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    Mining Rare Earths for a Renewable Future

    2020-07-29

    Bloomberg: Metals and mining are a critical part of the future of clean energy, and that’s triggering major shifts in a historically dirty industry.

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    ESG Investors Wake Up to Biodiversity Risk

    2020-07-28

    Financial Times: As environmental, social and governance investing has swept across the financial world, the “E” in ESG has become nearly synonymous with attempts to mitigate climate change. But while the climate crisis is one of the planet’s gravest problems, it is not the only environmental threat that needs tackling. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

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    BlackRock Says Investors Underestimate Risk of Water Scarcity

    2020-07-27

    Bloomberg: Investors are overlooking the risk of water scarcity and the impact it could have on their portfolios in the coming decade, according to BlackRock Inc.

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    If Culture Matters, Should Your Asset Managers’ Political Donations Matter?

    2020-07-27

    Institutional Investors: “Culture matters.” How many times have you uttered this phrase when talking about your own company or your manager due diligence process?

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    Climate Change: Asset Managers Join Forces With the Eco-Warriors

    2020-07-26

    Financial Times: As 2020 kicked off, Dan Gocher at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, a shareholder advocacy organisation, was feeling “pretty optimistic” about its plans to force big Australian energy companies to tackle climate change. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

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    Venture Capitalists Must Do More Than Stand in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter

    2020-07-22

    Financial Times: The venture capital industry structurally discriminates against minorities. That statement should provoke alarm, but most people that work in the technology ecosystem have come to accept it. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

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    Ex-Morgan Stanley Staffers Want Out of NDAs to Discuss Racism

    2020-07-21

    Bloomberg: A group of former Morgan Stanley employees is asking the Wall Street firm to release them from confidentiality agreements so they can tell their stories of alleged racial discrimination at the bank.

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    Capitalists’ Biggest Fear Is an ‘Inevitable Policy Response'

    2020-07-21

    Bloomberg: The Italian oil company Eni SpA will set a goal of reaching net-zero emissions in its European operations by 2050, Chief Executive Officer Claudio Descalzi told Bloomberg in an interview. In doing so, Eni will become the fifth oil major to have made a similar pledge within the past year. (Repsol SA, BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Total SA got there first.)

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    Companies Addressing Climate Risk Should Also Look At Lobbying

    2020-07-16

    Pensions & Investments: Ceres says companies addressing the systemic risk of climate change should make sure their lobbying activity is compatible.

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    Exchanges Ramp Up Sustainable Investment Products as ESG Disclosure Lags Behind

    2020-07-16

    Institutional Asset Manager: Global exchanges are making the most of growing investor demand for sustainable products and ramping up their provision of ‘green’ bonds, making them the most commonly offered ESG investments for the first time.

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