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IR Magazine: The majority of large Canadian companies link ESG metrics to executive pay, although most lump ESG issues in with other areas rather than considering them on a stand-alone basis, according to new research from Canadian law firm Fasken.
BNN Bloomberg: The asset management unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has drawn in over $1.6 billion in client cash for a fund registered under the European Union’s toughest ESG rules.
Mondaq: As the University Pension Plan increases its focus on climate change, its responsible investment policy considers environmental, social and governance factors as essential to sound long-term investing.
RIABiz: Vanguard Group's cold calculus to join an ESG group with BlackRock and State Street is now a hot mess after it flip-flopped, threw active management under the bus and perhaps jeopardized its relationships with “blue” states to appease “red” ones.
BNN Bloomberg: More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general have blasted ESG financial practices, while Republicans in Congress plan to increase their scrutiny of what they call “woke capitalism.”
Reuters: A movement by financial firms and activists to challenge companies over their efforts on climate change and social inequality faced organised and growing push-back in 2022, led by Republican U.S. politicians.
Forbes: Why have Republicans declared war on ESG? ESG, which stands for “Environmental, Social, and Governance,” is a set of standards that companies employ to pursue socially responsible, especially pro-climate, policies. Notably, many state-level Republicans take climate change seriously; their governments advocate for renewable energy and invest in climate adaptation.
Yahoo Finance: Crypto is squarely in the cross hairs of Washington regulators, with fresh calls for stricter controls before the industry can get big enough to affect the broader financial system.
Yahoo News: Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s biggest hedge fund manager, is taking a swing at the issue of climate-conscious investing.
BNN Bloomberg: The JPMorgan Chase & Co. investor behind a push for the firm to conduct a racial equity audit criticized the resulting report released last month as containing “several deficiencies.”
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