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    PE Firms Speed Up Transition from Fossil Fuel Assets to Renewables

    2022-09-26

    Private Equity Wire: Private equity firms are expected to rapidly accelerate their divestment from fossil fuel assets over the next 12 months in response to a tightening regulatory climate and increased demand from institutional investors to pivot to renewable energy assets.

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    T. Rowe Slams Goal-Linked ESG Bonds Doing Little Good

    2022-09-14

    BNN Bloomberg: On paper, it looks like a perfect deal for green-minded investors. They buy the bonds of companies that agree to slash their environmental footprints -- and pocket higher yields if the businesses are penalized for falling short of the goals.

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    Private Equity Still Investing Billions in Dirty Energy Despite Pledge to Clean Up

    2022-09-13

    The Guardian: Private equity firms pumping billions of dollars into dirty energy projects are exposing investors, including pensioners, to unknown financial risks as the planet burns and governments face escalating pressure to act, new research finds.

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    Here’s How Managers Are Solving One Diversity Challenge

    2022-09-13

    Institutional Investor: In an asset management industry dominated by white men for decades, it’s no surprise that there aren’t as many women and underrepresented minorities with years of experience. 

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    These Institutional Investors Are Already Paying for Climate Change.They’re Investing to Fix That.

    2022-09-07

    Institutional Investor: Insurance companies have a front row seat to the destruction caused by an increase in the number and intensity of hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes. So it stands to reason that they would be ahead on environmental, social, and governance investing — at least when it comes to climate issues. 

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    What Happens When a Company Is a Climate Hero and a Governance Disaster?

    2022-09-07

    Institutional Investor: In a paper titled “The Hidden ESG Risks of Feel-Good Companies,” Adam Fleck, Morningstar’s director of equity research in ESG, argued that investing in stocks with high impact in areas like clean energy or gender equality doesn’t preclude exposure to ESG risks.

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    Markets Test Top Pensions’Commitment to ESG

    2022-09-06

    Institutional Investor: Even as the largest pension funds in the world grapple with macroeconomic challenges, they are still stepping up their commitments to environmental, social, and governance mandates. 

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    More Than Half of FTSE 100 Companies Now Have ESG Committees

    2022-09-04

    BNN Bloomberg: A dedicated ESG committee can help a company speed up the push toward net-zero goals, lower emissions faster and boost investments in carbon offsets. Better ESG credentials, in turn, can improve a company’s eligibility for ESG-focused funds, raise the liquidity of its shares, and support the stock price.

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    ESG Officers Want Gov’t Incentives for Sustainability Drive

    2022-08-23

    BusinessWorld: SUSTAINABILITY officers from different companies — Metro Pacific Investment Corp. (MPIC), Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc., and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. — have highlighted the importance of government incentives in achieving sustainability.

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    Carbon-Tech Draws Record VC Funding as Investors Hunt for Impact

    2022-08-17

    BNN Bloomberg: Buoyed by corporate and government pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a record $1.4 billion poured into climate and carbon-focused startups in the second quarter of this year. That’s in stark contrast to the broader market for venture funding, which faces its largest quarterly percentage drop in nearly a decade, according to CB Insights.

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