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    BlackRock's Support For ESG Themes Declines Further

    2023-08-23

    VCCircle: Top asset manager BlackRock reported a further decline in its support for shareholder resolutions on environmental and social themes, citing corporate progress on the areas and poor crafting of the measures by filers.

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    Bloomberg Survey Reveals Increasing Demand for ESG Data but Data Management Challenges Persist

    2023-08-23

    PR Newswire: The demand for ESG data is on the rise, according to a new Bloomberg and Adox Research survey of more than 100 portfolio managers, climate risk executives, and data management executives.

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    Inside Fidelity International’s Fund to Invest in Biodiversity

    2023-08-23

    GreenBiz: Investors know carbon pretty well: how to measure it, assess its impacts and incorporate it into investment-decision making. 

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    Investor Participation ‘Key Step’ For Early Coal Retirements In Apac

    2023-08-21

    ESG Clarity: Private sector investor participation in managed phase-out (MPO) projects is essential for scaling up early coal retirements in the Asia-Pacifc region, according to analysts at Sustainable Fitch, but asset managers remain wary.

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    Just 1.5% of Global Funds Match Paris 1.5°C Climate Goal

    2023-08-21

    Funds Europe: Only 1.5% of global investment funds are aligned with the Paris Agreement's ambitions to arrest global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, revealed Clarity AI data.

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    KKR Boosts Climate Strategy With Global Infrastructure Team Hire

    2023-08-21

    ESG Clarity: KKR, a global investment firm, has hired a co-head for the firm’s global climate strategy, rounding out a refreshed leadership team focused on climate-related investments as part of KKR’s infrastructure platform.

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    JP Morgan Launches Two Paris-Aligned Article 9 ETFs

    2023-08-18

    ESG Clarity: Both the JP Morgan Global Research Enhanced Index Equity SRI Paris Aligned Ucits ETF (JSEG) and US Research Enhanced Index Equity SRI Paris Aligned Ucits ETF (JSEU) will sit within the $7bn (£5.5bn) Research Enhanced Index platform.

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    Anti-ESG Sentiment Forces Borrowers to be More Thorough, Morgan Stanley Says

    2023-08-18

    BNN Bloomberg: The US backlash against investment strategies that incorporate environmental, social and governance issues is forcing borrowers to be more thorough when labeling bonds, a positive development for the $6 trillion ethical debt market, according to Morgan Stanley. 

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    How To Be On Right Side Of ESG Regulations

    2023-08-17

    ETF Trends: Advisors and investors are hearing more and more about efforts to better regulate investment products, including exchange traded funds, positioned as environmental, social and governance (ESG) offerings.

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    Financial Institutions Failing To Integrate Nature And Climate: New Report Warns Inaction On Nature Impedes Net-Zero Ambitions

    2023-08-17

    CDP: Financial institutions (FIs) are failing to account for nature-related dependencies, risks and opportunities in their financial decision-making, according to Nature in Green Finance – a newly launched report by CDP.

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