ESG investing brings political struggles to the investment world
Our society is not only divided along political lines: the media, culture and even coffee shops have been demarcated between red and blue. So it is perhaps inevitable that these fissures will reach the investment world. I’m talking about the growth of so-called ESG investing, which stands for Environmental, Social and Governance, and the growing backlash against this trend. Battle lines are forming in the hitherto apolitical world of money management. The roots of social investing go back decades, when activists called for pension funds to boycott investments in tobacco stocks and companies doing business in apartheid-era South Africa. ESG…
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Jim Heffernan’s column: Politics has changed over the decades – Duluth News Tribune
Well, here we go again, heading into another election season. I’m afraid he can’t stop it, though he would so soon. Jim Heffernan I spent the last 25 years or so of my active journalism career at this paper participating in interviews with politicians and candidates for the paper’s editorial endorsements. It was interesting work most of the time. Of course, we met with both Republicans and Democrats and the occasional independent, like Governor Jesse Ventura, whose demeanor could only be described as gruff. Always. I liked most of them on both sides of the aisle, and I won’t take…
Read More »Analysis: Mitch McConnell is right. Senate Republicans have a nominee problem.
CNN — We got used to it displays of swagger by politicians (see former President Donald Trump). That is why it is remarkable when a politician admits that the political winds may not be going his way. That was the case when Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said this week that Republicans had a better chance of taking back the House than the Senate. “The quality of the candidates has a lot to do with it [it]”, he pointed out. McConnell’s comments are where we begin our roundup of the week’s news. The Democrats’ chances of holding the Senate didn’t…
Read More »Fires: Marcelo praises unity in the political sphere
The Portuguese head of state assures that there is sufficient preparation in all entities to solve what “may await us in the coming weeks”, in terms of forest fires. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also points out that there is knowledge of the challenge facing the country. According to the President of the Republic, “there is a unit of political power” that involves the political actors present in the Government and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa himself, however, during the operational information session at the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), in Lisbon, adds that it includes the mayors of municipalities…
Read More »27,000 members of Nasarawa APC and PDP leave Labor Party
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 27,000 registered members of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State have declared their support for the Labor Party. The Labor Party said plans were in place to welcome defectors into its fold in the first week of September 2022. The state chairman of the party, Alexander Emmanuel, made the disclosure on Saturday while inaugurating a new LP office donated to the party by youth and women groups in Agyaragu community, Obi local government area of the state . He said the 27,000 defectors from APC…
Read More »Man Utd accept Casemiro’s deal in principle
Barcelona manager Xavi has hinted that Sergino Dest’s future could lie elsewhere amid reports linking the United States international with a move to Manchester United. With Aaron Wan-Bissaka out of favor and Diogo Dalot struggling during a torrid start to the Premier League season for United, Erik ten Hag’s side have been tipped as potential suitors for the right-back. Dest, who played 21 games as Barca finished second in LaLiga last season, was left out of the Barcelona squad for an opening-day draw with Rayo Vallecano last week. Xavi moved natural centre-back Ronald Araujo to the right for that game,…
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian PM invites General Muhoozi to Addis Ababa
The country’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been invited to visit the country. ChimpReports has learned that General Muhoozi, who also serves as Senior Presidential Adviser in charge of Special Operations, was invited by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to discuss regional security. “It is true, he will go to Addis Ababa at the invitation of the government there,” Land Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Chris Magezi confirmed when contacted by this website on Saturday afternoon. “General Muhoozi will be in Addis Ababa soon,” he added. Muhoozi has a strong view on the conflict in Ethiopia. He, however, recently…
Read More »China Cuts Vital US Contacts Over Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit
WASHINGTON (AP) – China on Friday cut ties with the United States on vital issues, including military issues and crucial climate cooperation, as concerns grew that the communist government’s hostile reaction to a visit by President House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Taiwan could signal a more aggressive and durable approach. towards its American rival and the self-governing island. China’s move to freeze key lines of communication compounded worsening relations following Pelosi’s visit and China’s response with military exercises in Taiwan, including the launch of missiles that splashed into waters surrounding After the White House summoned China’s ambassador, Qin Gang, on…
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