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Bitcoin blockchain operations in China threaten climate goals
Study urges ‘appropriate interventions and feasible policies’. Researchers say individual site regulation policies may help.
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Sustainable finance hurt by greenwashing, says Browne
The former chief executive of BP Plc. said that the area of sustainable investing has been damaged by the “vast amount of greenwashing that has gone on”, and by companies “relabeling” their investments.
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Expert insights into data and ESG in the Middle East
Bloomberg Intelligence forecasts that the total market value of ESG investments will reach $53 trillion within the next five years, and that ESG will represent a third of the assets under management.
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Measuring and evaluating ESG performance in Malaysia
Covid-19 has undoubtedly accelerated the adoption of ESG in Asia; but will the changes of the last year accelerate the adoption of higher sustainability standards in Malaysia and the rest of ASEAN?
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BI tracker navigates clean-energy bubble as theme ETFs rebalance
S&P Global Clean Energy index upheaval may herald shifts for ICLN and INRG, two big iShares ETFs, but also drive renewed interest in the sector as the eligible stock pool expands and policies extend support.
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Systematic gender equality portfolios: Introduction and data exploration
How can investors, constrained by a broad-based benchmark, create a portfolio that is expressive of gender-equality goals, and what do the resulting portfolios look like?
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Dirty clients risk being dumped in HSBC’s green push
Bank said it could drop customers to meet climate goals and pledged $1 trillion towards net-zero funding.
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U.S. big oil lags behind greener Europe rivals
A new Bloomberg ranking shows European firms invest a lot more in renewable energy and carbon-capture technology than American Big Oil.
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‘Green tidal wave’ lifts clean energy stocks with Biden plan
Some of the newest S&P 500 members climbed after dropping from their peak levels.
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Disparities persist as utilities industry moves away from coal
The shift from coal generation has established leaders and laggards on key metrics in the utilities industry.