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    Financial Services DEI Score Drops Amid ‘Lack Of Real Progress’

    2023-12-04

    ESG Clarity: Longstanding employees in the financial services sector say diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has deteriorated in the past 12 months, according to a survey.

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    What Banks Really Mean When They Put Trillions Into ESG

    2023-12-04

    BNN Bloomberg: In recent years, many of the world’s biggest banks have published reports chronicling the vast sums they say they’re channeling into environmental and social activities.

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    Pension Funds To Push On With ESG After 2022's "Temporary Setback"

    2023-11-30

    Funds Europe: ESG underperformance last year is seen by pension funds as a “temporary setback”, and they intend to pursue investment strategies that seek environmental and social outcomes while also making money, research suggests.

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    SDR an ‘Important Moment’ in Building Trust in the UK’s Sustainable Investing Market

    2023-11-30

    ESG Clarity: “This is an important moment in our industry’s efforts to build greater confidence and trust among retail investors in the UK’s evolving sustainable investing market,” said James Alexander, chief executive of UKSIF, echoing the sentiments and general positivity among the investment community in the wake of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launching their much-anticipated Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

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    Why COP28 is a Pivotal Moment for Climate Finance

    2023-11-29

    GreenBiz: Global government and private sector leaders are descending on Dubai as COP28 kicks off. Finding a consensus on how to fix climate finance is high on the conference agenda.

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    Why ESG Is So Difficult—And How To Implement It Successfully

    2023-11-29

    Forbes: Climate change has emerged as one of the gravest concerns facing mankind. While scientists agree that temperature rise must be kept to 1.5°C to avoid the most dire repercussions, the world is on track to see a 2.8°C rise by the end of the century. 

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    Global ESG Market Shrinks After Sizable Drop in US

    2023-11-28

    BNN Bloomberg: A decline in the US has resulted in an overall slide in the global market for ESG investing. That’s according to the latest assessment by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), which provides updates on the size of the market every two years.

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    Force All Businesses To Embrace ESG, Urges New Labour Think Tank

    2023-11-28

    Yahoo Finance: All businesses should be forced to embrace the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement, New Labour’s favourite think tank has argued in an attack on the profit motive.

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    Five Funds Tackling Climate Change Ahead of COP28

    2023-11-28

    ESG Clarity: 2023 looks set to be another record breaking year for global temperatures, playing witness to numerous severe weather events.These bring with them tragic loss of human life and provide very tangible evidence of the impact climate change is having on the planet and society.

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    More Than Half Of Companies Risk ‘Net Zero Greenwash’, Report Says

    2023-11-27

    GreenBiz: Companies are undermining their net zero climate pledges with corporate lobbying and trade association memberships, a new report from the London nonprofit InfluenceMap warns. 

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