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SEC charges BNY Mellon for 'misstatements and omissions' on ESG
23 May 2022The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. for "misstatements and omissions about environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations".
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10 US asset managers emit 3bn oil barrels a year
16 December 2021The annual financed emissions of 10 of the largest US asset managers are equivalent of three billion oil barrels, a report has said,...
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People Moves 8 October: Blackstone, Lombard Odier and more
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BNY Mellon IM appoints Head of Responsible Strategy
08 October 2021 -
MacArthur Foundation: Social bond unlocked immediate Covid-19 action
09 April 2021"The urgent crisis [of the Covid-19 pandemic] coupled with extraordinarily low-interest rates in the bond market made social bonds a good tool for us," according to Debra Schwartz
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BlackRock, Vanguard among 43 new Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative members
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Most financial institutions don't push for ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy
23 September 2020Many financial institutions are failing to support an ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy, according to a report on lobbying by NGO InfluenceMap, with just a handful supporting and actively engaging with the European Commission's policy.
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Public investment institutions commit to ESG, despite lack of reliable data
03 August 2020More than 90% of global public investors (GPIs), such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds, have specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies in place, or are in the process of developing them despite limited access to ESG data.
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Ford Foundation to issue $1bn in social bonds in response to Covid-19
11 June 2020The Ford Foundation is set to issue bonds worth $1 billion with a 'social' label, in a departure from the organisation's usual avenues of fundraising, according to a report by The New York Times.
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BNY Mellon launches sterling version of sustainable bond fund
04 February 2020BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched a sustainable, sterling version of its £2 billion ($2.6 billion) Global Dynamic Bond strategy.