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The Year 2020 Off To Great Start For News About Sustainable Investing Here we are now in a new year, and new decade (the third decade of the 21st Century) and much of the buzz is all about (1) climate change and the dramatic impacts on business, finance, government and we humans around the globe; and (2) many more investors are moving their money to more sustainable investments. Oh, of course, there are other important conversations going on, such as about corporate purpose, corporate stewardship, human rights, the circular economy, worker rights, supply chain responsibility, reducing GHG emission, conserving natural resources, moving to a greener and lower carbon economy, workplace diversity, what happens to workers when automation replaces them…and more. But much of this is really part of sustainable investing, no? And corporate purpose, we’d say, is at the center of much of this discussion! The bold names of institutional investors/asset management are in the game and influencing peers in the capital markets – think about the influence of Goldman Sachs, BlackRock (world’s largest asset manager), State Street/SSgA, The Vanguard Group, and Citigroup on other institutions, to name a handful of major asset managers adopting sustainable investing strategies and approaches. This week’s Top Story is about Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s pivot to “green is good”, moved by Reuters news service and authored by Chris Taylor. The GS website welcome is Our Commitment to Sustainable Finance. The company announced a US$750 billion, 10-year initiative focused on clean energy, affordable education and accessible healthcare, and reduction of or exclusion of financing for Arctic oil-gas drilling. Our other Top Story is from Morningstar; this is an update on the investors’ flow into sustainable funds in 2019…what could be the leading edge of a huge wave coming as new records are set. For 2019, net flows into open-end and ETF sustainable funds were $20.6 billion for the year just ended – that’s four times the 2018 volume (which was also a record year). There’s always information of value for you on the Morningstar website; registration is required for free access to content. And the commentary on the January 2020 letter from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to the CEOs of companies the firm invests in – we’ve included a few perspectives. We’d say that 2020 is off to an exciting start for sustainability professionals, in the capital markets, and in the corporate sector! Top Stories for This Week Green is good. Is Wall Street's new motto sustainable?
ESG / Sustainable & Responsible Investment Sustainable Fund Flows in 2019 Smash Previous Records More money flowed into sustainable investment funds last year than ever before More Perspectives on BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s BlackRock CEO letter on sustainable investing is a game changer for the global investor and corporate community If Larry Fink Can Drive BlackRock Toward Sustainability There Is No Excuse For The Rest Of Us BlackRock CEO says the climate crisis is about to trigger ‘a fundamental reshaping of finance’ JUMP TO MORE ESG / Sustainable & Responsible Investment Corporate Sustainability / ESG In climate push, Microsoft to erase its carbon footprint from atmosphere Nike's "Move to Zero" Sustainability Mission JUMP TO MORE Corporate Sustainability / ESG In the Agora: Consumers & Sustainability Online Retailers Are Making 'Sustainable' Fashion More Searchable Who Are the Millennials Driving Sustainable Growth? Report: 62% of Gen Z Shoppers Demand Sustainable Retail JUMP TO MORE Consumers & Sustainability
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