
ETF Stream: BlackRock’s Larry Fink will face a vote on his dual role as chairman and CEO after UK activist investor called for more oversight over the asset manager’s approach to sustainable investing.
BNN Bloomberg: The Platform on Sustainable Finance, which advises the European Commission on environmental, social and governance policies, is proposing that flows generated through sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) be excluded from an EU exercise designed to monitor how well the bloc’s green rules are working.
BNN Bloomberg: US regulators, led by the Federal Reserve, have thwarted a push to make climate risk a focus of global financial rules, according to people familiar with the matter.
ESG Today: The vast majority of professional investors globally have put in place ESG investment policies over the past several years, with investors looking both to minimize sustainability-related risk and capitalize on opportunities.
Investment Executive: European regulators are consulting on proposed changes to rules governing credit rating agencies that aim to boost sustainability considerations.
GreenBiz: As the 2024 proxy season gets underway — and as climate disasters occur with increasing frequency, costing hundreds of billions in damages and business disruptions in recent years — many shareholder resolutions at large public companies focus on the climate crisis.
Wealth Professional: While greenwashing is commonly called out by investors and consumers, a more sinister and potentially damaging trend is emerging, ESG fraud, and its scale is highlighted in a new report from KPMG in Canada.
Yahoo Finance: A U.S. House of Representatives panel has subpoenaed the head of an activist group that pressures companies over environmental, social and corporate governance issues to appear for a March 28 deposition, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Funds Europe: Some asset managers are retreating from their public ESG commitments due to so-called ‘greenhushing’ suggests a report into ESG investing in private markets.
BNN Bloomberg: The possibility that Europe will tap its investment bank to fund defense spending is being met with skepticism from bond investors, who flag risks to the lender’s sustainability credentials and higher borrowing costs.
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