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Vanguard’s efforts to navigate politics of ESG could be blueprint for others

Last month's decision to exit the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative puts Vanguard in a spotlight it was likely trying to avoid.

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Fintech can accelerate ESG integration

Making sustainable investing a part of firms' investment advice and portfolio management processes requires the appropriate tools.

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  • News
  • December 14, 2021

Pimco, Fidelity shun net-zero alliance embraced by BlackRock

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero is finding its can't attract some of the top names in asset management, including Pimco, Fidelity Investments and Capital Group.

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  • November 14, 2021

COP26 seals climate deal after major compromises

Negotiators from almost 200 countries clinched a deal that seeks to keep the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement alive, but punted the hardest decisions into the future.​​

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Investing in climate solutions

Companies that provide climate solutions are essentially businesses that drive or underpin substantial reductions in or the removal of greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • News
  • November 10, 2021

Net-zero asset managers fall short of targets set by scientists

Firms that have recently disclosed interim portfolio decarbonization targets are on track to cut their CO2 footprint by just 20% this decade, according to nonprofit Universal Owner.

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  • News
  • November 8, 2021

Protecting nature is best shot at reaching net zero

Nature Day on Saturday saw farming, agricultural and ‘nature positive’ pledges from governments and companies.

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  • News
  • November 5, 2021

Yellen to urge finance CEOs to put more funds into climate fight

Private capital would prove more critical to reaching the Paris Agreement aim of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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  • News
  • March 31, 2021

Vanguard, BlackRock join investors pledging to hit net zero

The two asset management giants were among 43 firms with more than $22.8 trillion of assets that signed onto the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.