More ESG news – Page 10
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NewsDanish pension fund CIO takes floor at Alphabet AGM over targeted ads impact
Google-parent AGM votes down call from AkademikerPension, United Church of Canada Pension Plan and others for independent human rights assessment of AI-driven advertising effects
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NewsPRI to step up on human rights lobbying
Announcement about policymaker-focused strategy comes as Unilever and Allianz say trade association reviews need standardisation
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NewsInvestors urge UK firms to stand by DEI pledges
A coalition of institutional investors, including NEST, Strathclyde Pension Fund and London CIV, has united to support inclusive workplaces amid recent DEI backlash
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NewsZest for climate investing down as US investors drop out – survey
However, European and Asian counterparts largely stick to their guns
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NewsPensionsEurope and EFAMA warn against slashing sustainability rules
Omnibus process should be fully wrapped up before the Commission continues with its work on redesigning SFDR
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NewsHeavyweight blended finance initiative to launch service provider
The public-private Hamburg Sustainability Platform, rebranded as SCALED, is backed by Allianz, AXA, CDPQ and Zurich Insurance Group
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NewsNorway defends legality of SWF’s Palestine-linked investments
UN rapporteur says 6.9% of GFPG invested in firms backing ‘egregious violations of international law’ in occupied Palestine
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NewsPME picks Candriam to manage European equity portfolio
Candriam will manage a concentrated equity portfolio initially worth €1.5bn, which is half of the €57bn fund’s existing allocation to European equities
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NewsNew UK stewardship code’s fit for asset owners questioned
The Financial Reporting Council today unveiled the final version of a revised UK Stewardship Code following extensive consultation
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NewsEthos expands proxy voting services to Germany via Monega partnership
Monega, which manages €10bn in assets, will use Ethos’s services to support the funds it oversees for CSR Beratungsgesellschaft and Steyler Ethik Bank
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News78% of ABP participants want to invest sustainably
Members of the Dutch civil service scheme want the fund to divest from sectors including fast food chains and producers of disposable plastics
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NewsAllianz piles in on biodiversity push from asset owners
Announcement comes on the heels of water analysis from Ilmarinen and nature targets from KPA Pension
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NewsHundreds of ESG funds renamed as ESMA guidelines kick in
Campaigners say €22bn of fossil fuel investments must have been ditched as part of shake-up
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NewsInvestors too vague about SFDR engagement activities, says ShareAction
ShareAction finds regulatory disclosures contrast with detailed sustainability reports
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NewsPrivate capital managers ‘emerging as strongest advocates for ESG’
In a survey, a third said they would be less vocal about their sustainable action, compared with 45% of conventional asset managers
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NewsFinance sector claims more positive impacts on sustainability
Analysis of the first CSRD reports shows finance is most bullish on its contribution to people and planet
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NewsJudge blocks PGGM from firing critical chief economist
Guy Verberne had criticised the Dutch pension asset manager’s new sustainable investment policy
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NewsCanada’s largest pension fund drops net-zero promise
CEO says CPPIB has only changed how the pension fund communicates its net-zero commitments
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NewsAsset managers fail to meet responsible investment standards, says ShareAction
ShareAction found significant underperformance and stagnation in responsible investment practices among some of the world’s largest asset managers
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NewsFunds becoming most scalable and replicable blended finance vehicle
But overall market, despite growing, ‘remains plagued by its most intractable issues’
