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Conservation | June 23, 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management acquires Campbell Global to secure forest-carbon credits
ImpactAlpha, June 23 — J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired Portland, Oregon-based Campbell Global. The acquisition gives the bank exposure to the growing …
Climate Finance | June 23, 2021
Engine No. 1’s VOTE ETF aims to wield shareholder power for E, S and G
ImpactAlpha, June 23 – Divest or engage? In the running debate over public-equities impact strategies, engagement is gaining ground. In the proxy season …
Capitalism Reimagined | June 22, 2021
Turning the renewed power of workers into a lasting pillar of stakeholder capitalism
These days, American workers could well be saying, as Richard Fariña wrote and Nancy Sinatra sang, “Been down so long it looks like …
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Capitalism Reimagined | June 21, 2021
A stock market test for stakeholder capitalism as public benefit corporations go public
ImpactAlpha, June 21 – All of a sudden, there is a public market for public benefit corporations. In the decade or so since the …
ESG | June 21, 2021
‘Buzzword bingo’ and other ways companies are gaming ESG
ImpactAlpha, June 21 – There’s a new game playing out between companies and investors in sustainable finance. Publicly-listed companies know that being seen to …
ESG | June 21, 2021
Europe paves path to standardized ESG disclosure with Sustainability Reporting Directive
ImpactAlpha, June 21 – What a difference a year makes. U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement on the first day …
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ESG | June 15, 2021
Mixed performance for sustainable funds in May
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha is pleased to partner with Sustainable Research and Analysis to provide timely market snapshots of trends and developments affecting the sustainable investing …
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Capitalism Reimagined | June 3, 2021
Corporates emerge as new source of capital for community investment
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – With the closing of its $250 million Black Economic Development Fund, LISC showed off the opportunity to tap corporations as …
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Climate Finance | June 3, 2021
A third insurgent joins Exxon’s board
ImpactAlpha, June 3 – ExxonMobil chairman and CEO Darren Woods will face even more restive directors. The oil company said preliminary results showed Andy …
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Agents of Impact | May 28, 2021
Charlie Penner, Engine No. 1
ImpactAlpha, May 28 – It was the little engine that could. This week, Engine No. 1, a tiny, five-month old activist hedge fund, prevailed …
Climate Finance | May 27, 2021
Victory for insurgents stuns Exxon as shareholders vote for a low-carbon future
ImpactAlpha, May 27 – In a single day, separate developments at ExxonMobil, Chevron and Shell sent an unmistakable signal to oil companies and investors: …
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Climate Finance | May 26, 2021
Shareholders notch historic climate wins against Big Oil
ImpactAlpha, May 26 – Big Oil is taking a big climate beating from shareholders and in the courts today. A Dutch court ordered Royal …
Climate and Clean Tech | May 26, 2021
Exxon’s shareholder drama is only beginning of the endgame for oil giant
ImpactAlpha, May 26 – It’s showtime. ExxonMobil faces restive investors today in a test for CEO Darren Woods and his strategy for the …
Amazon's Jeff Bezos
Impact Voices | May 25, 2021
For the sake of Amazon and its workers, Jeff Bezos should fully retire
We thought he might fly into space, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made it clear last month that he is not done with …
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Climate Finance | May 24, 2021
Micron’s lenders reward environmental performance with $3.7 billion in sustainability-linked loans
ImpactAlpha, May 24 — Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology has closed $3.7 billion in sustainability-linked loans. The computer memory and storage maker will get …