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    US Banks Abandon ‘Bare Minimum’ Environmental Standards Project, Alarming Climate Groups

    2024-03-05

    The Guardian: Four of the world’s biggest banks have left the Equator Principles, a set of minimum industry standards and safeguards for financial institutions to address environmental and social risks in countries where they finance fossil fuel and mining projects.

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    Companies Walk ESG Tightrope, Under Fire From All Sides Over Disclosures

    2024-02-29

    MSN: Since joining Asahi Group in 2020 as sustainability chief, Preeti Srivastav has helped the Japanese brewer make several environmental and social pledges but has not got it to disclose all its progress.

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    S&P Dow Jones Indices Launches Biodiversity-Focused Benchmarks

    2024-02-29

    Funds Europe: Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has added the S&P Biodiversity Indices to its sustainability-focused performance benchmarking tools range for asset managers and financial institutions.

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    Investors “Do Not Know How To Measure Climate Risk”

    2024-02-28

    Funds Europe: An overwhelming majority of investors consider that climate risk will have a highly significant impact on their infrastructure investment but say that they do not know how to measure this risk and therefore manage it, according to research.

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    Companies Risk Greenwashing With Their Trade Group Activities, Report Says

    2024-02-26

    GreenBiz: Companies with ambitious environmental objectives are failing to reconsider or disclose their affiliations with trade groups that actively lobby against climate goals and decarbonization policies, a new study has found.

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    Harnessing AI For Your Company’s ESG Strategy

    2024-02-16

    Forbes: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has evolved into a crucial new corporate strategy and management discipline. It combines corporate social responsibility, supply chain strategy, production, vendor and supplier management, logistics, and employee behavior. 

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    JPMorgan, State Street Exit Climate Action Group, BlackRock Reduces Role

    2024-02-15

    Investing.com: In a notable shift in the climate advocacy landscape, JPMorgan Chase and State Street have exited the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), a prominent global investor coalition focused on climate change. 

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    3 Finance Strategies To Help With Corporate Climate Goals

    2024-02-07

    GreenBiz: As companies seek to align their business practices with sustainability goals, chief financial officers are uniquely positioned to facilitate that transformation.

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    Just Eight Asset Managers Achieve Morningstar’s Top ESG Rating

    2024-02-02

    ESG Clarity: The Morningstar ESG Commitment Level helps investors assess an asset manager’s alignment to their own sustainability preferences by providing insights into the firm’s sustainable-investing philosophies, ESG integration processes, resources and active ownership activities.

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    More Than 80% of Companies Adopting ESG Metrics in Exec Compensation Plans: WTW Study

    2024-01-31

    ESG Today: Companies globally are increasing the use of ESG factors in their executive compensation programs, with more than 80% of incentive plans now incorporating at least one ESG metric, and the integration of environmental metrics rising particularly rapidly, according to a new study released by professional services and solutions provider WTW.

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