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Investors demand more corporations conduct ‘racial audits’

Corporate Knights

It agreed to begin a racial audit in 2022. Companies such as Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Amazon won heated proxy fights at their annual meetings. But activists gained one huge win last spring when BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, with US$8 trillion under management, caved. But the activists kept pressing.

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Veteran to Helm Impax’s Nordic Strategy

Chris Hall

Kristensen, who joins from a similar role at Federated Hermes – following spells at Jyske Bank and Neuberger Berman – reports to Client Group Co-head Paul Voûte, who has made deepening institutional relationships a priority since taking up his role in 2022. One of our overarching objectives has been to grow our direct client base.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Social Focus

Chris Hall

But they invested less, and less often, than in 2022. The challenging macro environment – including geopolitical conflicts and volatile markets – led to SWFs’ investments falling by 20% to US$124.7 billion compared to 2022. Sovereign wealth funds’ (SWFs) assets under management (AUM) hit an all-time high of US$11.2

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Finance for Biodiversity Pledge Secures Nine More Signatories

Chris Hall

The nine new signatories to the pledge were APG, which manages the assets of the Netherlands’ largest pension scheme, Astanor Ventures, Australian Ethical Investment, Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office, LGT Private Banking, Nordis Capital, Oakham Wealth Management, OFI AM , and SLM Partners. .

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Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

Chris Hall

Following a brief pause in 2022, the BBFAW has now been relaunched with tougher assessment criteria for the 150 companies that it assesses globally. Investors supporting the benchmark include Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Asset Management, and Brunel Pension Partnership.

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Best for the World?—?All Around the Globe

B the Change

All Around the Globe How the B Global Network Is Celebrating and Sharing Learnings from the 2022 Best for the World B Corps Across Regions The lists may have been announced in July, but the opportunity to learn from the Best for the World Certified B Corporations runs all year. And check out the full Best for the World 2022 lists here!

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Tech Giants Under Pressure to Commit to Ethical AI

Chris Hall

WBA will now be extending its coverage of companies in the IT space and is aiming to publish the 2022 Digital Inclusion Benchmark in March 2023, Montenegro said. . “AI In August, WBA started the engagement process with the 130 companies that have yet to make such a commitment, encouraging them to do so. . Setting boundaries .