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BlackRock CEO Says the Climate Crisis Is About to Trigger ‘a Fundamental Reshaping of Finance’
In an annual letter to CEOs published Tuesday, BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink said: “Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects."
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- Environment, Investing
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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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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing
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How Impact Investing Could Help Countries Recover From Natural Disasters
Natural disasters destroy numerous properties each year. To protect communities from the consequences, many impact investors put their money into the restoration of local buildings. Impact investors play a significant role in facilitating recovery efforts. By putting money into the area, they provide residents with resources for repairing their communities.
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- Environment, Investing
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Insights, Analysis and Debate: Vote for the Top NextBillion Article of 2019
Another year has come and gone, and it's time for NextBillion to select our most influential articles of 2019. As usual, we’re turning to you, our readers, for help. We've selected our 12 most-read articles of the year, and we invite you to vote for the one that impacted your thinking the most. You can vote up to 12 times during the voting period, which runs from Dec. 20 to Jan. 2. The winner will be announced on Jan. 3. As always, thank you for reading, contributing content to, and engaging with NextBillion!
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- Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing, Technology
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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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Navigating Risks as Private Equity Moves into Impact Investing: Examples from Kenya
It's no surprise that impact investing has been adopted by development-focused organizations – but it has increasingly also attracted the attention of more profit-driven institutions, including some leading private equity firms. While this represents a milestone in the sector's march toward the mainstream, Julio De Souza and Gianluca Storchi at StratLink Advisory Group discuss some persistent concerns – illustrated with examples from their home base in Kenya.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Sustainability Investing Takes off in Southeast Asia
Socially responsible investing is on the rise globally, fueled by public concern about global challenges such as climate change, pollution, deforestation and social inequality.
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- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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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
- Region
- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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