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    BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Seek Dismissal of Red States’ Coal Antitrust Suit

    2025-03-21

    Yahoo Finance: The lawsuit alleging the three asset managers had conspired to “artificially constrict” the U.S. coal market was first filed in November, claiming the asset managers had made “substantial” investments in public coal companies to get them to drive down their output. 

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    SEC Pushes Back Names Rule Compliance Dates

    2025-03-18

    ESG Dive: When the SEC initially adopted the updated Names Rule in 2023, the largest funds previously had until Dec. 11, 2025 to comply, with smaller funds due to comply six months after.

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    UBS Purges DEI From Annual Report Amid Trump’s Backlash

    2025-03-17

    Advisor Hub: UBS Group AG’s annual report no longer refers to a key sustainability term that has come under attack from the Trump administration, indicating how the backlash is impacting European firms.

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    US Banks Turn to SEC to Dodge Climate, Social Shareholder Proposals

    2024-03-14

    ESG Dive: Major U.S. banks who looked to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow for excluding shareholder proposals with requests to disclose banks’ climate change planning and exposures were turned down by the agency. 

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    JP Morgan Boss Attacks ‘Incompetent’ Advisers That Pushed Diversity Agenda

    2024-03-13

    Yahoo Finance: The chief executive of JP Morgan has branded two of the world’s top shareholder proxy advisers “incompetent” amid a growing backlash over their support for diversity policies.

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    US Denounces UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, Quits Climate Damage Fund

    2024-03-11

    ESG Dive: The nation’s new stance on the SDGs surfaced during remarks made by Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the U.S. mission to the UN, on a resolution to create an “International Day of Peaceful Coexistence.”

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    US Exits Climate Finance Initiative Aimed At Helping Developing Nations Quit Coal

    2025-03-07

    Yahoo Finance: The United States has withdrawn from a climate coalition that pledged billions of dollars to help certain developing countries transition from coal to clean energy sources. The move marks the latest walk back from a climate deal since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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    State Street Ditches Board Diversity Requirement, Completes Big Three DEI Retreat

    2025-03-06

    ESG Dive: State Street Global Advisors has dropped a requirement for company board nomination slates to feature a certain percentage of women directors from its 2025 global proxy voting and engagement policy, per reports.

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    US Anger Grows Over Global Reach of EU’s ‘Hostile’ ESG Rules

    2025-03-06

    Yahoo Finance: As trans-Atlantic relations grow increasingly fraught, Europe’s ESG regulations are becoming yet another flashpoint that threatens to sour ties.

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    Standard Chartered to Engage with all Priority Clients in High-Emitting Sectors Over Next 12 Months

    2025-03-04

    ESG Today: International banking group Standard Chartered announced the release of its inaugural Transition Plan, outlining its detailed plan to achieve its climate goals, including its target to reach net zero emissions across its financing activities by 2050.

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