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    Mirova Raises $1.4 Billion for Flagship Energy Transition Fund

    2025-10-23

    ESG Today: Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced that it has reached €1.2 billion (USD$1.4 billion) in commitments at the second close of Mirova Energy Transition 6 (MET6), the sixth vintage of its flagship energy transition investment strategy.

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    Are Hedge Funds Really Going Green? A Look Inside The ESG Illusion

    2025-10-22

    Forbes: In global markets, few themes have generated as much capital, and controversy, as environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Hedge funds, once among its loudest skeptics, are now some of its most vocal champions.

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    Climate-Related Financial Risk to More Than Triple by 2050: Report

    2025-10-21

    ESG Dive: The report assessed exposure to key climate hazards, including hurricanes, flooding, heatwaves, water stress, and wildfires, across 4,416 regions in the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Turkey. 

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    Investors Managing $3 Trillion in Assets Urge Countries to Stop Deforestation

    2025-10-20

    Yahoo News: Global investors managing over $3 trillion in assets called on governments to stop and reverse deforestation and ecosystem degradation by 2030, in a statement signed ahead of a U.N. climate conference in Brazil next month.

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    Barclays Turns to Enhanced Rock Weathering for First Carbon Removal Deal

    2025-10-09

    ESG Dive: The offtake agreement builds on Barclays’ broader climate goals, which include a commitment to allocate $1 trillion in sustainable and transition financing by 2030.

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    Brookfield Raises $20 Billion for Record Transition Fund

    2025-10-07

    GlobeNewswire: Brookfield announced the final institutional close for its flagship energy transition strategy, Brookfield Global Transition Fund II (“BGTF II” or “the Fund”), with $20 billion raised in fund commitments and strategic capital from a diverse range of existing and new investors.

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    Net Zero Banking Group Abandons Operations After Member Exodus

    2025-10-03

    City AM: The global Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has announced it will cease operations following an exodus of its membership after President Donald Trump returned to power. In a statement, the group said following a vote it will transfer from a member-based alliance to establish its guidance as a framework.

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    Companies Still Acting on Climate Change, But ‘Afraid To Talk About It’ Publicly: Experts

    2025-10-01

    ESG Dive: The terms “climate change,” “ESG” and “sustainability” have become highly politicized terms in recent years, landing in the fine print of contentious lawsuitsstate-led probes and federal deregulation

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    Renewable Energy Sector’s Human Rights Practices Have ‘Critical Gaps,’ Says BHRRC

    2025-09-30

    Yahoo Finance: The renewable energy industry has steadily improved its core human rights policies and practices, despite facing political and financial challenges, according to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre’s latest Renewable Energy and Human Rights Benchmark report

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    Most Companies Say Pressure for Sustainability Reporting Increasing Despite Regulatory Pullback: PwC Survey

    2025-09-29

    ESG Today: A majority of companies subject to CSRD or ISSB disclosure requirements say that pressure from a variety of stakeholders including investors and customers to provide sustainability reporting and data has continued to increase over the past year, according to a new report by global professional services firm PwC.

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