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BMO hails success of engagement strategy
07 April 2020BMO Global Asset Management's engagement with more than 5,500 companies over the past two decades has contributed to over 3,700 "instances of change", according to CEO Kristi Mitchem.
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NGOs criticise BlackRock relationship with agribusiness
10 February 2020Environmental advocates Amazon Watch and Friends of the Earth have criticised BlackRock following a statement by the world's largest asset manager on its relationship with agribusiness.
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BlackRock announces expanded sustainable investment measures
14 January 2020BlackRock has pledged to make sustainability its "new standard of investing," as it announced sweeping changes to its practices, including reducing exposure to thermal coal firms.
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CBI criticised for hydropower accreditation proposal
11 December 2019The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has been called on by a group of more than 200 civil society organisations to abandon its proposed green bond standard for hydropower projects.
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Equator Principles revision under fire from investors and NGOs
28 August 2019A proposed revision of the Equator Principles does not go far enough in respecting the rights of indigenous peoples affected by major investment projects, according to more than 50 institutional investors.
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Investors name and shame 700 companies for poor environmental impact reporting
17 June 2019Investors with almost $10 trillion in assets have begun pushing more than 700 companies, including ExxonMobil, Amazon and Volvo, to disclose better environmental impact information.
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EIB partners with big name investors on clean energy fund
29 May 2019A €100 million ($111 million) investment fund that aims "to bring radically new clean energy technologies to the market" has been launched by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a private venture chaired by Bill Gates.
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Funds of the year: Dimensional's US Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio
28 January 2019An underexposure to energy stocks was helpful to performance in 2018, explains Jed Fogdall. Peter Cripps reports
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Profile: Brown Advisory Large-Cap Sustainable Growth Strategy
12 January 2016Having an environmental strategy can give stocks the edge, Karina Funk tells Peter Cripps
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COP Blog: The climate change economy
21 December 2015The Paris climate agreement could change the landscape for investors, making lower-carbon companies more valuable, argues Mike Fox