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    Global Emerging Markets Bounced Back In 2023

    2024-01-04

    ESG Clarity: There are thousands of listed companies in the global emerging markets region. Many of these actively incorporate ESG considerations into their operations.

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    ‘A Bully’: The Billionaire Who Led Calls For Claudine Gay’s Harvard Exit

    2024-01-04

    The Guardian: Chief among the campaigners celebrating the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University was a man who arguably did the most to push Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, out the door: Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge-fund manager and Harvard alumnus.

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    Only 7% Of US Climate Tech Venture Capital Funding Went To Female Founders In 2023

    2024-01-03

    GreenBiz: In 2023, 21 out of 319 climate tech funding rounds in the U.S. went to female-founded companies, according to data from Pitchbook. That’s 6.6 percent of deals.

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    Four Trends Shaping Sustainable Finance's Future In 2024

    2024-01-03

    Corporate Knights: Temperature records were broken month after month in 2023, pushing governments around the globe to promise to triple their renewable-energy capacity and transition away from fossil fuels at this year’s UN climate summit.

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    The Year Ahead in ESG: Assurance, Transition Finance and Natural Capital

    2024-01-03

    GreenBiz: Is it officially too late to wish you a Happy New Year? As we return to work, here are three sustainable finance trends that are top of mind, along with three themes that sustainable finance and ESG community members say they would like prioritized in 2024. 

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    Will Corporate Climate Coalitions Deliver? A Progress Report On 6 Buyer Groups

    2023-12-20

    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.

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    Schroders Joins GREEN For Real Estate Sustainability

    2023-12-19

    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. 

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    A ‘Digital Handshake’ For The Planet: How One Asset Management Firm Adopted A New Framework For ESG

    2023-12-19

    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.

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    UK Corporates Face ESG and Pension Progress Lag, Study Shows

    2023-12-19

    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". 

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    ASIC Issues Infringement Notice To Northern Trust Asset Management For Greenwashing

    2023-12-19

    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. 

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