The Latest Breaking News from BlackRock

New York-based Aligned Climate Capital is planning to donate 3% of the carried interest from its upcoming venture fund to climate organizations.

BlackRock has a 11% stake in KB Home.

Major financial firms have adopted ESG to keep up with the times–but they also saw this as an opportunity to make lots of money.

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Franklin Templeton joins a flurry of ETF applications from financial heavyweights after BlackRock entered the fray in June.

Fox Business reported on August 29 that Vanguard—the second largest asset manager in the world and the largest manager of passive funds—reduced its support for pro-ESG proxy proposals during the past shareholder season. The report followed news that BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager (measured by assets under management) also…

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Since 2013, the coin has taken a monthly loss in September all but twice.

Hot off $2b climate investment, BlackRock reveals New Zealand office plans and thinking on the local economy