February 8, 2023
In the latest anti-ESG action taken in the US, Republicans in the Senate and House have filed joint bills to nullify the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new ESG rule for retirement plans. …
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10 January 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is aiming to release 52 regulations targeting ESG investing.
Over the next ten months, the SEC is expected to release 27 regulations currently in …
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January 5, 2023
Republican states continue to shun ESG investments as 11 major financial companies face potential divestment from Kentucky.
Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball has threatened to divest in companies …
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July 15, 2022
The SEC’s amendments to the Trump administration’s 2020 rules only partially address investor concerns over attacks on independence of proxy voting advice
The US Securities and Exchange Commission …
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The proposal is expected to reconfigure restrictions on climate-based investing incurred by pension fund investors
August 20, 2021
The US Department of Labor (DoL) has proposed changes to a controversial rule brought in last year …
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Since the GFC, regulators have been working to make markets and economies safer. Part of that process has …
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Corporate governance researcher Equilar has found a median chief executive officer (CEO) pay ratio of 140:1 following an anonymous survey of 356 US public companies. Equilar asked the companies how they plan to report on this in their 2018 proxy …
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, has announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against the five largest investor-owned fossil fuel companies as measured by their contributions to global warming.
New York will be seeking damages from BP, …
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Activist institutional investors, the public pension fund CalSTRS and Jana Partners, have begun a campaign calling on the technology giant, Apple, to consider the evidence that children that are excessively using electronic devices, such as its I-phone, may be …
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