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    Hundreds of Conventional Funds Add 'ESG' to Prospectus Just in Case

    2019-08-01

    Investment News: If the evolving language inside mutual fund prospectuses is a guide, financial advisers should brace for an expanding selection of funds focused on environmental, social and corporate governance issues.

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    BlackRock Lost $90bn Investing in Fossil Fuel Companies

    2019-07-31

    The Guardian: BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, has lost an estimated $90bn over the last decade by ignoring the serious financial risk of investing in fossil fuel companies, according to economists.

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    Impact Investing: How to Invest for Market-Rate Return and Measurable Impact at Large Scale

    2019-07-31

    City University of London: Impact investing is a specific approach of “investing for the common good” alongside ethical investing, sustainable investing, socially responsible investing (SRI), and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.

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    What’s Next for ESG and Investment Decisions?

    2019-07-31

    World Bank Blogs: The rising importance of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors in infrastructure investment decisions isn’t new. Our 2019 Global Infrastructure Investor Survey of institutional infrastructure investors with the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute showed that around 36 percent of institutional investors now consider ESG to be a “first order question, possibly at the expense of performance.”

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    Apex Launches ESG Rating Service for “Opaque” Assets

    2019-07-25

    Funds Europe: Apex Group has launched an in-house environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and analytics service to evaluate the responsible investing standards of privately held global companies.

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    Hedge Funds Expect Large Jump in ESG Assets

    2019-07-24

    Top 1000 Funds: Hedge funds expect to invest more than half of their assets next year based on environmental, social, and governance factors, a large jump from 2018, according to a survey by BarclayHedge

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    Funds Managing $2 Trillion Urge Cement Makers to Act on Climate Impact

    2019-07-22

    CNBC: European funds managing $2 trillion in assets called on cement companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions on Monday, warning that a failure to do so could put their business models at risk.

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    Most Major Companies Failing to Report on Deforestation Risks

    2019-07-22

    GreenBiz: A large majority of leading companies are failing to report on the risk of deforestation in their supply chains, despite many of their business activities potentially posing a major threat to the survival of the world's forests.

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    Arabesque S-Ray Partners With Allianz X, Commerz Real, DWS, and Land Hessen

    2019-07-18

    PR Newswire: Arabesque S-Ray, a leading global data provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, today announced strategic partnerships with four new co-investors: Allianz X, Commerz Real AG, DWS Group, and Land Hessen. Allianz X led Arabesque's Series A funding round, with the four shareholders jointly investing $20 million.

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    ESG Demands From Hedge Fund Investors Expected to Grow

    2019-07-17

    Investment Executive: The importance of responsible investment practices for hedge fund investors is expected to grow in the next couple of years, according to new research.

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