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    ESG & Sustainability Highlights

    UK Travel Giant Thomas Cook Faces Collapse       
    (Monday - September 23, 2019) Associated Profiles : Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
    Source: International Business Times
    As Vaping Illnesses Rise, Doctors Warn Of Possible 'Irreversible Damage' To Lungs       
    (Friday - September 20, 2019)
    Source: NPR
    No One in Their Right Mind Wants a Hard Brexit, EIB's Stubb Says       
    (Friday - September 20, 2019)
    Source: Bloomberg Markets

    USA Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Reporting

    American Water Announces Publication of Sustainability Report       
    (Friday - September 20, 2019)
    Source: Yahoo Finance
    Calavo Growers Publishes First-Ever Sustainability Report       
    (Wednesday - September 18, 2019)
    Source: And Now You Know
    Cooper Tire releases seventh annual Global Sustainability Report       
    (Tuesday - September 03, 2019)
    Source: Traction News

    Sovereign Wealth Fund Highlights

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    Insights...
    60% of the Russell 1000 Published Sustainability Reports in 2018 — Trends Among Large-Cap, Publicly-Traded U.S. Companies Included in the Russell 1000® Index — G&A Institute Shares Research Results
    16. September 2019 Business Case
    Topline60% of the Russell 1000 Published Sustainability reports in 2018, however of the smallest 500 by market cap only 34% are reporting, compare to 86% of the largest 500. Click here for more details. How many times today do you think … Continue reading →
    GRESB at the Decade Mark – the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark Serving Investors, Real Estate Asset Owners and Managers, Developers…
    03. September 2019 Impact Investing
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist, G&A Institute A decade ago, two large institutional investors — PGGM Investments and APG Asset Management –and Maastricht University (The Netherlands) launched “GRESB” to try to develop more efficient access to comparable … Continue reading →
    Dramatic Change of Direction For The Business Roundtable With Issuance Of “Purpose Statement” Signed By The CEOs Of America’s Largest Companies
    29. August 2019 Business & Society
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist, G&A Institute The Business Roundtable (BRT) is an organization of CEOs of the largest companies in the U.S.A. — firms that generate a combined US$7 trillion in revenues, employ 15 million people, … Continue reading →

    Asset MGR Highlights

    No One in Their Right Mind Wants a Hard Brexit, EIB's Stubb Says       
    (Friday - September 20, 2019)
    Source: Bloomberg Markets
    Are Vegan ETFs the Future of Sustainable Investing?       
    (Friday - September 20, 2019)
    Source: Worth
    Record 515 Institutional Investors Managing $35 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Climate Change       
    (Thursday - September 19, 2019)
    Source: 3blmedia

    United States Public Pension Fund Highlights

    Activists in the Boardroom       
    (Thursday - June 13, 2019) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
    Source: City Journal
    New York Comptroller Plans to Expand Pension Plan’s ESG Funding       
    (Thursday - June 13, 2019) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
    Source: Fox Business Network
    Louisiana State Employees Retirement System taps Mellon       
    (Thursday - June 13, 2019) Associated Profiles : Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS)
    Source: MarketWatch
     

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