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Inflows to sustainable funds down by almost half over 2024
28 January 2025Global sustainable open-end and exchange-traded funds saw inflows shrink by almost half over 2024 despite a "boom" for mainstream strategies, according to data from Morningstar Sustainalytics.
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People Moves, 10 January: SBTi, S&P, Impax, Natixis, HSBC, Morningstar Sustainalytics ... and more
10 January 2025 -
BlackRock bows to legal threats and departs net zero initiative
10 January 2025BlackRock has left the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative, citing "legal inquiries from various public officials" in the US attacking its stated focus on climate finance.
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Global Biodiversity Framework 'in jeopardy' after COP16 finance failure
04 November 2024The COP16 biodiversity summit has failed to reach agreement on crucial issues relating to finance, leaving delivery of the landmark Global Biodiversity Framework agreed two years ago "in jeopardy".
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'Worrying trend' as investors continue to withdraw money from dark green funds
30 October 2024 -
Morningstar forecasts more upheaval in sustainable funds space as closures continue
25 October 2024 -
UK firms facing 'cliff-edge' risks of fund name rule breach given reprieve by regulator
09 September 2024Fund managers struggling to meet a looming deadline to comply with UK sustainability name rules have been given an extension by their regulator.
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Vanguard did not support any environmental proposals last year
30 August 2024Vanguard did not support any of 400 environmental or social shareholder proposals it encountered in the most recent proxy season, arguing that the proposals were either not addressing financially material aspects or "were overly prescriptive".
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Putting transition plans to the test: Morningstar Sustainalytics
29 August 2024Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the fourth article in a series, Michael Hurley examines Sustainalytics's Low Carbon Transition Ratings
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Moody's SPO share surge continues as 'big four' consolidate
30 July 2024The 'big four' sustainable finance second-party opinion (SPO) providers consolidated their market share in the first six months of 2024, with Moody's seeing another significant jump in share.