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    BNP Paribas Surpasses 75% of Energy Financing to Low-Carbon Energies

    2025-02-06

    ESG Today: More than three quarters of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas’ financing of energy production in 2024 was directed to low carbon energies, according to figures released with the bank’s annual results.

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    Hedge Funds Slam ‘Enormous Burden’ of New ESG Requirements

    2025-02-06

    Yahoo Finance: Hedge funds are seizing the rising tide of opposition to European ESG rules as an opportunity to seek exemptions from some environmental, social and governance reporting requirements.

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    Norway's Wealth Fund Maintains ESG Focus Despite US Backlash

    2025-02-05

    MSN: Norway's wealth fund will continue to raise environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues with the companies it is invested in, including with Big Tech, despite a backlash against ESG, a top fund official said.

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    Investors With $6.8 Trillion Warn EU Not to Bow to ESG Backlash

    2025-02-04

    Yahoo Finance: A group of investors representing €6.6 trillion ($6.8 trillion) of assets is calling on European officials not to cave in to mounting pressure to scale back the bloc’s ESG regulations.

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    Allianz Global Investors, EIB Raise $491 Million for Emerging Markets Climate Fund

    2025-01-24

    ESG News: A climate financing fund launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has finalized its size at €450 million with a recent €20 million contribution from Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

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    EU Set to Cut ESG Red Tape as France Adds to Mounting Pressure

    2025-01-22

    Yahoo Finance: The European Union is facing mounting pressure to scale back its highly contested ESG reporting requirements, as France prepares to unveil a formal proposal seeking to limit the scope of the regulatory framework.

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    Two T. Rowe Price Funds Secure SDR Label

    2025-01-10

    Funds Europe: Two funds of asset manager T. Rowe Price have been approved to carry the Sustainability Impact label under the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.

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    Amundi, EDF Join Firms Asking EU Not to Water Down ESG Rules

    2025-01-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Some of France’s largest companies, including Amundi SA and Electricite de France SA, have signed a letter to European policymakers urging them to ensure the bloc sticks with its current timetable for implementing ESG reporting rules.

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    Deepki Launches AI-Driven Tools For Real Estate Decarbonisation

    2025-01-03

    Funds Europe: Deepki, an ESG solution platform for real estate, has launched an AI-driven solution to help accelerate the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios. The tool, designed for commercial real estate owners, investors, and managers, helps them identify and prioritise capital expenditures that enhance asset value and align with net-zero goals.

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    Xtrackers Announces Index Name Changes For ESG ETFs

    2025-01-03

    Investing.com: Xtrackers (IE) plc, the Dublin-registered investment company, has informed shareholders that as of February 3, 2025, the reference indexes for several of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will undergo name changes.

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