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    To Sidestep ‘Weaponized’ ESG, Do-Good Funds Embrace a New Label

    2023-06-28

    Yahoo Finance: Fund managers have grown weary of the growing political scorn aimed at the environmental, social and governance label. So many have decided to call their funds something else.

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    Investing In Outcomes: Why Clear ESG Goals Mean Better Returns

    2023-06-27

    Forbes: In today's world, start-ups need to think about ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) from day one. This is not just about ticking boxes or making a good impression.

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    4 Ways To Spark More Financing For Sustainable Chemistry

    2023-06-27

    GreenBiz: The recent INC2 negotiations on a global plastic treaty have focused attention on the entire life cycle of plastics — from plastics’ fossil fuel origins and toxic additives to plastic waste’s persistence in the environment.

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    Political Attacks Fail to Hurt ESG as US Funds Dig In Heels

    2023-06-27

    Yahoo Finance: An overwhelming majority of fund managers in the US sees ESG as an important part of their work even as political attacks against the investing form grow increasingly targeted, according to a fresh survey.

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    New Carbon Accounting Rules Target Corporate Greenwashing

    2023-06-27

    Sustainability Magazine: Under a new set of G20-backed global rules, businesses will now experience increased pressure to disclose their environmental impact. 

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    BlackRock's Fink Says He's Stopped Using 'Weaponised' Term ESG

    2023-06-26

    US News: BlackRock boss Larry Fink, at the forefront of the business world's adoption of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) standards, has stopped using the term, saying it has become too politicized.

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    ESG Advocates Say GOP Backlash Gives Industry an Opportunity

    2023-06-26

    BNN Bloomberg: All of the Republican-led backlash against ESG investing has presented the industry with an opportunity to reinvent itself. At least that’s the view of several ESG supporters at a marquee sustainable-investing conference in Boston.

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    The ‘S’ in ESG Could Change The World. We Just Don’t Know How to Measure it

    2023-06-23

    Fortune: ESG has come under fire in recent months, with questions swirling about whether ESG efforts are truly making an impact or simply lining investors’ pockets.

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    Impact Investing is Gaining Traction in North America, Preqin Reports

    2023-06-23

    Wealth Professional: The important role of alternative assets in ESG investing is highlighted in a new global report. Preqin’s ESG in Alternatives 2023 shows that annual capital raised between 2020 and 2022 tripled from US$29 billion to $92 billion, with European funds in the lead by a huge margin (79% of global aggregate capital).

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    Nvidia Now Tops Tesla as ESG Funds Ratchet Up Exposure to AI

    2023-06-22

    Yahoo Finance: Nvidia Corp.’s stratospheric ascent has lured at least 100 more ESG funds in recent weeks, transforming the company into one of the most popular stocks among asset managers who integrate environmental, social and governance metrics into their investment strategies.

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