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  • Health

    VANDERBILT, Mich.—The Pigeon River Country State Forest generates cash from timber sales, oil-and-gas leases, hunting licenses and camping fees. Now…

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  • Finance

    UK-based asset manager Jupiter said it is increasing its business in the US to meet rising institutional interest in its strategies.…

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    Edward Bonham Carter is in a hurry when we connect via a video call. The 61-year-old, who is wearing a…

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  • Tech

    Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said his climate investment fund will commit $1.5 billion for joint projects with the U.S.…

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  • Finance

    Dan Loeb’s Third Point is a prototypical activist investor, agitating for changes at huge companies such as Intel, Sony Group…

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  • Finance

    UK investors turned their backs on passive funds in July, favouring actively managed sustainable investment products which chalked up one…

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    Decarbonisation is at the top of the agenda for many governments and corporates, and the pandemic has accelerated global efforts.…

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  • Health

    From farm to bottler to supermarket cooler, a liter of Coca-Cola creates 346 grams of carbon dioxide emissions, the company’s…

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  • Finance

    The European Union’s new regulation aimed at preventing “greenwashing” requires fund managers to categorise funds based on their environmental, social…

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  • Finance

    Big four auditor KPMG and a former partner in the firm have been fined and severely reprimanded by the accounting…

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  • Health

    WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to announce stricter fuel-efficiency standards for new cars and light trucks as early as this…

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  • Finance

    Fidelity International pledged to bolster the number of women in senior roles across its business over the next three years…

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  • Health

    Solar panel installations are surging in the U.S. and Europe as Western countries seek to cut their reliance on fossil…

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  • Finance

    Asset managers are scrambling to launch funds to tap into growing investor demand for sustainable investments. At the same time,…

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  • Finance

    JPMorgan has hired a senior dealmaker to lead its activism defence team in Europe, poaching from UBS for the role.…

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  • Health

    The European Union and China presented sweeping plans to limit greenhouse-gas emissions that will increase costs for industry and consumers,…

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  • Tech

    AT&T Inc. said its core telecommunications profits are growing even as its Hollywood footprint is about to shrink, underscoring its…

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  • Finance

    BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has acquired climate change modelling technology from an independent consultancy to integrate into its…

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  • Finance

    What is Aviva going to do about its underperforming Aviva Investors asset management arm, demanded Philip Meadowcroft at the insurance…

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  • Finance

    The impact of sustainability concerns on investment performance has continued to fall for the fourth consecutive year, according to a…

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  • Finance

    The UK financial watchdog has written asset managers criticising them over the “poor quality” of applications they are submitting to launch sustainable…

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  • Finance

    Naïm Abou-Jaoudé’s appointment as president of Europe’s main asset management trade body in May could not have come at a…

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  • Finance

    BlackRock has created a new head of sustainability role for its Europe, Middle East and Africa business, leaving Christian Hyldahl…

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  • Finance

    Asset managers are expected to face “extreme challenges” and a substantial increase in compliance costs when adapting to strict new…

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  • Finance

    Companies will have to resume reporting their gender pay gap reporting from October 2021, the Equality and Human Rights Commission…

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  • Finance

    Credit Suisse chief executive, Thomas Gottstein, says the boom in so-called blank-cheque companies that have raised over $100bn in the…

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