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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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    Private Equity Firms, Investors Sign Global Initiative on Diversity

    2020-12-07 

    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.  

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    Global Sustainability Group Wants to Know Who Money Managers Are Lobbying

    2020-12-03 

    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. 

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    Some Managers Better at ESG Shareholder Support, Report Says

    2020-12-01 

    Pensions & InvestmentsMore 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.] 

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    More Women in Boardrooms Mean Better Climate Policy, BNEF Says

    2020-12-01 

    BNN BloombergCompanies with greater gender diversity in their boardrooms show better performance on developing policies and methods to address climate change risks, according to BloombergNEF. 

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    BlackRock, Vanguard Show Little Favor for Shareholder ESG Votes

    2020-11-30 

    BNN BloombergThe 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. 

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