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ESG Clarity: BlackRock is aiming to raise NZ$2bn for a New Zealand-focused strategy that will allow private investment in New Zealand’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
Investment Week: Since 2021 the debt rating agency has used a scoring system of one to five to denote a company's ESG-related risk. Five is the lowest grade exposure, one is the highest.
ESG Clarity: Nordea Asset Management has renamed and broadened the scope of its Nordea 1 Global Gender Diversity fund to expand its investment universe and focus on engagement.
Investment Week: Thunberg was supposed to appear at the Edinburgh International Book Festival at a panel on climate change scheduled for August 13, but pulled out of the event on August 4. Baillie Gifford is the lead sponsor of the festival.
GreenBiz: The rise in ESG-related lawsuits and settlements is driving many companies to adjust how they communicate about environmental, social and governance issues. It’s also driving a growing number to consult lawyers and other subject matter experts for guidance.
Institutional Investor: Activist hedge funds are paying attention to board diversity — and are using that information to decide on their next targets. New research shows that activist investors are more likely to succeed when boards are less united and slower to act — two characteristics that are common among diverse boards, where members come from different backgrounds and tend to bring different perspectives.
ESG Clarity: Several asset managers who co-signed a letter urging governments to protect the ocean and not proceed with deep-sea mining, have welcomed a temporary moratorium on the practice.
BNN Bloomberg: The disclosures that companies make about their green credentials will be evaluated by new global audit standards that are expected to be finalized by the end of next year.
Institutional Investor: More than 300 investment firms have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative since it launched in December 2020, pledging to support a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Morningstar: Worsening macroeconomic conditions and an ongoing political backlash to the sustainability agenda in the US continued to weigh on environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in the second quarter of 2023, Morningstar analysts report today.
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