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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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    Private Equity Profits From Climate Disaster Clean-Up – While Investing In Fossil Fuels

    2023-09-07

    The Guardian: Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are causing the climate emergency, new research has found.

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    Goldman Analysts Have Bad News for Fund Managers Ignoring ESG

    2023-09-04

    BNN Bloomberg: Asset managers trying to sell funds in Europe are finding it “increasingly difficult” to do so unless their products are registered as ESG, according to a study by analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

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    NYC Pension CIO Sees Little Impact From Wall Street ESG Pullback

    2023-08-31

    Yahoo Finance: Steven Meier, the chief investment officer for the New York City Retirement System, said a pullback on ESG efforts by major fund-management companies has little impact on the city’s pensions and their power to vote on shareholder measures seeking to change corporate policies.

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    Vanguard Joins BlackRock, Cuts Support for Shareholder Items on Climate, Social Issues

    2023-08-28

    US News: Vanguard said the declining support rate reflected a rising number of proposals - 359 this year, up from 290 a year ago, coupled with improvements in company disclosure that it said made many resolutions unnecessary.

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    KKR Boosts Climate Strategy With Global Infrastructure Team Hire

    2023-08-21

    ESG Clarity: KKR, a global investment firm, has hired a co-head for the firm’s global climate strategy, rounding out a refreshed leadership team focused on climate-related investments as part of KKR’s infrastructure platform.

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    Anti-ESG Sentiment Forces Borrowers to be More Thorough, Morgan Stanley Says

    2023-08-18

    BNN Bloomberg: The US backlash against investment strategies that incorporate environmental, social and governance issues is forcing borrowers to be more thorough when labeling bonds, a positive development for the $6 trillion ethical debt market, according to Morgan Stanley. 

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    SEC Demands Disclosure Documents From ESG Fund Managers - Reports

    2023-08-15

    Investment Week: The FT reported that SEC lawyers had subpoenaed various fund managers regarding ESG disclosures. The move pointed to a potential tightening of the rules around ESG investing, or action against those fund managers found not to be following them.

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    Fidelity Appoints Tan as Chief Sustainability Officer

    2023-08-03

    ESG Clarity: Fidelity International has appointed Jenn-Hui Tan as its chief sustainability officer – a new role for the business. Tan, who was previously global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, will be responsible for the firm’s overarching sustainability approach.

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