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    E+S Proposals Grew Over Decade Alongside Anti-ESG Submissions: Report

    2024-12-13

    ESG Dive: Increased politicization of ESG risks and reporting drove the increase in anti-ESG proposals, according to ISS-Corporate’s report. Anti-ESG proposals made up approximately 11% of all requests in the year through June 2024, compared to approximately 2% of requests from July 2014 to June 2021. 

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    Canada Proposes $15 Billion to Boost AI Green Data Centers

    2024-12-13

    ESG News: Canada’s federal government is exploring a $15 billion incentive to encourage domestic pension funds to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers powered by green energy, according to the Globe and Mail. 

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    Parnassus Investments Launches Its First Sustainable ETFs

    2024-12-12

    Yahoo Finance: Parnassus, one of the largest asset managers to offer products tied to environmental, social or governance considerations, launched its first exchange-traded funds amid a difficult environment for the strategy.

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    UBS Wealth Calls Out ‘Overblown’ ESG Investor Angst Over Trump

    2024-12-11

    Yahoo Finance: It’s unlikely that the return of Donald Trump to the White House will undermine the case for ESG investing, according to UBS Group AG’s global wealth management arm.

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    New 'Anti-Woke' ETF Targets Pro-ESG, DEI Companies

    2024-12-06

    Yahoo Finance: A new "anti-woke" ETF is set to launch in the first quarter of the new year, according to an unveiling from startup asset manager Azoria Partners. The fund will invest in the S&P 500, but will specifically exclude companies that "use racial or gender quotas in hiring, promotions, or pay decisions."

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    Racial Diversity Falling Among New Corporate Directors: Conference Board

    2024-12-03

    CFO Dive: The Securities and Exchange Commission, led by its Division of Corporation Finance, is considering recommending a rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose more about the diversity of members and nominees to their boards.

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    BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Sued By Republican States Over Climate Push

    2024-11-29

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street have been sued by Texas and 10 other Republican-led states, which said the large asset managers violated antitrust law through climate activism that reduced coal production and boosted energy prices.

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    BNP Paribas AM, Mirova Acquire Majority Stake in Renewables Developer Arkolia

    2024-11-29

    ESG Today: Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova and BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced that they have acquired a majority stake in French renewable energy developer Arkolia, with an investment by the asset managers of more than €200 million aimed at funding the companies’ growth.

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    CEOs Are Focusing On Cost Cutting Rather Than Improving Diversity, Report Finds

    2024-11-26

    Funds Europe: The Black Lives Matter movement sparked a positive change four years ago and had a huge influence on Financial Services businesses’ commitment to race equality in the workplace.

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    Trump Energy Pick Wrote ESG Report Hailing Oil, Gas, Downplaying Climate Worry

    2024-11-22

    Yahoo News: President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the energy department believes fossil fuels are the key to ending world poverty which, he says, is a greater problem than climate change's "distant" threat, according to a report he penned as CEO of oilfield services company Liberty Energy.

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