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    ESG & Sustainability Highlights

    Climate change makes poor countries poorer, widening global inequality, researchers say       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: CNN
    Purpose Is Not CSR, It's Just Good Business       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: Forbes
    5 Simple, $0 Ways to Be Eco-Friendlier, Starting Today       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: Food 52

    USA Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Reporting

    Impossible Foods Boosts Sustainability Across All Key Metrics       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : Business Wire – CSR Circuit
    Source: Business Wire
    People Need to Be Scared About Climate Change. They Also Need to Recognize That It’s Not Too Late.       
    (Thursday - March 07, 2019) Associated Profiles : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)
    Source: Mother Jones
    Del Monte Foods Releases 2018 Sustainability Report       
    (Wednesday - January 23, 2019)
    Source: BusinessWire

    Sovereign Wealth Fund Highlights

    Crown and Qatar Investment Authority acquire iconic retail properties in New York       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019) Associated Profiles : Qatar Investment Authority
    Source: The Peninsula
    Wall Street Returns to Saudi Arabia as Biggest Deals Entice CEOs       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019) Associated Profiles : Sanabil al-Saudia - (Has been known as Public Investment Fund), Hassana Investment Company
    Source: Yahoo Finance
    How Kuwait Investment Authority Built A Solid Savings Nest       
    (Tuesday - April 23, 2019) Associated Profiles : Kuwait Investment Authority
    Source: forbesmiddleeast.com

    Sustainability Update Recent Post

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    Insights...
    When Will Sustainable Investing Be Considered to be in the Mainstream?
    23. April 2019 Impact Investing
    “Movements” – what comes to mind when we describe the characteristics of this term are 20th Century examples. The late-20th Century “environmental movement” was a segue from the older 19th and early 20th Century “conservation movement” that was jump started … Continue reading →
    Survey Results: Global Institutional Investors with US$8.4 Trillion in AUM Confirm The Rising Value of Corporate ESG Principles
    18. April 2019 Corporate Citizenship
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist, G&A Institute The FTI Consulting business advisory firm surveyed a set of 130 global institutional investors to gauge the depth and breadth of U.S. assets invested using ESG principles.  This group of … Continue reading →
    Corporate Supply Chain Sustainability Strategies & Programs: Count as a Cost or Strategic Investment? Consultant to Large-Cap Companies Provides Some Helpful Answers for Corporate Managers
    08. April 2019 Business Case
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist – G&A Institute Question:  Does a corporate sustainability program “cost” (and thus shows up on the “expense” side of the ledger) or are there measurable “returns” on the investments that companies are … Continue reading →

    Asset MGR Highlights

    Purpose Is Not CSR, It's Just Good Business       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: Forbes
    Barclays shareholders urged to vote against executive pay over 'inadequate' response to whistleblowing scandal       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: CityAM
    Wall Street soars to all-time closing highs on robust corporate earnings       
    (Wednesday - April 24, 2019)
    Source: NBC News

    United States Public Pension Fund Highlights
     

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