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Press Release: EcoVadis Secures c. $200M Investment from CVC Growth Partners to Accelerate Adoption of Sustainability Ratings Throughout the Globalised Economy
This transaction represents one of the largest investments in the ESG space to date and reflects a shared long-term vision for the importance of ESG to business success. EcoVadis will leverage the funding to scale globally and ingrain sustainability, fair labour practices and ethics into enterprise supply chains and business commerce.
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Why Asia Could Soon Dominate Responsible Investing
While Asia might currently be lagging behind in terms of market share in the ESG investment space, I believe there are several key reasons this can be expected to change over the next decade.
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing
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View: Why ESG matters in financial services
The whole of 2019 saw a fierce and intense debate globally around the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles as a way of doing business. The year gave the world in general and India, in particular, some compelling reasons to improve their ESG standards. For example, July 2019 was declared to be the hottest month on record for the planet, and a report in April indicated that air pollution alone kills 1.2 million people in India throughout the year.
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- Environment, Health Care, Investing
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- South Asia
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- ESG, financial health
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Press Release: Shareholders to BlackRock: It’s Time to Walk the Talk, Implement Business Roundtable’s ‘Purpose of a Corporation’
Shareholders are demanding that companies exercise leadership on a broader range of environmental, social, and governance issues. They want company actions to be integrated with the BRT statement, not contradict it. For example, BlackRock is the largest investor in companies building new coal power capacity across the world with a total investment of more than $11 billion USD.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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$120M Firm Transitions to 100% ESG Investing
Gitterman Wealth Management sees an opportunity for advisers to gain market share by tapping into the ESG space.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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How Evolving ESG Disclosure Rules Are Altering Investment Dynamics
An increasing number of investors accept that an evaluation of an investment opportunity (be it equity or fixed income) is not complete without proper appreciation and analysis of these factors.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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- ESG, impact investing
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What Is Sustainable Finance? That’s a $4 Trillion Question for Investors
Major fund managers, including BlackRock Inc. and Amundi Asset Management, are running into a roadblock as they seek to put more money into emerging-market sustainable investments: a lack of common global definitions that would make it easier to identify what to buy.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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A 24-Year-Old Is Suing Pension Fund for Not Being Green Enough
The Federal Court battle is shaping up to be a unique test case. Are pension funds in breach of their fiduciary duties by failing to mitigate the financial ravages of a warmer planet?
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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