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    Why Many of America’s Biggest Companies Still Won’t Reveal Pay Data by Race

    2022-07-07

    CNBC: More companies are disclosing their internal data on racial pay equity. The bad news: even more companies aren’t ready to share, and that suggests progress at reaching parity in pay between white and non-white employees remains slow across the corporate landscape.

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    KKR to Launch Its Two First ESG Credit Funds

    2022-07-07

    U.S. News: Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc is preparing to launch its first two credit funds dedicated to investing based on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles later this year, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

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    Blackstone Announces $400 Million Investment in Xpansiv, the Leading Global Carbon and Environmental Commodities Exchange Platform

    2022-07-06

    Business Wire: Blackstone announced today that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners (“Blackstone”) have committed $400 million to lead a strategic investment in Xpansiv Limited (“Xpansiv”), the premier market-infrastructure platform for global carbon and environmental commodities.

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    Researchers Set Out to Determine How Much Endowments Invest with Diverse Managers. Most Refused to Participate.

    2022-06-30

    Institutional Investor: Thirty-four of the wealthiest colleges and universities in the U.S. declined to participate in a Knight Foundation study looking at the diversity of the asset management firms managing their endowments. 

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    Riverside Names First Sustainability Officer

    2022-06-27

    Funds Europe: The Riverside Company has appointed Dörte Höppner as its first chief sustainability officer. In the newly created role, Höppner will be tasked with overseeing the private investment firm’s global ESG initiatives.

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    BlackRock Calls on SEC to Change Climate-Risk Disclosure Plan

    2022-06-21

    BNN Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. is pushing back on key parts of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s bid to get publicly traded companies to track and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions.

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    U.S. SEC Investigating Goldman Sachs Over ESG Funds - WSJ

    2022-06-10

    U.S. News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into Goldman Sachs Group Inc's asset-management division over its funds that look to invest based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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    Bulk of US Venture Investors Want to Back Minority-Run Firms

    2022-06-08

    BNN Bloomberg: The majority of US and Canadian-based venture capital investors are planning to back funds with exposure to female founders, a sign that male-dominated capital allocation might start to shift.

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    BlackRock Debuts Ad Campaign to Burnish Image as It Faces ESG Scrutiny

    2022-06-06

    BNN Bloomberg:  BlackRock Inc., facing political scrutiny over its stance on environmental, social and governance investing and its outsize influence in business, is on a mission to re-introduce itself to Washington.

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    ESG Market in Canada Faces Greenwashing Risks Due to Poor Data

    2022-06-02

    BNN Bloomberg: The poor quality of sustainability-related data is making it harder for market experts in Canada to establish the real effect of investments labeled as green, according to a survey by the Institute for Sustainable Finance.

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