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    Vanguard Supports No Environmental, Social Proposals For Second Straight Year

    2025-09-04

    Yahoo Finance: Vanguard, the world's second-largest asset manager, reported last week that it supported no environmental or social shareholder proposals at U.S. portfolio companies during the most recent proxy season.

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    Neuberger Berman Joins Blackstone as Investor in Sustainability Software Provider Sphera

    2025-09-03

    ESG Today: Blackstone-backed sustainability and operational risk management software platform Sphera announced a “significant growth investment” from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions (NBCS).

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    Standard Chartered Appoints Roger Charles as Head of Sustainability Initiatives

    2025-09-02

    ESG News: Standard Chartered has appointed Roger Charles as Head of Sustainability Initiatives, Coverage, within its Corporate & Investment Banking team.

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    Preliminary Injunction Halts Enforcement of Texas’ Latest Anti-ESG Law

    2025-09-02

    Yahoo Finance: A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Texas Senate Bill 2337, which targeted proxy advisory firms and restricted use of ESG factors, preventing implementation of the law that was set to take effect Sept. 1.

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    Democrat Finance Officials Push Asset Managers to Reaffirm Commitment to Manage Climate Risks

    2025-08-22

    ESG Dive: The Democratic finance officials behind the Aug. 15 letter represent more than $3 trillion in pension fund assets, according to Lierman’s release and are organized under the group Americans for Responsible Growth.

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    Morgan Stanley Backs Overhaul’s $105M Series C to Advance Supply Chain Sustainability

    2025-08-21

    ESG News: Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s 1GT climate private equity strategy has joined a $105 million Series C round for Overhaul Group, a global provider of in-transit cargo risk management solutions. The round was led by Springcoast Partners with support from Edison Partners.

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    Amid New Curbs on ESG Shareholder Resolutions, Companies May Lose Useful Signals from Investors

    2025-08-19

    Morningstar: The largest surprise of the 2025 proxy season was the SEC’s new restrictions on permissible shareholder resolutions in the middle of an ongoing proxy season. 

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    ESG Ratings Branded 'A Lawsuit Waiting to Happen' by Legal Expert

    2025-08-18

    Wealth Professional: In a scathing new whitepaper from the Fraser Institute, Bryce Tingle, N. Murray Edwards chair in Business Law at the University of Calgary puts ESG ratings on notice, warning that the metrics driving trillions in investment decisions are deeply flawed and could land fund managers in court.

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    Aviva Stands by Climate Goals in Face of US and UK Net Zero Pushback

    2025-08-14

    The Guardian: Aviva’s chief executive, Amanda Blanc, has reiterated the insurer’s commitment to climate goals in the face of growing pushback against net zero ambitions in the US and UK.

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    Apollo to Acquire Kelvion From Triton in €2 Billion Deal

    2024-08-14

    Private Equity Wire: Kelvion – formerly the heat exchanger division of GEA Group – serves data centres, industrial processes, carbon capture projects and hydrogen production. Demand for its products is being fuelled by global investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and the energy transition.

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