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    What EU Requirements For The 'S' In ESG Mean For US Companies

    2024-02-14

    Forbes: In 2023, the EU had a number of requirements come into effect that have a direct impact on U.S. businesses. These are directives focused on environmental, social and governance, commonly referred to as ESG, which all public companies are required to disclose. 

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    BlackRock’s ESG Fund Business Is Soaring Despite Attacks by the GOP

    2024-02-13

    BNN Bloomberg: Despite a barrage of Republican attacks, lackluster returns and diminishing client interest in the US, BlackRock Inc. has been quietly expanding its dominance in ESG investing.

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    A Hedge Fund Manager’s Guide to Handling GOP Attacks on ESG

    2024-02-08

    Yahoo Finance: The best defense against Republican attacks on ESG is to persuade naysayers that the investing strategy can actually help financial performance, according to the chief investment officer for responsible investment at Man Group.

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    HSBC, Google Partner to Finance and Grow Climate Tech Companies

    2024-02-08

    ESG Today: HSBC and Google Cloud announced today the launch of a new partnership aimed at financing and supporting companies providing climate mitigation and resilience solutions.

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    Schroders Launches Energy Transition Infrastructure LTAF

    2024-02-07

    ESG Clarity: Schroders Greencoat, the renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, has launched a long-term asset fund (LTAF) dedicated to renewable energy and energy transition infrastructure.

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    ESG Funds Faced Their Worst Year On Record In 2023

    2024-02-06

    Yahoo Finance: US sustainability funds just faced their worst year on record in 2023, according to a new Morningstar report, but the outlook isn't entirely bleak.

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    Brookfield Raises $10 Billion for Climate Transition Fund

    2024-02-05

    ESG Today: Brookfield Asset Management announced today that it has raised $10 billion at the first close of its second global private equity fund focused on investments accelerating the transition to a net-zero economy, the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF II).

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    Mirova Raises Over $280 Million For Emerging Markets-focused Climate Fund

    2024-02-02

    ESG Today: Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced that it has reached $282 million in commitments for the Mirova Gigaton Fund, its blended finance debt fund aimed at accelerating the clean energy transition in emerging markets, reaching more than half of the fund’s $500 million target a year after launching.

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    Barclays Banned From Texas Municipal-Bond Market Over ESG Dispute

    2024-01-26

    BNN Bloomberg: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton barred Barclays Plc from working on municipal-bond deals after his office said the bank didn’t respond to requests for information about its carbon emission commitments.

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    Morgan Stanley Rolls Out Trio Of ESG Strategies

    2024-01-25

    ESG Clarity: The new strategies – MS INVF Calvert Global Equity Fund, the MS INVF Calvert Global High Yield Bond Fund and the MS INVF Calvert US Equity Fund – all consider ESG factors as part of their investment processes.

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