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ESG Clarity is exploring the decarbonisation targets set by Net Zero Asset Managers’ initiative (NZAM) firms as well as talking to individual fund groups about how they are finding the journey to net zero. See also: – ESG Clarity’s Net Zero Database Here, Shanbor Gupta, principal at Clean Energy Ventures, which invests in scalable early-stage climate tech startups and clean energy technologies addressing … Read more

The US and the EU have reached common ground on the former’s Inflation Reduction Act and the latter’s European Green Deal, Ursula von der Leyen has revealed. In a speech, the European Commission (EC) president lauded the fact that the “two biggest and most advanced economies in the world are now moving in the same … Read more

Malaysia’s stock exchange is set to launch a sustainability reporting platform in April, in conjunction with the London Stock Exchange. The Centralised Sustainability Reporting Platform will enable companies − both publicly listed companies as well as non-listed SMEs − to calculate their carbon emission impact, and disclose common ESG datasets in a standardised manner that … Read more

Aegon Asset Management has appointed Anne Scott (pictured) to the newly created role of global climate solutions lead. She joins the firm’s global fixed income team with a focus on supporting its efforts in climate solutions. With 25 years in industry, Scott arrived at Aegon in 2005 to lead its middle office delivery teams. She … Read more

HANetf has launched an energy transition ETF on the London Stock Exchange. The Sprott Energy Transition Materials Ucits ETF tracks the Nasdaq Sprott Energy Transition Materials Ex-Uranium Index and provides materials exposure in clean energy generation (rare earths and silver), transmission (copper) and storage (lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt and graphite). Since March 2022, global government … Read more

The maxim “let the buyer beware” is the idea that a purchasing party alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods or services before a purchase is made. But when you buy something that doesn’t work or develops a fault, it’s rare to shrug your shoulders, put it away and forget about … Read more

Considering the social impacts of investing in businesses is rising up the agenda again but is more personal, less standardised and can mean short-term profit dips for long-term gains, according to commentators. In the latest episode of the ESG Out Loud podcast, ESG Clarity global editor Natasha Turner is joined by Dan Kemp, CIO for EMEA … Read more

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has said it is not the role of asset managers to “engineer a particular outcome in the economy” amid the increasing politicization of ESG investing in the US. In his annual letter to investors published yesterday, Fink said: “As minority shareholders, it’s not our place to be telling companies what to … Read more

ESG Clarity is exploring the decarbonization targets set by Net Zero Asset Managers’ initiative (NZAM) firms as well as talking to individual fund groups about how they are finding the journey to net zero. See also: – ESG Clarity’s Net Zero Database Here, Shanbor Gupta, principal at Clean Energy Ventures, which invests in scalable early-stage climate tech startups and clean energy technologies addressing … Read more

A coalition of 21 state attorney generals are calling on the Senate and House of Representatives to overturn the block on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) ESG rule, calling it “the latest in a years-long campaign to obscure these facts” about climate change. In a letter sent to Congress, attorneys general asserted that the DOL … Read more