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    BlackRock, Vanguard Among Firms Blocking Key ESG Votes: Study

    2023-05-23

    BNN Bloomberg: The world’s biggest asset managers are consistently voting against proposals intended to protect biodiversity, as one of the fastest-growing corners of ESG falls flat at shareholder meetings, according to a report by environmental nonprofit Planet Tracker.

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    L&G Capital Appoints Former MP as Social Impact Investment Head

    2023-05-17

    ESG Clarity: Legal and General Capital has appointed former MP Julia Goldsworthy as head of social impact investment.

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    Goldman Sachs Slashes Adani Group Stakes From Its ESG Funds

    2023-05-17

    BNN Bloomberg: The investment arm of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. dramatically reduced its exposure to the Adani Group in its ESG portfolios in the weeks following allegations of fraud against the conglomerate by short-seller Hindenburg Research.

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    ESG Debt Investors Face Confusion Over Trigger Event for Payment

    2023-05-17

    BNN Bloomberg: Investors in a controversial corner of the ESG debt market are facing a new layer of uncertainty thanks to a gray area of carbon accounting. 

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    How Boards are Responding to Investor and Political Pushback on ESG Goals

    2023-05-15

    Fortune: In March, President Joe Biden pulled out his pen to sign the first veto of his presidency, blocking a Republican proposal that sought to overturn federal rules that made it easier for fund managers to examine environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) for investments.

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    ESG Compliance: It All Starts With Your Supply Chain

    2023-05-11

    Forbes: Ignoring environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance can come with real consequences such as environmental damage, significant losses in revenue, reputational damage and regulatory penalties, among others.

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    Why Your ESG Report Isn't Enough

    2023-05-11

    GreenBiz: Many companies are pretty proud of their ESG reports. Each year from April to June, the LinkedIn feeds of sustainability professionals fill with posts from friends, colleagues and connections sharing these delights of disclosure, announcing that their company’s report is ready for the world.

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    How Do You Know a Company is Accurately Rewarding the CEO for Climate Targets?

    2023-05-10

    Financial Post: The compensation of high-ranking corporate executives is being increasingly tied to environmental targets, but a lack of standardized data and disclosure is making the effectiveness of such goals difficult to track and may even be opening the way for some to game the system, governance experts warn.

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    ESG Concerns are Growing as Artificial Intelligence Becomes More Popular

    2023-05-10

    CNBC: Wall Street has eagerly rallied around companies making notable strides in artificial intelligence. However, several investors warn that the increasingly widespread deployment of AI has opened a Pandora’s box of concerns about environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG.

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    Bloomberg Event Looks at ESG Data Management and Future of Data in Cloud

    2023-05-09

    Finadium: Bloomberg’s Singapore office recently hosted an event that focused on content and workflow considerations for enterprise data solutions. Speakers discussed Bloomberg’s enterprise data feed offerings, how ESG (environmental, social, and governance) data needs are evolving and what the future of data in the cloud looks like.

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