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    ESG & Sustainability Highlights

    Good corporate governance requires diversity       
    (Tuesday - November 13, 2018)
    Source: London School Economics
    VW claims it can produce 50 million electric cars, vows to have ‘much lower’ prices than Tesla       
    (Tuesday - November 13, 2018)
    Source: Electrek
    Mainstreaming Sustainability: What Banks And Business Schools Should Do Next       
    (Tuesday - November 13, 2018)
    Source: Forbes

    USA Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Reporting

    Xerox 2018 Global Corporate Social Responsibility Report Showcases Commitment to Sustainability, Social Investment, Governance       
    (Tuesday - October 23, 2018)
    Source: Business Wire
    Where Life-Changing Technology Meets Sustainability       
    (Thursday - September 06, 2018)
    Source: PR Newswire
    HBC Releases 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility Report       
    (Friday - August 31, 2018)
    Source: Daily Times

    Sovereign Wealth Fund Highlights

    Sustainability Update Recent Post

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    The Survey Results Are Here: $12 Trillion in Professionally Managed Assets Are Guided by Sustainable Investing / ESG Approaches in the USA – That’s $1-in-$4 of All Capital Market Assets Under Professional Management At End of 2017
    12. November 2018 Business Case
    The results of the 2018 survey of asset owners, asset managers and community investment professions conducted by The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (“US SIF”) were announced last week. Dramatic results were highly anticipated  — and the US SIF … Continue reading →
    Is the Movement to Achieve Greater Societal Sustainability Reaching the Consumer? One Consumer Marketers’ Story…
    05. November 2018 Business & Society
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist – G&A Institute The story is being well told -– a growing number institutional shareowners and their global networks of asset managers steadily embrace ESG / sustainable investing approaches.  Corporations of all … Continue reading →
    Breaking News: $12 Trillion in Professionally Managed Sustainable Investment Assets — $1-in-$4 of Total U.S. Assets
    31. October 2018 Business & Society
    by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist – G&A Institute Call it “sustainable and responsible investing” or “SRI” or “ESG investing” or “impact investing” – whatever your preferred nomenclature, “sustainable investing” in the U.S.A. is making great strides as … Continue reading →

    United States Public Pension Fund Highlights

    Calpers’ Private Equity Ramp-Up Dilemma       
    (Tuesday - November 13, 2018) Associated Profiles : California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
    Source: Private Equity News
    BRIEF-CalSTRS To Divest From Private Prisons       
    (Friday - November 09, 2018) Associated Profiles : California State Teachers’ Retirement System
    Source: MSN
    State to monitorunderfunded Midlandpension       
    (Friday - November 09, 2018) Associated Profiles : Michigan Employees Retirement System (MERS)
    Source: Midland Daily News
     

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