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    BlackRock’s Larry Fink Meets Big Oil and Its Foes to Navigate Climate Fight

    2022-02-08

    BNN Bloomberg: Facing an uprising from fossil-fuel interests on the right and advocates fighting carbon emissions on the left, Larry Fink is making a personal effort to manage climate-change politics.

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    State Street Partners with Black-Owned Businesses to Underwrite $1.5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Debt

    2022-02-07

    State Street: State Street Corporation announced that it has issued an aggregate of $1.5 billion of senior unsecured debt. The offering, which closed today, was structured in keeping with State Street’s ongoing inclusion, diversity and equity efforts, with Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC and Loop Capital Markets LLC acting as bookrunners, and CastleOak Securities, L.P. and Blaylock Van, LLC acting as co-managers.

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    Apollo Builds On Commitment to ‘Expanding Opportunity’ With Launch of Supplier Diversity Program for Private Equity Portfolio

    2022-02-07

    Globe Newswire: Apollo announced the launch of a Supplier Diversity program focused on growing direct and indirect spending with diverse businesses across its private equity portfolio, with the goal of achieving more than $1 billion in spend by 2024. This program is the latest initiative undertaken by Apollo as part of its commitment to expanding opportunity across its workplace, marketplace and communities.

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    Banks Get ESG Upgrades Despite Lending Billions for Fossil Fuels

    2022-02-04

    BNN Bloomberg: The world’s leading rater of green credentials is rewarding some of Wall Street’s biggest banks even though they continue to lend billions of dollars to fossil-fuel companies.

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    In Race to Protect Investor Portfolios, ESG Funds Become Afterthoughts

    2022-02-03

    BNN Bloomberg: Inflows into U.S. exchange-traded funds with higher environmental, social and governance standards have dropped sharply in the past two months. 

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    Many Big ESG Funds Are Just Glorified Market Trackers

    2022-02-02

    BNN Bloomberg: In the recent market tumult, the largest ESG-focused exchange-traded funds in the U.S. are again showing that they are little more than market-trackers—with even worse performance.

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    PE firm Carlyle Commits to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050

    2022-02-01

    Nasdaq: Private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc CG.O said it was targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, across its investments.

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    ESG Pioneer Whose Firm Rose to Top Now Sees ‘Disconcerting’ Boom

    2022-01-27

    Yahoo Finance: Almost four decades ago, Dodson founded Parnassus Investments -- a little known firm outside of ESG circles -- and watched it grow into the world’s largest money manager dedicated to environmental, social and governance factors. The 78-year-old retired in October after he and his family sold their stakes in the business.

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    U.S. Private Equity Firm General Atlantic Hires Its First ESG Head in Sustainability Move

    2022-01-27

    BNN Bloomberg: U.S. private-equity firm General Atlantic LP hired Cornelia Gomez as its first head of ESG and sustainability, according to people familiar with the matter.

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    IQ-EQ Launchpad to Support First-time Female Fund Managers

    2022-01-26

    HedgeWeek: IQ-EQ Launchpad aims to expand inclusivity for the wider asset management industry and foster a self-sustaining network of women in senior leadership roles.

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