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    Alternative Credit Managers Launch ESG Integrated Disclosure Tool

    2022-11-09

    Private Equity Wire: A group of leading alternative asset managers and industry bodies in the private and broadly syndicated credit markets have launched the ESG Integrated Disclosure Project (ESG IDP) template.

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    How Blockchain Can Help Measure and Prove ESG Milestones

    2022-11-08

    Forbes: Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) has become one of the most discussed, debated and buzz-worthy topics of the past several years. Organizations face significant and growing demand to raise their standards and accountability across an array of issues that are widely viewed as ethical imperatives.

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    GPs Are Translating ESG Into Fundraising and Exits

    2022-11-03

    Private Equity Wire: Investec’s 12th annual GP Trends Survey, which took place between June and August 2022, showed that the vast majority (90%) of more than 150 GPs believe that their ESG credentials will influence the likelihood of LPs committing capital to their funds, with 40% of the 90% expecting it to matter to a ‘great extent'.

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    Billions Chasing Contested ESG Funds Leave Insiders ‘Mystified’

    2022-11-02

    Yahoo Finance: As an ESG fund class facing mass downgrades attracts vast client flows, industry insiders confess they don’t understand why investors aren’t being more cautious.

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    New ESG Fund Numbers Plunge As Regulators Probe for Greenwashing

    2022-10-24

    Financial Advisor: The number of new ESG funds is plummeting as asset managers put the brakes on repurposing existing products amid increased regulatory scrutiny.

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    University of Chicago: There’s No Data to Determine if ESG Is Working

    2022-10-20

    Institutional Investor: ESG investors want to see the results of putting their money into companies that claim they are helping to curb fossil fuel emissions or promote clean energy — but the data that is available rarely allows for that. 

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    Urgent Progress Needed on Company Climate Disclosures, G20 Task Force Says

    2022-10-13

    Nasdaq: More companies provided climate-related financial data to investors during 2021 but urgent progress is still needed, the G20's Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) said.

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    AllianceBernstein Announces Erin Bigley as Chief Responsibility Officer

    2022-10-12

    Cision: AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB) and AllianceBernstein L.P., a leading global investment management and research firm, announced Erin Bigley has been named as the firm's Chief Responsibility Officer.

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    ESG without Returns Is ‘Simply Not Sustainable,’ Says Investor Lauren Taylor Wolfe

    2022-09-28

    CNBC: ESG and sustainable investing generally have come under fire recently, with critics pointing to a lack of transparency and differing definitions sparking confusion around what investors are actually buying.

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    Divesting Is ‘Counterproductive,’ New Research Says

    2022-09-26

    Institutional Investor: In the divestment versus engagement debate, climate-conscious institutional investors have generally tried for the last decade to “tilt” their portfolios away from heavy carbon emitters and toward companies with lower carbon footprints. But tilting may not be enough. 

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