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  • BlackRock rejected Glencore's climate plan

    11 September 2023

    BlackRock voted against Swiss miner Glencore's climate plan, documents have revealed.

  • BlackRock increasingly opposes climate proposals, blaming their 'declining quality'

    24 August 2023

    The world's largest asset manager has criticised the "continued decline" in quality of shareholder proposals, as it voted against significantly more climate-related proposals, ...

  • Pension funds lead $1.2bn battery storage investment

    23 August 2023

  • Natural Capital Investment Americas: early bird ends today!

    18 August 2023

    The early bird rate for the Natural Capital Investment Americas conference ends today, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.

  • BlackRock targets NZD2bn New Zealand climate infrastructure fund

    08 August 2023

    BlackRock is preparing to launch a NZD2 billion ($1.2 billion) New Zealand-focused climate infrastructure fund, which the US asset manager said is expected to be the "largest single-nation decarbonisation investment initiative" to date.

  • Largest asset manager ESG funds oppose biodiversity proposals

    02 June 2023

    The sustainability funds of BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisors voted against or abstained from most biodiversity-related shareholder proposals, between 2010 and the end of 2022, according to analysis from Planet Tracker.

  • BlackRock invests in Filipino renewables developer

    10 May 2023

  • UK to 'monitor' ESG data for potential need to regulate providers

    31 March 2023

    The UK government will monitor whether it needs to regulate providers of ESG data, the country's Treasury said.

  • Asset managers not 'environmental police', says BlackRock's Fink

    15 March 2023

    Despite a growing need to address the energy transition, asset managers should not be the 'environmental police', BlackRock's Larry Fink said, amid growing pushback in several US states against investors' stance on sustainability.

  • Sustainable bond fund assets dip to $34bn in 2022

    28 February 2023

    Despite a bumper crop of fund launches and many established funds reporting robust net inflows, global sustainable bond fund assets fell more than 6% as tough markets dragged on performance. Ahren Lester reports