Stock image. To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly embedded in business, began to experience a backlash, facing criticism as a “woke capitalist” distraction. Yet, a […] Click here to view original […]
Investing that considers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors suffered a series of setbacks in 2022 — including fresh debate on what ESG is and a growing backlash against the practice. Major banks and asset managers like BlackRock ( BLK ) — which had become vocal proponents of ESG-fueled […] Click here to view original
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social and governance investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies based on their positions […] Click here to view original
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Introduction Permitting reform SEC climate risk disclosure rule Methane rule ESG programmes Circular economy RFS reform Introduction With republicans controlling the agenda in the House of Representatives, the Biden-Harris administration will seek to achieve its climate objectives through executive orders and agency rulemaking, rather than through legislation. The administration […] Click here to view original
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Watch out for equity gambles in the guise of ESG investment (Photo: iStock) Merryn Somerset Webb , Bloomberg There is sparse evidence to support stocks picked by CEO gender Last year, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority issued a warning about investment apps: The “game-like elements" some of them have— […] Click here to view original
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Don’t you feel burned when companies, non-profits, and even governments make deceptive or outright false environmental claims about their ecosystem and climate protection strategies? Awareness is growing about greenwashing , and climate advocates are calling for regulators to step up and provide a uniform interpretation of what’s an environmentally […] Click here to view original
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