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      'Strengthen — Not Weaken': Big Business Calls for Policies That Drive Action on Nature

      2024-07-19

      GreenBiz: Some of the world's largest businesses and financial firms have urged governments to embrace more ambitious policies to halt and reverse nature loss this decade, as diplomats step up preparations for the next U.N. Biodiversity Summit in Colombia this autumn.

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      Backlash Against ESG Seen in Sharp Decline of Fund Launches

      2024-07-18

      Yahoo Finance: At some of the world’s biggest asset managers, ESG fund launches are quietly stalling. BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG’s DWS Group, Invesco Ltd. and the asset management arm of UBS Group AG are among firms that have cut the number of new funds with environmental, social and governance mandates, according to data provided by Morningstar Direct.

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      Blackstone Invests $200 Million in Australian Energy Transition Platform Symphony Infrastructure Partners

      2024-07-18

      ESG Today: Australian energy transition platform Symphony Infrastructure Partners announced that it has raised A$488 million (USD$329 million) in a Series A financing round including A$300 million (USD$202 million) from lead investor Blackstone, with proceeds aimed at accelerating the company’s growth and completing a series of five pending acquisitions.

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      HSBC Launches New Infrastructure Finance Unit to Pursue Low Carbon Transition Opportunities

      2024-07-17

      ESG Today: Global financial services group HSBC is launching HSBC Infrastructure Finance (HIF), a new business unit aimed at pursuing infrastructure financing and project finance advisory opportunities associated with the transition to a low carbon economy, according to an internal memo by Greg Guyett, HSBC’s CEO of Global Banking and Markets, seen by ESG Today.

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      Deutsche Bank Issues Inaugural €500 Million Social Bond

      2024-07-04

      ESG Today: Deutsche Bank announced that it has raised €500 million through its first-ever social bond offering, with proceeds aimed at supporting the bank’s sustainable asset pool which provides financing for areas including affordable housing, and access to essential services for elderly or vulnerable people.

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      Do ESG Factors Help or Hurt Private Fund Returns? A New Report Has an Answer

      2024-07-03

      Institutional Investor: In the often dogmatic debate over whether using environmental, social, and governance factors helps or hurts investment returns, neither side is going to cheer the findings of a recent Preqin report: ESG didn’t matter.

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      Regulations Are Fueling The Sustainability Agenda, Experts Say

      2024-07-03

      GreenBiz: According to the newly released Sustainability Leaders 2024 Survey, one-third of sustainability experts point to legislative action as the most significant positive development related to the sustainability agenda in the last year. 

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      Major Chinese Asset Managers Have No Plans To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Investments, Greenpeace Says

      2024-06-21

      XM: Major Chinese asset managers have trillions of dollars invested in fossil fuels with no plans for a phase out, a new Greenpeace report said.

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      Brookfield, Alterra Launch $5 Billion Emerging Markets Climate Transition Fund

      2024-06-14

      ESG Today: Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and UAE-backed climate investment platform ALTÉRRA announced the launch of the Catalytic Transition Fund, aimed at directing capital into clean energy and transition assets in underserved emerging economies.

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      BlackRock Launches Climate Transition ETF Range

      2024-06-13

      ETF Stream: BlackRock has unveiled a five-strong climate transition ETF range. The ETFs aim to ‘provide access to companies leading in the transition to a low carbon economy.’

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