Industry News: ESG | North America (62)

North American Individuals Surpass Europeans At ESG Adoption

2021-11-15

Funds Europe: North American individual investors lead Europeans at ESG investment, according to research from Natixis Investment Management that revealed 28% of North American investors held ESG investments compared to 22% of European investors.

Ackman Says Central Banks Haven’t Weighed ESG’s Inflation Impact

2021-11-04

Yahoo Finance: Pershing Square Capital Management’s founder Bill Ackman has thrown his hat into the inflation debate that has been simmering on social media amongst influential newsmakers including Cathie Wood and Elon Musk.

FINRA’s Eileen Murray Says Government Needs to Regulate ESG for There to Be A Real transformation

2021-11-03

CNBC: While much of the world has been focused on environmental, social, and governance issues over the past few years, more recently, cracks are starting to show in the way companies are working to solve ESG challenges.

BlackRock Raises $673 Million for Climate-Focused Infrastructure Fund

2021-11-02

U.S. News: BlackRock Inc told Reuters it has raised a target-beating $673 million for an infrastructure fund with backing from the French, German and Japanese governments to invest in climate-focused projects such as renewable energy in emerging markets.

Your ESG Fund Might Be Invested In Facebook—and It Highlights A Major Issue with Sustainable Investing

2021-10-26

CNBC: Facebook has been aware of real-world harms propagated by its platforms and ignored warnings from employees about those dangers, according to the Facebook Papers, a series of articles published by 17 U.S. news outlets.

Women Were Scared of Working at Blackstone, Schwarzman Says

2021-10-26

Yahoo News: Blackstone Inc. had trouble recruiting women until it asked why the prospect of joining the firm was turning them away, co-founder Stephen Schwarzman said at Saudi Arabia’s flagship investment conference.

SEC’s Lee Seeks Global Action On Climate Disclosure

2021-10-22

Corporate Secretary: SEC commissioner Allison Herren Lee has called for organizations around the world to work together in determining how companies report on the risks of the climate crisis.

U.S. Regulators Warn Climate Change Is a Threat to Financial Stability

2021-10-21

Yahoo Finance: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday led a panel of top federal regulators in judging climate change to be an “emerging threat” to the nation’s financial stability, releasing tentative recommendations for how agencies should begin preparing to contain the risk.

Climate Change Needs to Be Tackled Like COVID-19, Says BlackRock Boss

2021-10-20

The Sydney Morning Herald: The chief executive of the world’s largest asset manager has called on governments globally to treat climate change with the same urgency as COVID-19 by supporting private capital investment in new technologies, but warned capitalism alone could not solve this crisis.

Senators Urge SEC to Adopt Measures to Make $70 Trillion Asset Management Field More Diverse

2021-10-18

Yahoo Finance: U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and nearly two dozen other lawmakers called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement measures that could increase racial and gender diversity in the $70 trillion asset management field.

ESG Newsletter

North American Individuals Surpass Europeans At ESG Adoption

2021-11-15

Ackman Says Central Banks Haven’t Weighed ESG’s Inflation Impact

2021-11-04

FINRA’s Eileen Murray Says Government Needs to Regulate ESG for There to Be A Real transformation

2021-11-03

BlackRock Raises $673 Million for Climate-Focused Infrastructure Fund

2021-11-02

Your ESG Fund Might Be Invested In Facebook—and It Highlights A Major Issue with Sustainable Investing

2021-10-26

Women Were Scared of Working at Blackstone, Schwarzman Says

2021-10-26

SEC’s Lee Seeks Global Action On Climate Disclosure

2021-10-22

U.S. Regulators Warn Climate Change Is a Threat to Financial Stability

2021-10-21

Climate Change Needs to Be Tackled Like COVID-19, Says BlackRock Boss

2021-10-20

Senators Urge SEC to Adopt Measures to Make $70 Trillion Asset Management Field More Diverse

2021-10-18

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