ESG / Sustainable & Responsible Investment
Asset Owners & Managers, Ratings Agencies

Source: Financial News London - BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has bolstered its sustainable investment analytics on its influential risk and operations platform with the acquisition of a minority stake in a data fintech.
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Source: Plastics Technology - A new family of TPEs from Audia Elastomers, Washington, Penn., is reportedly one of the first commercial portfolios of ‘sustainable’ TPEs which meet the sustainability needs of brand owners and consumers. The AudiaFlex family of...
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January 11, 2021
Source: Business Wire - New multi-factor index utilizes the Rockefeller ESG Improvers ScoreTM to provide differentiated ESG factor exposure, offering potential to outperform market-cap weighted indices
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Source: Yahoo Finance - Lam Ka-sing kasing.lam@scmp.com Sun, January 10, 2021, 4:30 AM EST·4 min read New World Development has become the first real estate developer to launch a 10-year US$200 million sustainability-linked bond, using the funds to...
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Source: MSN News - The Prince of Wales has launched a new charter in order to promote sustainable practices within the private business sector. The Terra Carta charter sets out a ten-point action plan for businesses as part of a recovery plan...
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January 08, 2021
Source: Yahoo! Finance - The "Global Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Market Analysis by Investor (Retail, Institutional), Fund, Sector, Region and Country (2020 Edition): Market Insights, COVID-19 Impact, Competition and Forecast to 2025"...
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Source: Street Insider - FarmTogether, the technology-powered, online marketplace providing investors with direct access to farmland ownership, today announced that it has committed 100% of its acres to certify to the Leading Harvest Farmland Management...
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Source: Eco Business - Singapore Exchange (SGX) is investing S$20 million in a multi-pronged expansion of its sustainability capabilities and initiatives. Half of this amount will go towards new ESG-focused products, services and platforms, while the...
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Source: Cleaner Energy Wire - The transformation of the German and European economies will become more tangible in 2021, as new technologies, policies and business models begin to have an effect, Karsten Löffler, head of sustainable finance
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January 04, 2021
Source: Ceres - Ceres submitted formal comments today in opposition to a newly proposed rule from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC), explaining how it fundamentally misrepresents climate risk management, and warning that it...
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