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Reuters: Nearly 50 buyout firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ranks, a U.S. private equity investor association said on Monday.
BNN Bloomberg: The world’s largest sustainable-investing group will require its thousands of money managers to disclose whether and how they engage with government officials and other policymakers to see if such lobbying efforts are in line with environmental and societal goals.
Pensions & Investments: More than twice as many shareholder ESG resolutions would have passed the 50% support threshold if the three largest U.S. asset managers had backed them this past proxy season, according to a report from responsible investing organization ShareAction released Tuesday. [Full article available to Pensions & Investments subscribers.]
BNN Bloomberg: Companies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF.
BNN Bloomberg: The world’s two biggest money managers gave their support to less than a sixth of shareholder climate and social resolutions, despite commitments to do more to combat the effects of climate change.
IPE: Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund has criticised the Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) new three-year strategy for being tough for investors to achieve, with the network’s informative style also drawing the NOK10.9trn (€1trn) fund’s ire.
IPE: The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) are planning to merge, the organisations have announced.
Yahoo! Finance: A new type of bond that penalizes issuers for failing to meet social and environmental goals is raising concern among some investors that buying the debt may not be all that ethical.
Institutional Investor: Institutional investors should examine the vulnerability of their holdings to climate change as scientific evidence points to natural catastrophes being more likely and severe as a result of increased carbon emissions, according to a study by the Financial Stability Board.
Bloomberg Wealth: The world’s biggest companies seem to have decided that leadership in a global pandemic is men's work. [Full article available to Bloomberg subscribers.]
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