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    ESG & Sustainability Highlights

    U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019)
    Source: Reuters
    Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 42,000 Pounds of Protein To Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : CSRwire
    Source: CSR Wire
    US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019)
    Source: The Guardian

    USA Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Reporting

    Impossible Foods Boosts Sustainability Across All Key Metrics       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : Business Wire – CSR Circuit
    Source: Business Wire
    People Need to Be Scared About Climate Change. They Also Need to Recognize That It’s Not Too Late.       
    (Thursday - March 07, 2019) Associated Profiles : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)
    Source: Mother Jones
    Del Monte Foods Releases 2018 Sustainability Report       
    (Wednesday - January 23, 2019)
    Source: BusinessWire

    Sovereign Wealth Fund Highlights

    Never expect this to happen in the Philippines: Securing the future with a sovereign wealth fund       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
    Source: Gulf News
    New Zealand Investment Funds Demand Facebook, Google, and Twitter to Patrol and Censor Violent Content       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : New Zealand Superannuation Fund
    Source: Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
    Omani sovereign wealth fund explores investment opportunities in Egypt       
    (Wednesday - March 20, 2019) Associated Profiles : State General Reserve Fund (Oman)
    Source: Daily News Egypt

    Sustainability Update Recent Post

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    Focus on Green Finance – The European Union Action Plan – Mandates Being Put In Place for Fiduciaries
    19. March 2019 SRI
    The European Union adopted a Sustainable Finance Action Plan in May 2018; the package of measures included a proposal for a regulation to establish a framework to facilitate sustainable investment.  The aim is to create a unified classification system or … Continue reading →
    Five/in/Five – IBM Predicts Five Innovations To Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years at 2019 Think Conference
    14. March 2019 Business & Society
    At the recent IBM Think 2019 Conference, fascinating artificial intelligence (“AI”) innovations were showcased; these are approaches in development to help meet the needs of global stressed food and water ecosystems. Forbes’ contributor Lee Bell outlined the work of scientists and … Continue reading →
    Morgan Stanley Research Important Takeaway: Sustainable Investing Approaches Now Clearly Mainstream For Institutional and Retail Asset Owners
    04. March 2019 Investment Case
    A 2018 survey by Morgan Stanley took the pulse of U.S. asset managers (with in-depth telephone interviews) to determine the level of adoption of sustainable investing approaches by asset managers in the United States. Results:  in the report “Sustainable Signals: … Continue reading →

    Asset MGR Highlights

    Global stocks wilt as Fed shift sparks stampede into bonds       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019) Associated Profiles : Stoxx Limited
    Source: Reuters
    Federal Reserve signals no interest rate hikes in 2019       
    (Thursday - March 21, 2019)
    Source: Fox Business
    Here's why Levi Strauss, the world's biggest denim brand, is going public       
    (Wednesday - March 20, 2019)
    Source: CNBC

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