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    BlackRock Taps Private Debt Market With New Transition Fund

    2023-10-05

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. is tapping the private credit market to launch a new fund that will offer one of the fastest-growing ESG investment strategies in the US. The Climate Transition-Oriented Private Debt Fund will become part of an investing platform at BlackRock that the asset manager says is worth more than $100 billion.

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    How the ESG Backlash Has Hit One Small Firm

    2023-10-03

    Institutional Investor: Conservative states have been rallying against huge managers such as BlackRock that use environmental and social factors to make some investments. Now, they’re coming after a small firm. The target, Responsible Alpha — a research and consulting firm, will likely lose an outside investment as a result of the campaign.

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    Biden ESG Rule Survives Challenge From 25 Red States

    2023-09-22

    The Hill: A federal judge sided with the Biden administration on an administration rule that would allow retirement advisers to include climate and environmental factors in their calculations.

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    BlackRock, State Street Among Money Managers Closing ESG Funds

    2023-09-21

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. and other money managers spent years rolling out sustainable funds, seeking to capitalize on surging interest in ESG investing.

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    US SEC Cracks Down On Funds "Greenwashing" With New Investment Requirement

    2023-09-20

    Yahoo Finance: Wall Street's top regulator adopted a new rule cracking down on so-called "greenwashing" and other deceptive or misleading marketing practices by U.S. investment funds.

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    Bill Clinton, Israeli Billionaire Launch $1 Billion Climate Fund

    2023-09-19

    BNN Bloomberg: Former US President Bill Clinton is teaming with Israeli billionaire Ziv Aviram to launch a climate fund with about $1 billion of start-up capital.

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    SEC Issues New Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

    2023-09-18

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has posted to sec.gov the agency’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2023-2026 that builds on and advances the SEC’s DEIA commitment and previous successes.

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    Tom Steyer Launches New $1 Billion Climate Investment Fund

    2023-09-14

    BNN Bloomberg: Climate tech investments have dipped this year, but a new fund with more than $1 billion to spend is entering the sector.

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    Kroll’s Message for Critics: ESG Makes Money

    2023-09-13

    BNN Bloomberg: Elon Musk railed against ESG last year when Tesla Inc., whose stock is held by many climate-focused funds, was expelled from an S&P Global index that tracks companies on their environmental, social and governance standards.

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    VC Upstart Raises $100 Million to Target Problems Like Climate

    2023-09-12

    BNN Bloomberg: A new venture capital fund targeting climate change and other “big fundamental problems” has raised $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter. 

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