ESG principles must include balanced and globally aligned approaches
This will ensure that energy and aerospace/defense sectors continue to attract the necessary investment and financing needed to guard global economic growth and national security.
Author: Susan Kelly
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Adviser’s faith-based ESG niche attracts true believers
Robert Netzly has maintained his focus on biblically-based financial planning, while keeping his expectations low. The market is finding him.
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BlackRock navigates a divided America
The $10 trillion asset manager is running into resistance in red states like Texas, West Virginia and Florida.
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Apollo, Oaktree join private equity push to report ESG data
The PE industry’s effort is gaining steam, with more than 70 firms having signed on in recent months.
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ESG pioneer now sees ‘disconcerting’ boom
Jerome Dodson, who founded Parnassus Investments almost 40 years ago, sees a need to cut down on greenwashing.
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Climate activists poised for big gains in 2022
The expectation is that activism will accelerate after Engine No. 1’s successful push to add climate-conscious directors to the board of Exxon Mobil
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JPMorgan hires Blackstone’s Barnes for sustainable investment team
Tanya Barnes formerly headed Blackstone’s impact platform.
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ESG asset managers need to provide clarity for investors
Given the disconnect between what ESG investors expect and what some ESG funds are actually investing in, it’s time for some serious reputation risk management.
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Blackstone rolls out green-energy lending strategy
A new platform will focus on loans to companies expanding solar usage to residences, providing renewable electricity generation and aiding decarbonization in other ways.
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Franklin Templeton hires ESG exec from Calpers
Anne Simpson developed and executed the sustainability investment strategy for the pension giant.
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Amid growing climate fears, global companies struggle with solutions
More than 97% of C-suite execs surveyed by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu said climate change has already negatively affected their businesses.
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ESG investing is about to get a lot easier
Both the Labor Department and the SEC are working on proposals whose thrust is to encourage the use of ESG factors, in an abrupt reversal of Trump administration policy.