The Oklahoma legislature has advanced two bills to amend its anti-ESG law, which introduces regulations for state pension systems considering ESG factors in investment decisions.
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A group of 26 US Republican attorneys general filed an appeal in their legal challenge to a rule over pension funds’ ability to consider ESG factors when selecting investments.
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CFA Institute: How to take the next steps in ESG integration Investment organisations need to improve their handling and analysis of ESG data and ensure it is truly embedded across their processes, the institute says The UK is a leader in environmental, social and governance investing – but the investment sector needs to do much more to improve its […]
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Global standard-setters unite on sustainability reporting Five leading global reporting standard-setters have agreed to work together to develop a comprehensive sustainability reporting regime for companies. The breakthrough was announced on 11 September in a joint statement from the CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the International Integrated Reporting Council […]
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Pension fund investors in the United States may need to prove allocations made under their environmental, social and governance policies are primarily aiming for a financial return should proposed new rules be enacted. At the end of June, the Department of Labor (DoL) announced it was recommending the enactment of a rule that would provide […]
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Whilst, in broad terms, ESG factor disclosures by companies in Emerging Markets is not yet at the level of Developed Markets, it continues to improve, and indeed what we now think of as ESG factor considerations have been present in the running of such companies for many years, according to Geoffrey Mazullo of Emerging Markets […]
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