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US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... making investment decisions." Paxton called the rule change part of the Biden Administration's push to "advance a woke political agenda." The 23 states joining Texas and Utah include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa ...

Global food systems at risk: Barclays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... much as I love tech, from an investor perspective, we have to consider food security from a broader perspective - the political angle, the social angle, the macro economic angle, they're all intrinsically linked. "The risks are far greater than the opportunities ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... relocating facilities to make them more climate resistant, 29% incorporating climate considerations into lobbying and political donations, and 28% tying senior leaders' compensation to environmental sustainability performance. "We're starting to see ...

Carbon markets, biodiversity on tap at COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... investment COP as it is an implementation COP," he said. "It's making sure there are moneys flowing and getting over the political wrangling over loss and damage money. It was important to see China put forward money into loss and damage. That should ...

Australia joins COP27 forests partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... well. New Forests CEO David Brand says that while the commitments are hazy, "it's fair to say that having this level of political commitment to forestry and land use is important because forestry and land use has often been the orphan of climate mitigation." ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... the top priority for investment managers-a duty some of them have abdicated in favor of forcing a left wing social and political agenda that has failed to succeed legislatively, on publicly traded companies." In June, the board removed proxy voting power ...

Energy insecurity won't halt green transition: Northern Trust Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... differences. The green transition is more developed in European than US, and there is an interesting debate with US political development in terms of those states actively pushing against ESG in investment decision making." However, despite near-term ...

Apply a holistic ESG lens to emerging markets: PGIM Fixed Income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... track and measure than in developed markets, according PGIM Fixed Income. Emerging market investment presents unique political challenges as well as economic challenges due to insufficient labour and raw materials, high inflation or deflation, unregulated ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... framework" and that there are many areas including FPIC and self-determination that need to be integrated in the broader political system. "The Declaration is critical to understanding and engaging with a human rights-respecting approach to any activities ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... may be." The survey found that Australian business leaders are facing pressure to become more engaged in discussing political and social issues, and nearly 85% of Australian respondents say business leaders need to step up and publicly engage in pressing ...