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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The best sustainable companies to own in 2022
Morningstar research identifies 46 companies – one of which is an asset manager
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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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An ESG update with Amy O’Brien
Amy O’Brien, Nuveen’s global head of responsible investing, talks all things ESG
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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.
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ESG study reveals fund labels are often useless
Researchers used data analytic tools to establish that language in many funds’ prospectuses lacked clarity.
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The Glasgow climate pact and climate finance
Dickson Pinner of McKinsey Sustainability talks about his experience at COP26 as well as the fallout from the Glasgow Climate Pact
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ESG ETF launches with holdings guided by Islamic law
While the fund will loosely track an index, it’s classified as an active ETF
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Calls to regulate carbon offsets market
The regulation of projects to cut carbon and win those credits is still its infancy.
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Goldman says carbon net zero shift likely to boost inflation
The firm’s analysts see the biggest inflation impact in the U.S. and China.
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Bank fees for green debt surpass fossil-fuel financing
Banks pocketed an estimated $3.4 billion from green-labeled debt deals last year, versus $3.3 billion from their work with oil, gas and coal companies.