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SEC Announces Adoption of Final Rules on Climate Disclosure
Breaking news on sustainability disclosure and reporting for corporate boards and management teams! 

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Individual Investors in the U.S. Outpace Their Global Peers in Sustainable Investing
Individual investors in the U.S., often referred to as “retail” investors, are important factors in the capital markets.

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Encouraging News From the Front Lines of the ESG Debate
According to a recent Bloomberg report, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with over US $9 trillion in AUM, has been “expanding its dominance” in ESG investing, with net ESG investment inflows in every quarter of the last two years.

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The Environmental Pluses and Minuses of Global Aviation
We all fly here and there at some time, don’t we? Airline travel is a wondrous advancement in human progress that we often take for granted.

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The Buzz About U.S. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Trends
A comment often heard several decades ago in sustainability and ESG investing circles was that U.S.-headquartered companies were distinct laggards in disclosing information and especially performance data on their environmental, social, and governance responsibilities.

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TCFD Publishes Final Status Report and Next Steps
The sixth and final status report prepared by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was released in October.

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Banks and Institutional Asset Owners Aim for Net Zero Emissions
The UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), formed in 2019, is a member-led initiative of institutional investors committed to transitioning their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by year 2050 – a tall order.

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Asking Stakeholders for Their Opinions – Will This Help To Shape ISS ESG Ratings?
Corporate executives and board members may wonder what specific factors are shaping the scores and ratings assigned to their companies by the major ESG ratings agencies.

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California Moves First on Mandating Corporate GHG Emissions Disclosure
Critics have often called it “the Californication of America” when CA lawmakers move to address an important issue head-on. The good news is that across the land progressive thinkers celebrate many such developments in the “Golden State”.

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Asset Managers Increase Spending for ESG Data While Opponents Push Back on ESG Practices
Such is the state of the anti-ESG movement as we enter Fall 2023: The State of Florida’s legislature recently passed, and Governor DeSantis signed, an “anti-ESG” law that they hope will ensure Florida’s position as the “standard bearer” for the anti-ESG crowd.

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