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  • BlackRock bows to legal threats and departs net zero initiative

    10 January 2025

    BlackRock 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.

  • Blackrock: UN SDGs pose 'challenges' to investors

    01 July 2021

    The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pose "challenges" to investment strategies but they can also help build sustainable strategies...

  • BlackRock launches six sustainable ETFs

    07 March 2019

    BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable' exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as it predicts a 20-fold increase in assets in this space over the next decade.

  • Major investors demand more action from ESG index providers

    12 December 2017

    Equity index providers were urged by two of the world's largest investment organisations to develop more 'useable' indexes based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.