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      Finance And Real Estate Departments Play Critical Role In ESG Reporting

      2024-04-19

      Forbes: Sustainability continues to gain momentum as the United States moves to standardize related reporting efforts. Most notably, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced its official guidance, requiring publicly traded organizations to report climate-related disclosures. 

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      South Carolina Proposes Anti-ESG Bill Aimed at Backing Farmers

      2024-04-17

      Yahoo News: Republican lawmakers in South Carolina are now targeting the financial-service industry’s agriculture lending practices, marking the latest pressure point in the party’s campaign against ESG.

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      Robeco Renames Multi-Asset Funds To Emphasise Sustainability Focus

      2024-04-16

      ESG Clarity: The Multi-Asset Income fund is now the Sustainable Income Allocation fund; the Multi-Asset Sustainable fund is now the Sustainable Diversified Allocation fund; and the Multi-Asset Growth fund is now the Sustainable Dynamic Allocation fund.

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      KPMG: Majority of U.S. CEOs Expect Significant Returns from Sustainability Investments Within 3-5 Years

      2024-04-16

      ESG Today: The majority of U.S. CEOs expect to see significant returns from their company’s sustainability investments within three to five years, and the corporate leaders continue to rank ESG as their top operational priority.

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      Texas Muni Borrowers Bemoan Anti-ESG Laws Restricting Banks

      2024-04-16

      BNN Bloomberg: Texas borrowers gathered at an industry conference bemoaned two Republican-backed laws in the state that issuers say have restricted which Wall Street banks they can do business with. 

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      Europe Stands Firm Against Driven ESG Backlash

      2024-04-12

      XM: In the United States, conservative politicians have been successful in tamping down environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) product marketing, in diluting regulations that promote ESG disclosures, and in discouraging financial firms from co-ordinating on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

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      ESG Industry Will Withstand a Trump Victory, Impax CEO Says

      2024-04-09

      BNN Bloomberg: Investment funds focused on environmental, social and governance factors will be able to withstand a victory by Donald Trump in the US Presidential election this November, according to Ian Simm, the founder and CEO of Impax Asset management. 

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      Financial Firms Tout Energy Business After West Virginia Restrictions

      2024-04-09

      Yahoo Finance: West Virginia has added Citi, HSBC and two other financial firms to a list of institutions that may be barred from some state business due to their energy finance policies, prompting three of them to assert their commitment to that industry.

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      BMO Drops Anti-Coal Policy Amid Wall Street Rebuke of ESG

      2024-04-09

      Yahoo Finance: BMO Bank quietly dropped its policy restricting lending to the coal industry in late 2023, helping it avoid being labeled an energy “boycotter” in West Virginia.

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      SEC Pauses Climate Disclosure Rules Amidst Legal Challenges

      2024-04-05

      ESG Today: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has paused the implementation of its recently released climate disclosure rules requiring companies to report on climate-related risks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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