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    Climate Tech Comes to Real Estate’s Rescue

    2020-12-23 

    PERE: With decarbonization no longer optional for the industry, technology can also help owners to obtain better performance data and cut operating costs. [Full article available to PERE subscribers.]

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    Report: International Public Entities Lead Way on ESG Actions

    2020-12-22 

    Pensions & Investments: ESG-related ratings actions accounted for three-quarters of actions on international public finance entities and a third of U.S. public finance actions, according to a report released Tuesday by S&P Global Ratings. [Full article available to Pensions & Investments subscribers.] 

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    Interview: CFA Institute Positive About ESG Disclosure Standard

    2020-12-22 

    IPECFA Institute is looking forward to the next steps on its proposed ESG disclosure standard for investment products following strong support of the organisation’s thinking on critical points, according to its lead on the project has said. 

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    How Not to Use ESG Scores for Evaluating Sustainability

    2020-12-21 

    The Asset: While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores are valuable insights into an investment portfolio’s level of sustainability, the investors, asset managers and index providers who use them have to be careful about relying solely on these data.

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    Global Green Bond Market Seen Hitting 1 Trillion Euros in 2021

    2020-12-21 

    The Asset: EU to drive surge with new regulations and issuances, says NN Investment Partners. 

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    Net-zero Asset Manager Initiative Kicks Off With 30 Founding Signatories

    2020-12-11 

    IPEAn initiative specifically focussed on asset managers getting to net-zero has been launched with 30 founding signatories drawn from across the world. 

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    Consulting Firms Are Overwhelmingly White, Data Show

    2020-12-10 

    Institutional InvestorSixteen consulting firms shared diversity data with the Diverse Asset Managers Initiative. 

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    Banks Keep Funneling Billions into Polluting Energy Projects

    2020-12-09 

    BNN Bloomberg: Almost five years after countries signed the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, financial institutions are still providing billions of dollars to companies extracting and burning the earth’s most-polluting resources. 

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    4 in 5 Companies Planning to Change ESG Measures in Executive Pay Plans Over Next 3 Years, Willis Towers Watson Survey Finds

    2020-12-09 

    Yahoo! FinanceGlobal events such as the pandemic, economic uncertainties, and social and racial injustice are sparking companies around the world to maintain or accelerate changes to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities, according to a new survey of boards of directors by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company. 

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    Companies Taking Strong Climate Action Rose 46% This Year, CDP Says

    2020-12-08 

    Yahoo! Finance: The number of major companies who’ve disclosed their environmental impact and aggressively committed to reducing it has increased 46% from last year, according to a new analysis by a leading environmental-disclosure platform. 

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