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    Apollo Commits $220 Million to Community Solar Venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures

    2025-04-25

    ESG News: Apollo-managed funds have committed up to $220 million in a joint venture with Bullrock Energy Ventures, targeting a significant expansion of community solar projects across New York and New England. 

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    Canadian Regulators Hit Pause on Mandatory Climate Reporting Requirements

    2025-04-24

    ESG Today: Canada’s securities regulators announced that they are pausing their work on the development on key sustainability reporting initiatives, including a new mandatory climate-related disclosure rule and amendments to diversity-related disclosure requirements.

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    98% of Goldman Sachs Shareholders Reject Anti-DEI Proposals

    2025-04-24

    ESG Today: Goldman Sachs shareholders overwhelmingly rejected two anti-DEI proposals directing the company to consider eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion-based compensation incentives for executives and to review legal and reputational risks stemming from the firm’s DEI policies, with each proposal receiving only 2% shareholder support at Goldman Sachs’ annual meeting.

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    Novata Launches Tech-Enabled ESG Due Diligence Solution to Streamline Investment Workflows

    2025-04-23

    Business Wire: Novata, the private markets’ leading sustainability management partner, today announced the launch of its new ESG Due Diligence solution to enable deal professionals to request, review, and contextualize sustainability data, pre-investment, in a single, secure environment, and seamlessly connect it to post-deal monitoring.

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    Institutional Investors Hold Firm Despite Heightened Geopolitical Risks

    2025-04-17

    Financial Newswire: A snap poll of more than 160 institutional investors worldwide, conducted by London-based investment consultancy group Bfinance, found that most have not altered their strategic positions in response to the current trade war-driven economic maelstrom.

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    SEC Gives Nod For First Green Stock Exchange Starting Next Year

    2025-04-14

    Financial Advisor: A new stock exchange dedicated to sustainable investing moved a step closer to opening after receiving backing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

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    JPMorgan AM Raises $1.5 Billion for Forest & Climate Solutions Fund

    2025-04-10

    ESG Today: J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s timberland investment advisory company Campbell Global announced that it has raised $1.5 billion at the close of its responsible forest management-focused Forest & Climate Solutions Fund II.

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    Trump EO Targets State Climate, Emissions and ESG Policies

    2025-04-09

    ESG Dive: Major oil producers have faced a mixed bag defending against state climate litigation. Oil companies have had lawsuits initiated by the states of New Jersey and New York dismissed this year. However, industry bids to dismiss lawsuits filed by the states of California and Connecticut and the county and city of Honolulu, Hawaii have been unsuccessful thus far. 

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    Facing Anti-Trans Policies, Top Performing Manager Contemplates Move to Canada

    2025-04-09

    Institutional Investor: Aristides Capital may be the first hedge fund to open an office in Canada under the new administration — and not because of Trump’s tariff policy, even though CEO Claire Brown thinks those don’t make any sense at all.

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    House GOP Asks SEC To Rescind ESG Disclosures, Names Rules

    2025-04-02

    ESG Dive: The SEC’s “Enhanced Disclosures by Certain Investment Advisers and Investment Companies about Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Practices” rule was among ESG-related regulations in the rulemaking or proposal phase at the agency expected to be on the chopping block under the Trump administration.

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