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    CDP Raises Concerns About Fragmented ESG Ratings Regulations

    2023-07-24

    Benefits and Pensions Monitor: CDP has issued a warning regarding potential regulatory fragmentation in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ratings globally. In recent years, various policy initiatives have emerged with the aim of regulating ESG ratings.

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    Fund Managers Prefer Using ESG Bonds To Reach Net-Zero

    2023-07-24

    Business Times: More than 70 per cent of asset managers said that sustainable bond structures are their first means of raising capital to help meet their net-zero targets, according to a survey by banking group NatWest.

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    ‘Stark Increase’ in ESG AUM Despite Lack of Newcomers

    2023-07-20

    ESG Clarity: Assets under management sitting in ESG Ucits funds is on track to exceed €7.9trn by 2025, predicted PwC, despite fewer funds coming to the market.

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    Funds Tracking UK’s Bluechip Stock Index Have an ESG Problem

    2023-07-19

    BNN Bloomberg: Funds tracking the UK’s main stock index are exposed to considerably more environmental and social harm than those following other major benchmarks in Western Europe.

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    BlackRock Might Not Be 'Woke' Anymore After The Asset Manager Put an Oil CEO on its Board

    2023-07-19

    Business Insider: BlackRock has drawn the ire of conservatives ever since the world's largest asset manager came out in favor of investing with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in mind — a style dismissed by its right-wing critics as "woke."  

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    Financial Institutions Rally Against Deep-Sea Mining

    2023-07-19

    Funds Europe: A group of 36 financial institutions managing over €3.3 trillion in assets has released a joint statement calling on governments to refrain from deep-sea mining until its potential risks are understood. 

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    Ex-HSBC Banker Sees Contentious ESG Label Dethroning Green Bonds

    2023-07-19

    BNN Bloomberg: A former HSBC Holdings Plc banker says one of the most criticized sustainable bond structures on Wall Street has the potential to dominate the roughly $6 trillion ethical debt market.

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    The Debate Over ESG and Retirement Plans Continues

    2023-07-19

    Greenbiz: Part of the ongoing congressional debate over ESG centers on whether these factors should be considered as part of pension and retirement funds. Those of you expecting a resolution should prepare to exercise some patience. 

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    Red Tape vs. Red States: Europe, North America Diverge on ESG Hurdles

    2023-07-18

    Pitchbook: As ESG and impact investing attract more private capital across the globe, North American and European investors face separate challenges to sustainable investing.

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    EU Puts ESG Laggards on Notice, Citing Investing ‘Revolution’

    2023-07-18

    BNN Bloomberg: Firms that fail to take ESG seriously face a bleak future in the European Union, as the bloc pushes ahead with the world’s most ambitious set of environmental, social and governance regulations.  

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