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    SEC Issues New Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

    2023-09-18

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has posted to sec.gov the agency’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2023-2026 that builds on and advances the SEC’s DEIA commitment and previous successes.

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    How Companies Can Be More Clear — And Credible — With Their Climate Pledges

    2023-09-15

    GreenBiz: We’ve all heard of greenwashing — the practice of making a company look more environmentally friendly than it actually is, through clever marketing campaigns.

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    EU Opens Door to Revamping Its Landmark ESG Investing Rules

    2023-09-14

    BNN Bloomberg: The European Union is considering extensive changes to its ESG investing framework in response to criticism from asset managers and national regulators.

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    Tom Steyer Launches New $1 Billion Climate Investment Fund

    2023-09-14

    BNN Bloomberg: Climate tech investments have dipped this year, but a new fund with more than $1 billion to spend is entering the sector.

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    Kroll’s Message for Critics: ESG Makes Money

    2023-09-13

    BNN Bloomberg: Elon Musk railed against ESG last year when Tesla Inc., whose stock is held by many climate-focused funds, was expelled from an S&P Global index that tracks companies on their environmental, social and governance standards.

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    California Lawmakers Send Bill to Governor That Requires Big Businesses to Provide a Detailed Account of Their Carbon Emissions

    2023-09-13

    CNBC: California lawmakers have sent a bill to Governor Newsom’s desk that would require all large businesses in the state to provide a detailed accounting of their carbon emissions, including their Scope 3, or supply chain emissions.

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    CFA Study Flags Greenwashing Concerns In Fund Disclosures

    2023-09-13

    Funds Europe: A new study by the CFA Institute has found potentially misleading elements in the disclosures of some investment funds, emphasising the importance of clear communication about ESG factors.

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    VC Upstart Raises $100 Million to Target Problems Like Climate

    2023-09-12

    BNN Bloomberg: A new venture capital fund targeting climate change and other “big fundamental problems” has raised $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter. 

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    Which Aussie Asset Managers Fell Short In ESG Rankings?

    2023-09-11

    Money Management: The Morningstar ESG Commitment Level Landscape report qualitatively evaluated 108 asset managers across the globe.

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    Deeper Data Dependency Could Advance ESG ETF Usage

    2023-09-08

    ETF Trends: An efficient avenue for asset managers and fund issuers to avoid regulatory scrutiny of products with the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label is to ensure that those funds live up their ESG ETF billing. 

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