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    BlackRock’s Larry Fink Says Big Companies Shouldn’t Be the Only ‘Climate Police’ In the World

    2021-09-28

    CNBC: Big companies and banks shouldn’t be the only “climate police” in the world, says BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink, who called on governments and society to play their part in climate change.

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    A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the World’s Government Debt

    2021-09-23

    BNN Bloomberg: For years climate scientists have warned about the ferocious wildfires and hurricanes that are now overwhelming many communities. Today alarms are ringing about a related financial danger: risks lurking within government bonds, the biggest part of the global debt market.

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    Investors Managing $6.6 Trillion Call for Funding Carbon Removal

    2021-09-22

    BNN Bloomberg: Investors managing a collective $6.6 trillion are pressing the finance industry to boost funding for carbon-removal methods and standardize pollution credits as part of the effort to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels.

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    Private Market Allocators Are No Longer Taking a ‘Wait-and-See’ Approach to ESG

    2021-09-20

    Institutional Investor: Private market investors have been slower than their public market peers to adopt environmental, social, and governance strategies — but that’s starting to change.

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    Over 300 Female Managers Picked for 100 Women in Finance’s Flagship Cap Intro Event

    2021-09-16

    Hedge Week: 100 Women in Finance, the 20,000-member global industry association for hedge fund, alternatives and investment management professionals which aims to empower women within the global finance industry, has picked more than 300 female fund managers to participate in this year’s Global FundWomen Week, its annual flagship capital introduction event taking place from 20-24 September.

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    Sustainable Investments Could Make Up Majority of Global Private Wealth Portfolios in Coming Years

    2021-09-15

    Institutional Asset Manager: Research from Global Impact Solutions Today (GIST) and Barclays Private Bank, looks at data from 300 private wealth holders from 33 countries, with an average of USD833 million assets under management. 

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    Fund Managers and the Path Towards Net Zero Emissions

    2021-09-14

    Hedge Week: At the Paris Climate Change Summit in December 2015, 189 countries reached a binding international agreement on climate change, with the aim of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.”

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    Investors with USD2.3tn In Assets Demand Standardised Environmental Data from Private Companies

    2021-09-08

    Private Equity Wire: A trend towards the privatisation of high-carbon assets, such as BP’s sale of its Alaska Oil and Gas business to Hilcorp Energy, risks diminishing transparency and performance on ESG issues since private companies do not have to comply with the reporting requirements of a listed entity. 

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    Big Four Accounting Firms Rush to Join the ESG Bandwagon

    2021-09-01

    California News Times: The sustainability boom has transferred trillions of dollars to environmental, social and governance funds, bringing new stakeholder-led agendas to corporate executive offices.

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    Funds Holding $10 Trillion Are Told Their ESG Goals Fall Short

    2021-08-21

    BNN Bloomberg: The world’s sovereign wealth funds, representing about $10 trillion in combined assets, will end on the wrong side of history if they cling on to strategies that fail to acknowledge how rapidly the planet is overheating, according to the woman who presided over the Paris Agreement.

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