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ESG Uncertainties Could Cause Clashes

ESG Uncertainties Could Cause Clashes

ESG Uncertainties Could Cause Clashes

Suddenly, a whole lot is riding on how well public companies perform on ESG metrics. Last week, we told you about the emergence of sustainability-linked loans, the latest generation of so-called green loans. Major multinationals such as Bla...

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BlackRock Bets on Its ESG Record

BlackRock Bets on Its ESG Record

BlackRock Bets on Its ESG Record

As the manager of $8.7 trillion in assets, BlackRock has a big voice in the business community. It famously exercises that voice in an annual letter to CEOs, which in recent years has called on corporations to embrace socially conscious bus...

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SEC Takes First Steps on New Climate Disclosure Rules

SEC Takes First Steps on New Climate Disclosure Rules

SEC Takes First Steps on New Climate Disclosure Rules

During the 2020 campaign for the White House, President Joe Biden declared climate change the “number one issue facing humanity,” and explicitly called for greater corporate transparency on the subject. His administration’s call for a revie...

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Footprint in mud with deep tread

Fink Leads Charge on Climate Disclosures

Footprint in mud with deep tread

Larry Fink may be the single most influential voice in the ESG movement—or at least the E movement. The annual letter that BlackRock’s chief executive writes to CEOs may have overtaken Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders as the most impo...

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Biden Administration to Bring More Climate Disclosures

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Out on the campaign trail, President-elect Joe Biden declared climate change to be “the number one issue facing humanity.” The Democratic nominee proposed an ambitious environmental agenda to match his rhetoric, including a pledge to reach...

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