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    Morgan Stanley Secures $750 Million for Climate-Focused Private Equity Fund

    2024-09-30

    ESG Dive: The 1GT fund prioritizes including companies in its portfolio that have systems in place to manage ESG risk, measurement and reporting requirements and those that seek to add value through sustainability partnerships, according to the fund’s website.

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    U.S. CFTC Approves First Guidelines for Trading Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts

    2024-09-27

    ESG News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has established its first-ever guidelines for trading voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts. This is a pivotal step for the nascent market, providing much-needed oversight and integrity.

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    Top US Money Managers Cut Support For ESG Proposals Amid Republican Pushback

    2024-09-20

    MSN: The three largest US asset managers cut their support for so-called ESG proposals by shareholders during the last voting season amid Republican pushback against the controversial investing policy, according to a report.

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    Datamaran Gets $33 Million Investment From Morgan Stanley Funds

    2024-09-19

    BNN Bloomberg: Datamaran Ltd., a software company that specializes in ESG, said it received $33 million in Series C financing from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley.

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    Wall Street Quietly Turns Tail on Its Sustainability Commitments

    2024-09-12

    BNN Bloomberg: News emerged last week that Morgan Stanley had quietly shelved a central pillar of its sustainability strategy: a commitment to finance the cleanup and prevention of plastic pollution. 

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    Robeco Launches High Income Green Bond Product

    2024-09-05

    Portfolio Adviser: Robeco has launched a High Income Green Bonds strategy, managed with a benchmark-agnostic, global approach investing across all credit sectors within green bond investments.

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    Morgan Stanley Quietly Walks Away From Plastics Financing Goal

    2024-09-05

    BNN Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley no longer has an explicit financing goal to tackle plastic pollution, as the Wall Street bank quietly shelves an earlier target.

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    AQR Gets $350 Million for Fund Pitching Long-Short ESG Bets

    2024-08-23

    Yahoo Finance: A fund launched by AQR Capital Management LLC is about to give investors a taste of how well ESG can be combined with the goal of generating market-beating returns.

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    U.S. Federal Court Strikes Down Missouri Anti-ESG Investing Rule

    2024-08-19

    ESG Today: A U.S. federal court has issued a ruling blocking new regulations in Missouri aimed at limiting the ability of financial professionals to integrate ESG considerations into their investment advice, finding that the regulation was vague and unconstitutional.

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    U.S. ESG Bond Market Facing Slow Death as Sales Hit Five-Year Low

    2024-08-19

    BNN Bloomberg: Bonds that fund companies’ environmental projects, or give corporations an incentive to improve their governance or achieve social goals like boosting gender equality, have seen sales drop this year. 

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