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1/9/24: The Wall Street Journal Labels ESG as the Newest 'Dirty Word' in Corporate America, with Leaders Preferring Terms Like 'Responsible Business

1/4/24: World Bank Launches $1.4 Billion CAD Sustainable Development Bond Maturing in January 2029

1/2/24: TotalEnergies Invests $300 Million for 50% Stake in 1 GW Solar and Wind Portfolio in Joint Venture with Adani Green Energy

12/29/23: Morgan Stanley Provides Ten Tips for Retail Investors Interested in Impact Investing

12/28/23: Positive ESG Trends Emerge in ETF Industry in 2023

12/27/23: French Government Ruling Could Require European ESG Funds to Sell Fossil Fuel Holdings

12/27/23: Largest U.S. Clean Energy Project Raises $11 Billion, Commences Construction

12/22/23: Harvard Business Review Article Proposes Framework for Companies to Respond to Anti-ESG Rhetoric

12/20/23: ING Commits to Cease Financing Oil and Gas Production by 2040, Plans to Triple Lending to Renewable Energy Within Two Years

12/18/23: KKR Identifies 'Brown-to-Green' Transition of Asset-Heavy Sectors as Key Mega-Theme for 2024

12/12/23: 50 Major Oil and Gas Companies Commit to Near-Zero Methane Emissions by 2030 and Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 at COP28

12/12/23: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Releases Eight Principles to Guide Businesses on Environmental Claims

12/2/23: UAE Launches $30 Billion Climate Investment Platform ALTÉRRA to Boost Access to Climate Finance in Emerging Markets

11/28/23: Debt Linked to Environmental Risks Surges, Doubling to Over $4 Trillion in Less Than a Decade

11/27/23: European Commission Unveils €4 Billion Investment to Drive Innovation in Decarbonization Technologies

11/26/23: Lazard Asset Management Stays Optimistic About Cleantech Despite Recent Stock Sell-Offs

11/24/23: European Commission Initiates €800 Million Subsidy Pilot Program for Renewable Hydrogen Producers

11/22/23: UK Government Allocates £4 Billion to Boost Investment in Green Technologies and Clean Energy

11/14/23: Bloomberg Survey: ESG Integration Deepens Among Investors and C-Suite Executives Despite Economic Headwinds

11/8/23: LGIM Launches Groundbreaking Fund Series Offering Comprehensive Sovereign ESG Exposure in Integrated Approach

11/8/23: Bloomberg Intelligence Survey: 89% of Investors Consider ESG Metrics Mainstream, Citing Higher Returns and Resilient Portfolios

11/6/23: KKR Secures $2.8 Billion for Global Impact Fund II Focused on Investments Enhancing Sustainability and Social Equity

11/1/23: U.S. ESG Shareholder Proposal Support Dips, While Anti-ESG Proposals Face Virtually No Support

10/29/23: How to Continue Investing in Diverse Entrepreneurs

10/27/23: New York Governor Kathy Hochul Unveils Largest State Investment in U.S. History for Renewable Energy

10/13/23: Biden Administration Unveils $7 Billion Investment in Seven Clean Hydrogen Hubs

10/12/23: Goldman Sachs Executive Prioritizes Circular Economy Companies in Sustainability and Impact Solutions

10/11/23: Tokyo Stock Exchange Initiates Trading of Carbon Emissions Credits in Pursuit of 2050 Carbon Neutrality

10/10/23: Franklin Templeton Launches Fund Investing in Undervalued Companies with Strengthening ESG Profiles

10/6/23: European Parliament Overwhelmingly Approves New European Green Bond Label to Combat Greenwashing and Enhance Investor Transparency

10/3/23: Wharton Paper Highlights Retail Investors' Strong Concerns about ESG Factors Impacting Investment Value

10/3/23: Sustainable Investing Supporters Optimistic as Anti-ESG Efforts Face Lukewarm Support and Limited Voter Engagement

9/28/23: Paine Schwartz Partners Raises Record $1.7 Billion for Sustainable Investments Across the Food Chain

9/22/23: Ghana Unveils $550 Billion Energy Transition Plan for Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2060

9/21/23: Texas Federal Judge Dismisses Case Seeking to Overturn Department of Labor's ESG Rule

9/20/23: HSBC Commits $1 Billion in Financing to Support Global Climate-Tech Startups

9/15/23: McKinsey Survey Reveals Investor Demand for Clearer Explanation of ESG Impact on Performance and Intrinsic Value

9/14/23: BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI Unveil Joint Climate Action ETF in Singapore

9/13/23: Kroll Study Reveals Companies with High ESG Ratings Outperform Those with Low Ratings

9/11/23: U.S. and Peru Seal $20 Million Debt-for-Nature Swap to Support Amazon Rainforest Restoration

9/5/23: ESG Registration Boosts Asset Managers' Sales in Europe, Finds Goldman Sachs Study

9/5/23: Over 90% of Executives Plan Significant Increase in ESG Data Spending in 2024

9/1/23: PRI's Climate Initiative Gains Momentum: 18 New Money Managers, Including Fidelity and Morgan Stanley, Join to Encourage Australia's Decarbonization

9/1/23: DOE Unveils $12 Billion Finance Package to Support Automakers in Shifting to Electric Vehicle Production

8/27/23: Majority of Investors Across Generations Prioritize Values Over Performance, Says U.S. Bank Study

8/24/23: Bloomberg and Adox Research Survey Reveals 90% of Executives Planning to Boost ESG Data Spending

8/22/23: ESG Gains Traction in Asset Management Despite Backlash in Previous Year

8/21/23: DOE Commits up to $30 Million to Address U.S. Critical Minerals Demand

8/17/23: Morgan Stanley Report: Sustainable Funds Outperform Traditional Counterparts with 6.9% Median Return in H1 2023

8/13/23: Pension Funds in Anti-ESG Law States Reportedly Invested in BlackRock Amid Controversies

8/13/23: Global green bond issuance soared to a new high of $314 billion in the first half of the year, with the finance sector leading the way and governments playing a larger role

8/11/23: The U.S. Department of Energy has chosen two Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility projects (which directly extract CO2 from the atmosphere) to receive grants of up to $1.2 billion from the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)

8/10/23: Blackstone successfully concluded the final close of its energy transition credit fund, Blackstone Green Private Credit Fund III (BGREEN III), raising a record-breaking $7.1 billion

8/8/23: The Government of New Zealand and investment firm BlackRock will launch a NZ$2 billion climate infrastructure fund to support the country’s goal of being one of the first countries to achieve 100% renewable energy

8/7/23: U.S. Department of Energy Commits $46 Million to Drive Innovation in Buildings' Energy Efficiency Across 15 States

8/7/23: S&P Global has stopped assigning numerical ESG scores to corporate borrowers, opting for textual analysis in its credit rating reports

8/3/23: The European Commission has approved a €1.5 billion French measure to support the research and development of a new generation of solid-state EV batteries by ProLogium

8/2/23: IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, has entered an agreement with the Swiss government for the second phase of its Sustainable Cities program, aimed at promoting green urban infrastructure development in emerging markets

7/26/23: Walmart and PepsiCo have announced a strategic collaboration to promote regenerative agriculture practices on over two million acres of farmland in the U.S. and Canada

7/24/23: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allocate $100 million to support states, local governments, and public utilities in purchasing products from converted carbon emissions

7/20/23: A new survey by Honeywell reveals that 86% of responding organizations plan to increase their sustainability investments

7/20/23: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provides $75 million in subordinated debt financing to Akbank T.A.Ş. in Turkey as part of a $300 million financing package

7/18/23: AXA IM Alts, an alternative investment management firm, has committed $49 million to invest in Mombak's reforestation projects in Brazil's Amazon rainforest

7/18/23: The Bezos Earth Fund has launched a $400 million initiative to green America’s cities

7/12/23: Canada has doubled its official international climate finance commitment to $5.3 billion over five years

7/12/23: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $300 million to enhance the measurement and monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in agriculture and forestry as part of President Biden's climate-smart agenda

7/7/23: Tokyo-based banking company Mizuho has set a new goal to facilitate JPY 100 trillion ($USD 700 billion) in sustainable finance between 2019 and 2030, with JPY 50 trillion dedicated to environment and climate change related finance

7/5/23: According to a report by McKinsey & Company, an estimated $3-$4 trillion in investments will be required by 2030 to scale up the materials supply chain and address upcoming shortages of key metals and materials necessary for global decarbonization

7/5/23: The U.S. Department of Energy plans to invest $1 billion in a clean hydrogen demand side initiative, supporting the development of Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs and reducing investment risks for clean hydrogen projects

6/30/23: The Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) actively supports carbon management projects in the United States

6/23/23: The Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board have independently announced their disinvestment from fossil fuels

6/21/23: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has entered into a purchase agreement with CarbonCapture to acquire 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits over five years

6/20/23: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced its first SEK 1 billion digital Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) using the so|bond platform, built on blockchain technology

6/19/23: BBVA and IFC have announced the launch of Colombia's first blue bond, beginning with $50 million

6/19/23: The Government of Canada has committed C$350 million to the Initiative for Sustainable Aviation Technology (INSAT)

6/19/23: President Biden unveiled nearly $2.9 billion in investments to protect coastal communities and strengthen electrical grid infrastructure against the impacts of climate change

6/16/23: ESG returns have rebounded this year, reversing 2022 performance declines

6/14/23: The World Bank has approved a $549 million project to increase the use of renewable energy in public facilities in Turkey

6/13/23: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced 12 projects as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, which aims to expand the solar energy workforce and create career pathways in underserved communities

6/12/23: Global energy provider Iberdrola has secured a €1 billion financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund renewable energy projects across Europe

6/9/23: Funds opposing ESG investment considerations, known as "anti-ESG" funds, have experienced a decline in new investor deposits

6/7/23: The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed two financing agreements worth $858 million to support climate-resilient agricultural growth, food security, and road safety

6/7/23: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has granted a $400 million loan to Chile to support the development of the green hydrogen industry

6/6/23: Carbon Growth Partners (CGP), an Australia-based carbon markets investor, plans to raise $200 million for its Carbon Growth Fund to invest in global carbon credits and offset projects

6/5/23: Japan plans to invest 15 trillion yen ($107.5 billion) over the next 15 years to boost its hydrogen supply and transition to a low-carbon economy

6/5/23: Germany is launching a program worth approximately 50 billion euros over the next 15 years to assist industrial firms in transitioning to carbon-neutral production methods by providing financial support for their energy costs

5/31/23: Grupo Bimbo, a baking company based in Mexico City, has completed an $850 million sustainability-linked bonds offering, making it the largest corporate sustainability-linked bond issuance in the Mexican market and the largest transaction this year

5/31/23: HSBC has partnered with Arabesque AI to launch the HSBC ESG Risk Improvers Index

5/25/23: Clean energy investment is outpacing fossil fuel investment, with the gap expected to reach 70% in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)

5/23/23: JPMorgan Chase has announced one of the largest carbon removal projects to date, valued at over $200 million

5/17/23: Morgan Stanley raised $500 million for its new climate private equity strategy, 1GT

5/16/23: Asset managers Mirova and Robeco and 11 other financial players launched a call for expressions of interest (CEI) to develop a global database of avoided emissions factors and associated company-level avoided emissions

5/15/23: Norway’s $1.4 trillion oil fund will increase its shareholder proposals on ESG topics to US companies after quietly testing them at annual meetings

5/9/23: Australia will invest USD 1.4 billion to scale the development of its renewable hydrogen industry under the “Hydrogen Headstart” program

5/4/23: A group of investors representing $10 trillion in AUM issues a statement urging grocery and consumer goods companies to reduce their use of plastic packaging

5/4/23: KKR invested $800 million in renewable energy deals, including $550 million of solar energy loans from SunPower and $250 million in India-based industrial decarbonization platform Serentica

5/1/23: Mitsubishi Corp. announced the launch of the Marunouchi Climate Tech Growth Fund, which will invest in and commercialize developing climate tech-related startups

4/27/23: Report shows green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds bounced back this quarter

4/26/23: Apollo Global Management launches a $4 billion fund to invest in companies transitioning to clean energy

4/13/23: Lloyd’s launching £250 million private impact fund targeting sustainability focused assets

4/11/23: Apple creating $200 million fund devoted to advancing carbon-removal projects

4/10/23: DWS launches largest US ETF with its new Climate Action Fund

4/5/23: Citi launches Sustainable Time Deposit

4/5/23: Two firms withdraw from the UN convened Net Zero Insurance Alliance

3/31/23: Canada announces proposals for $80 billion in clean technology and energy investments

3/15/23: Deloitte poll finds that private equity investors (PEI) could be early leaders in connection with mergers and acquisition ESG efforts

3/9/23: Several business groups criticizing stringent anti-ESG legislation as anti-free market

3/2/23: Deutsche Bank estimates that its ESG revenues would grow to approximately €1.4 billion per year

2/22/23: M&A activity shifting away from oil and gas and toward clean energy

2/21/23: Allianz Global Investors to vote against the directors of European large cap companies that do not consider ESG performance in executive pay

2/3/23: European Central Bank (ECB) to focus greater proportion of its corporate bond purchases towards issuers with stronger climate performance

1/31/23: Plan Administrators Inc. and Morningstar Inc. launch Pooled Employer Plan (PEP) that limits exposure to ESG risks

1/18/23: BlackRock’s CEO says that the firm’s inflows are 100x anti-ESG out-flows

1/10/23: TPG launches TPG NEXT to invest in underrepresented alternative asset managers

1/10/23: Goldman Sachs raises $1.6 billion for its first climate/environment private equity fund

1/5/23: Hong Kong raises $5.8 billion in green bonds

12/23/22: World Bank and Banco do Brasil launch a $500 million project to increase sustainable investing in Brazil

12/20/22: BlackRock will continue to ask companies to disclose their climate-related strategies and emissions reduction targets

12/20/22: General Atlantic raises $3.5 billion for climate solutions fund

12/14/22: HSBC will stop financing new oil and gas projects

12/12/22: S&P Dow Jones announces annual rebalancing of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

12/9/22: Vanguard withdrawals from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM)

12/8/22: Deloitte report: 99% of public companies expect to invest in ESG reporting and technology next year

12/1/22: Florida pulls $2 billion from BlackRock in anti-ESG divestment

12/1/22: Morningstar Sustainalytics announces 30% expansion of their ESG risk ratings

11/22/22: US Department of Labor allows retirement plan fiduciaries to consider ESG factors

11/3/22: Certain green bonds are being rejected by managers due to sustainability concerns

11/3/22: EU commits to investing €3 billion in cleantech projects

11/2/22: Investors support of ESG varies based on age, wealth, and particular ESG issue

10/28/22: Hong Kong Exchange launches carbon market

10/20/22: Investors try to depoliticize ESG

10/18/22: Missouri pulls $500M out of BlackRock managed pension funds, citing ESG

10/6/22: Morningstar survey reveals asset owners’ ESG progress

10/4/22: Princeton divests and disassociates from fossil fuel companies

9/28/22: Opinion—Wall Street’s system of ESG investing is really used to maximize shareholder returns

9/22/22: HSBC Asset Management commits to phase out thermal coal

9/7/22: BlackRock defends climate risk policies, responding to anti-ESG movement

6/13/22: S&P study finds that only 10% of green funds are aligned with global climate goals

5/22/22: Numerous banks have established teams of bankers dedicated to financing clean energy transition

5/18/22: Why Tesla was dropped from the S&P 500

4/21/22: Carl Icahn calls out McDonald’s management and investors for capitalizing on ESG investing without supporting “tangible social progress”

3/28/22: The war in Ukraine’s impact on ESG investing.

3/25/22: War in Ukraine raises questions as to whether defense industry stocks should be part of an ESG portfolio

12/6/21: The world’s largest stock owner on the importance of ESG

11/17/21: SEC has passed the universal proxy rule

8/26/21: Ways for venture capital to invest in ESG

8/21/21: S&P Dow Jones on why ESG is one of the firm’s biggest growth opportunities

6/22/21: How one capital allocator aligned its racial equity values with its investment strategy.

6/17/21: Roadblocks to ESG retirement funds

6/11/21: Challenges in ranking ESG stock performance

2/1/21: The push for sustainable private equity

3/18/19: A history of green bonds