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Viewpoint: Proponents and Critics of ESG Claim It Can Change Society. Both Will Be Disappointed.
Whether or not asset managers are “woke,” ESG doesn’t hurt oil companies or provide capital for solutions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, writes Ken Pucker.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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BlackRock Backs Fewer ESG Proposals. The Reason Is Surprising.
In a report released Wednesday, BlackRock’s investment stewardship team said too many proposals were “overreaching, lacking economic merit, or simply redundant.”
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- Investing
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- Global
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- ESG
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Press Release: Global Leaders and Civic Courage Alarmed by Possible Jailing of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Call for Justice
One of only seven people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, Yunus has been under attack by Sheikh Hasina's government since 2010.
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- Social Enterprise
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- Global
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Press Release: GOGLA and IKEA Foundation Announce Transformative Scaling Pure Partnership at the South Asia Forum for Distributed Energy (SAFDE)
GOGLA, the global association for the off-grid solar energy industry, and the IKEA Foundation are delighted to announce a strategic partnership to scale the productive use of renewable energy (PURE) across Asia and Africa.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Global
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UN Report Proposes Holistic Approach to Water Use, Water Conservation
Titled, ‘Spotlight on Goal 6: From Commodity to Common Good: A Feminist Agenda to Tackle the World’s Water Crisis,’ the publication casts water as “a sacred, common good, not a commodity to exploit.”
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- global development, research, SDGs, water
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World Water Week: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Funding Drops by a Third Putting Lives at Risk, Warns WaterAid
WaterAid is calling on donor countries to close the gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered.
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- WASH
- Region
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The Coca-Cola Foundation to Support Under-Represented Entrepreneurs
Kiva assists people who do not have access to commercial bank services to lenders through crowdfunding microfinance.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance, WASH
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- Global
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Mastercard Strive India Launches to Help Small Businesses Go Digital
Payments giant Mastercard has launched the Mastercard Strive India programme, which aims to help 500,000 small businesses in India go digital by 2025.
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- Agriculture, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Global
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