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    99% of Insurers Have Set Climate Transition Goals in their Investment Portfolios: BlackRock Survey

    2024-10-16

    ESG Today: Nearly all insurers have set climate transition-related objectives in their portfolios, including more than half that have set net zero targets, and most report a growing conviction towards investing in the low carbon transition, according to a new survey released by investment giant BlackRock.

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    CFTC Issues Final Voluntary Carbon Market Guidance

    2024-10-15

    ESG Dive: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission published its final guidance for listing carbon credits on voluntary markets in the Federal Register, aiming to shore up the integrity of such credits.

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    Canadian Pension Funds Continue Investing in India Amid Diplomatic Tensions

    2024-10-15

    Business Standard: Despite rising diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, Canadian pension funds have so far remained committed to investing in India. 

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    Canada To Set Mandatory Climate Disclosure Criteria for Large Private Companies

    2024-10-10

    ESG News: The Canadian government has advanced two significant sustainable finance initiatives to ensure the country meets its ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050.

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    KKR Says Focus on Demand to Avoid ‘Stupid’ Green Investments

    2024-10-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Focusing on energy supply — without thinking about who’s going to buy it — is what led to a lack of investment in green hydrogen, according to Emmanuel Lagarrigue, partner and global co-head of climate at KKR & Co Inc.

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    CDPQ, Nuveen Launch $600 Million Sustainable Commercial Real Estate Finance Program

    2024-10-08

    ESG Today: CDPQ and Nuveen Green Capital (NGC) have announced the establishment of a $600 million financing program for sustainable real estate investments.

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    Climate Investment Funds Eyes $1 Billion to Help Green Industries

    2024-10-03

    MSN/Reuters: The multilateral Climate Investment Funds said it would invest up to $1 billion to help accelerate the development of technologies to cut climate-damaging industrial sector emissions in developing countries.

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    Two-Thirds of Asset Owners Say ESG Materiality has Increased Across Markets and Factors

    2024-10-02

    Portfolio Adviser: The perception of ESG materiality is expanding across markets and factors, with asset owners pushing for more granular data and taking part in direct engagement on ESG topics with portfolio companies, according to Morningstar’s third annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey.

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    Private Equity Firms Ploughing Billions Into Fossil Fuels, Analysis Reveals

    2024-10-01

    The Guardian: Private equity firms are using US public sector workers’ retirement savings to fund fossil fuel projects pumping more than a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year, according to an analysis.

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    Anti-ESG Backlash in US Is Overstated, JPMorgan Exec Says

    2023-10-01

    US News: The impact of a political backlash against environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) issues in the United States is overstated and having little bearing on the country's burgeoning green economy, a JPMorgan executive said.

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