April 30, 2020: What is “Sustainable” Investing?

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  2. BlackRock, Inc., 2020 Letter to Clients: Sustainability as BlackRock’s New Standard for Investing.
  3. Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock, Inc., 2020 Letter to CEOs: A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance.
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  5. McKinsey Global Institute, Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts, Executive Summary, January 2020.
  6. Hester M. Peirce, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Scarlet Letters: Remarks before the American Enterprise Institute, Jun. 18, 2019.  
  7. Hester M. Peirce, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Statement on Proposed Amendments to Modernize and Enhance Financial Disclosures, Jan. 30, 2020.
  8. Max M. Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff, Reconciling Fiduciary Duty and Social Conscience: The Law and Economics of ESG Investing by a Trustee, 72 Stan. L. Rev. 381 (2020).
  9. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Accelerating ESG Disclosure – WEF Task Force Releases Preliminary Framework Centered on Mainstream Reporting Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, Feb. 3, 2020.
  10. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, ESG Performance and the Credit Markets, Feb. 26, 2020.