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Step aside, ESG. BlackRock is doing ‘transition investing’ now

The world’s biggest asset manager has abandoned the acronym while pumping billions of dollars into clean energy

Step aside, ESG. BlackRock is doing ‘transition investing’ now
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Climate investing is booming at BlackRock. Just don’t call it ESG.

After crusading for years for investment funds and companies to take into account environmental, social and governance factors, Larry Fink has purged the letters from his vocabulary.

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