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  • BlackRock to score its impact using SDG 'data factory'

    26 April 2022

    The world's biggest asset manager, BlackRock, has subscribed to a dataset for investors that analyses corporate alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • BlackRock launches trio of ESG-focused funds

    05 March 2020

    BlackRock has launched three environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) through its $2.2 trillion iShares platform, shortly after announcing plans to double its ESG funds by 2021.

  • BlackRock to expand on ESG in exchange traded funds

    17 February 2020

    BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, said iShares, its provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), will expand its range of funds with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus and tighten screening of its existing ESG ETFs.

  • Double down on data to defeat greenwashing, MSCI says

    08 March 2019

    An increase in ‘greenwashing’ can be curbed if asset managers increase the availability of sustainability data of investment portfolios, MSCI has claimed.

  • BlackRock launches 'low-cost' green bond ETF

    19 November 2018

    BlackRock has launched its second green bond fund, saying it will be the 'lowest-cost' green bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US.