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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

W ith the nuclear calamities of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl fresh in the public mind, the 1980s saw a number of socially responsible investment funds pledge to keep nuclear energy out of their portfolios. Decades later, that consensus is now breaking down.

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ESG Acronyms and What They Mean

3BL Media

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) The UNSDGs are 17 goals aimed at calling to action businesses and individuals in power to end poverty, protect the planet and create peace and prosperity by 2030. Many investors seek socially conscious investments, making the DJSI a popular benchmark for private wealth managers.

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

Asset managers and owners invited to a roundtable discussion in Paris by ESG Investor and S&P Global Sustainable1 are only too aware of the complexities they face in investing along the climate-nature nexus. As Siga suggests, factoring climate change into investment decisions is more of a known quantity, if far from an exact science.

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US IRA Bridging ESG Gap with Red States

Chris Hall

Last year, Republicans states withdrew US$1 billion in assets f rom BlackRock o ver the asset manager’s E SG investment policies. A group of Republican states recently requested a federal judge in Texas to strike down a Biden administration rule allowing socially conscious investing by retirement plans.