ETF that would provide investors exposure to the popular cryptocurrency alongside carbon credits.
ESG Clarity: New findings from the WWF Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities (SUSREG) Tracker show that although some central banks and financial supervisors are attempting to “green” their financial regulation and supervision, significant gaps remain.
BNN Bloomberg: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has subpoenaed BlackRock Inc. and State Street Corp. for documents related to the committee’s inquiry into whether their efforts to combat climate change violate US antitrust law, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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