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    The ESG Market Is Controlled by a Few Big Investors

    2021-12-01

    BNN Bloomberg: About $120 billion flowed into these funds in 2021 as investors increase their bets on companies deemed to have the highest environmental, social and governance credentials.

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    59 Percent of Businesses Lose Work Due to Poor ESG Performance

    2021-11-29

    Institutional Asset Manager: Just under three out of five businesses says they have lost out on work as a result of ESG issues within their own company. A total of 59 per cent of senior executives across eight global sectors revealed that poor ESG performance is hitting their company hard.

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    Can Crypto be Green?

    2021-11-26

    Regulation Asia: When Elon Musk tweeted in May that Tesla would no longer accept vehicle payments made using Bitcoin due to the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions”, the debate around the environmental sustainability of cryptocurrencies reignited.

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    Top Asset Owners’ USD23 Trillion the Real Key to Unlocking Net Zero

    2021-11-23

    Institutional Asset Manager: The world’s 100 largest asset owners (AO100) grew by 15.7 per cent last year to reach USD23.5 trillion, according to new research from the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI).

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    The Challenge for Asset Managers In the Climate Crisis

    2021-11-23

    Investor Daily: For all the wrangling over targets and commitments at COP26 in Glasgow this month, one thing is clear: the transition to a net-zero economy will require vast investment over the next few decades – and the asset management industry will be responsible for much of it.

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    Large Uptick In Institutional Investors Committing to Net Zero Targets, Finds Aviva Investors Study

    2021-11-22

    Institutional Asset Manager: Global institutional investors have significantly raised their ambitions to implement net zero commitments across portfolios over the last 12 months, whilst being increasingly aware of the challenges in meeting these targets, according to the latest edition of the Aviva Investors Real Assets Study.

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    Sovereign Wealth Funds Dramatically Step Up Their Focus on ESG

    2021-11-18

    BNN Bloomberg: Sovereign wealth funds are starting to take environmental, social and corporate governance issues a lot more seriously, in a sign that some of the world’s most influential investors may be ready to reallocate their vast fortunes in more planet-friendly ways.

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    Asset Owners See Diversity and Inclusion As Most Critical Component of ESG Measurement Among Managers

    2021-11-17

    Institutional Asset Manager: Asset owners are implementing initiatives that will shape equity and equality across the asset management industry, employing measures that track asset managers’ articulated mission and culture toward diversity and inclusion (D&I).

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    MBH Research Predicts Increase In ESG Reporting from Smaller Companies

    2021-11-17

    Proactive Investors: The number of smaller companies issuing economic, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability reports is expected to grow in the coming years, according to its research by MBH Corporation PLC (OTCQX:MBHCF, ETR:M8H)

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    The Surprising Reason That Allocators Are Embracing ESG

    2021-11-15

    Institutional Investor: A recent survey of a “wide swath” of asset owners shows that pressure from their respective boards is the primary reason they’re working to incorporate environmental, social, and governance measures into the investment process.  

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