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    Apex ESG and MJ Hudson Merge to Form Data and Reporting Partnership

    2024-01-11

    ESG Clarity: Apex ESG and MJ Hudson have merged to form Holtara; a partnership aiming to bring a level of robustness to ESG data and reporting to help clients set meaningful targets and identify improvement pathways.

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    Even BlackRock Funds Buying Oil Stocks Are Banned by Texas ESG Fight

    2024-01-10

    Yahoo Finance: Texas bars its public pensions from investing in 350 funds run by asset-management giants such as BlackRock Inc. and Invesco Ltd. because a key Republican state official says they “boycott” the oil and gas industries.

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    Hedge Funds Target ‘Catastrophic’ ESG Lapses for Huge Returns

    2024-01-09

    BNN Bloomberg: In a corner of finance that rarely generates headlines, investors are busy mapping out paths to huge returns as they contemplate the fallout of new laws in Europe.

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    Big Canadian Banks May Be Making Misleading Claims On Sustainability, Says Securities Complaint

    2024-01-09

    CBC: Canada's big five banks are potentially misleading investors with their use of terms like sustainable finance, according to a complaint to securities regulators by a climate advocacy group.

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    Business Action On Energy Efficiency Could Save $2 Trillion A Year, New Research Claims

    2024-01-09

    GreenBiz: A suite of "doable today" business actions that would slash demand for energy could unlock annual savings of at least $2 trillion a year across the global economy, while helping to boost growth, save companies cash, unlock competitive advantages and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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    ESG Campaigns Seen Falling Out of Favor With Activist Investors

    2024-01-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Activist investors are expected to carry out fewer environmental and social campaigns this year after the strategy proved less lucrative than other shareholder agendas, according to business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal Inc. 

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    Investment Managers Are Still Over-Promising And Under-Delivering On ESG

    2024-01-05

    ESG Clarity: Groundhog Day isn’t until February. But the Redington team could be forgiven for feeling trapped in a time loop of “six more weeks of Winter” on ESG delivery.

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    Successful ESG Strategy Aligns With Investor Requirements

    2024-01-05

    Sustainability Magazine: What is the true meaning of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy? We often hear this term, which can often seem interchangeable with ‘sustainability strategy’, but the terms alone are slightly different.

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    ESG-Linked Bond Sales Drop Most on Record on Investor Skepticism

    2024-01-04

    BNN Bloomberg: Global sales of sustainability-linked bonds plunged 22% in 2023, a record drop, as investors remain critical of the label, and more issuers risk missing their pre-determined environmental, social or governance targets.  

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    ‘Trickier’ For ETFs To Adopt France’s ESG Investment Rules

    2024-01-04

    ETF Stream: ETFs in Europe may find it much harder to abide by new French ESG fund labelling rules recently implemented by the government.

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