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Do new "green" funds support the carbon transition?
Responsible Investing/Summer 2021

ESG BS Detector: Do new “green” funds support the carbon transition?

by Adria Vasil

We look under the hood of BlackRock's new Carbon Transition ETF to see if it delivers on its low-carbon promise

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Leadership/Summer 2021

Voter-suppression backlash proves business must take a stand

by Rick Spence

Civil rights groups such as Black Voters Matter and the New Georgia Project push for corporations to speak out

Responsible Investing/Spring 2021

Heroes & zeros: Who's advancing diversity and who's selling out the climate?

by Bernard Simon

Nasdaq pushes for diverse boards while two asset managers continue to vote down most climate-related shareholder resolutions

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Responsible Investing/Spring 2021

Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street knee-deep in dirty investments

by CK Staff

The world’s three biggest asset managers together hold US$774 billion in equity in the worst climate offenders

Do new "green" funds support the carbon transition?
Responsible Investing/Spring 2021

ESG BS detector: iShares Low Carbon ETF

by Adria Vasil

Regulating the “greenwash” out of sustainable investing is critical to curbing growing climate crisis, insiders say

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Responsible Investing/Spring 2021

Editor's Note: We can’t let greenwash make us lose sight of the prize

by Toby Heaps

Former BlackRock chief Tariq Fancy calls sustainable investing a farce but millions of people investing in a better world can’t be ignored

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Climate Crisis/Winter 2021

Editor's Note: Time to go all in on the zero carbon economy

by Toby Heaps

What gets funded gets done. How we invest our trillions starting right now will determine our future.

Responsible Investing

New BlackRock ETFs let Canadians divest from fossil fuels – sort of

by Tim Nash

iShare’s new ETFs are game-changers for DIY sustainable investors, though not entirely fossil-free

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Energy/Summer 2020

Oil nosedives while renewables rise

by Rick Spence

Exxon Q2 profits down $1.1 billion as BP announces it's upping low-carbon investments ten-fold by 2030

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