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...(Simon Mundy) Smart reads The Taskforce on Social Factors, set up by the UK government to look at social risks and impacts that pension fund trustees should consider, published its final report yesterday...
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read If we don’t fix our unfair tax systems, “we may find society increasingly uncivilised”, warns Rana Foroohar....
...(Simon Mundy) Smart read Eighteen California children are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency, The Los Angeles Times reports....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read Here’s a very useful analysis of how Brazil is using COP28 to challenge the EU over its “discriminatory” green measures....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read Delegates in Dubai need to pay more attention to fossil fuel subsidies, “the polluting elephant in the COP28 room”, argues Gillian Tett....
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...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read Alan Beattie argues the “blame game” around carbon emissions is undermining the fight against climate change....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read Some carbon credit deals in Africa are sparking fears of land grabs, writes Kenza Bryan in this FT Big Read....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart read I recommend Kenza Bryan’s article with our colleague Joe Daniels, reporting from Georgetown, Guyana, about the country’s carbon credits....
.... — Simon Mundy COP28 in brief 118 countries signed a pledge to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030....
...(Simon Mundy) Can natural enzymes help companies improve their sustainability?...
...(Simon Mundy) Smart read There’s new evidence that more gender-balanced workforces outperform their least-balanced peers....
.... — Patrick Temple-West California passes game-changing emissions rule, but will it stick?...
.... — Patrick Temple-West ESG investors grapple with the rise of AI It was a lovefest....
...Have a good weekend. — Simon Mundy Can EV sales sustain ‘clear exponential growth’? Tucked in Brooklyn’s edgy East Williamsburg neighbourhood there is now a Rivian service centre....
...(Patrick Temple-West) Smart Read Kenya’s president William Ruto has laid out a tough task....
...Also today, Patrick looks at what’s behind a recent dip in renewable energy stocks....
.... — Simon Mundy Join Ravi Menon, Roy Swan, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and FT writers covering responsible business and investment at the Moral Money Summit Asia on September 6-7, in Singapore or online....
...Also today, Patrick highlights a split between two of the world’s largest asset managers over their ESG shareholder proposal voting records....
.... — Patrick Temple-West Sustainable development SDG for education provides impact investors with a unique opportunity In November, my colleague Simon Mundy wrote about bankers taking on the UN’s 2015...
...Congressman Patrick McHenry, the committee’s chair, took $362,008 from oil and gas companies, the report said....
...(Simon Mundy) Smart read Here’s a pithy take from The Economist on why voluntary financial sector initiatives are struggling to kill “King Coal”....
...(Simon Mundy) Shareholders seek antidote to antibiotic resistance Not even Madonna is immune to the threat of bacteria....
.... — Simon Mundy Make tech fixable again Have you noticed that your electronic devices have become harder to fix?...
.... — Patrick Temple-West Few parts of the financial sector have been more controversial than the private equity industry....
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