Lamar Johnson

Chapel Hill

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Honeywell, Samsung subsidiary, others create SAF Technology Alliance

1 day ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Charlotte-based technology conglomerate Honeywell, Samsung’s engineering subsidiary Samsung E&A, chemicals company Johnson Matthey and chemical engineering firm Gidara Energy have joined together to create a strategic sustainable aviation fuel technology group, Honeywell announced Thursday.
Meta, Constellation ink 20-year nuclear power deal to support AI goals

1 day ago | utilitydive.com | Lamar Johnson

Meta and energy producer Constellation Energy announced a 20-year nuclear power purchase agreement on Tuesday that will give the social media and tech conglomerate access to zero emissions power for its artificial intelligence goals and help keep an Illinois facility online. The agreement will give Meta 1,121 MW of nuclear energy beginning in June 2027 from Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois.
Meta, Constellation ink 20-year nuclear power deal to support AI goals

2 days ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta and energy producer Constellation Energy announced a 20-year nuclear power purchase agreement on Tuesday that will give the social media and tech conglomerate access to zero emissions power for its artificial intelligence goals and help keep an Illinois facility online. The agreement will give Meta 1,121 megawatts of nuclear energy beginning in June 2027 from Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois.
BlackRock removed from Texas divestment list

2 days ago | bankingdive.com | Lamar Johnson

The Texas Comptroller’s office has removed BlackRock from the state’s list of companies who allegedly “boycott the oil and gas industry,” according to a Tuesday press release. State Comptroller Glenn Hegar credited BlackRock for exiting the Net-Zero Asset Manager initiative and downgrading its participation in Climate Action 100+, which he said was “directly related to [the state’s] listing process” in a Tuesday statement accompanying the update.
BlackRock removed from Texas divestment list after climate alliance exits

3 days ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Texas Comptroller’s office has removed BlackRock from the state’s list of companies who allegedly “boycott the oil and gas industry,” according to a Tuesday press release.
Vanguard to add four more funds to investor proxy choice program

4 days ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Vanguard will expand its program allowing investors to choose individualized investment and engagement policies to four more funds in the second half of 2025, the company announced last week. The nation’s second-largest asset manager said the program will include four index funds, allowing nearly 10 million investors to participate if they so choose, according to a May 29 release.
Labor Dept. drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

5 days ago | truckingdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Department of Labor informed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that it will abandon the Biden administration's rule allowing pension plan fiduciaries to consider environmental, social and governance factors and other “collateral benefits” in tiebreaker situations, according to court documents.
Labor Department drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

1 week ago | hrdive.com | Lamar Johnson

• None The U.S. Department of Labor informed the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that it will abandon the Biden administration’s rule allowing pension plan fiduciaries to consider ESG factors and other “collateral benefits” in tiebreaker situations, according to court documents.
Labor Dept. drops Biden-era ESG fiduciary rule

1 week ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Department of Labor informed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that it will abandon the Biden administration's rule allowing pension plan fiduciaries to consider ESG factors and other “collateral benefits” in tiebreaker situations, according to court documents.
FTC, DOJ weigh in on Republican states’ coal antitrust case against ‘Big Three’ asset managers

1 week ago | esgdive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice issued a joint statement last week supporting a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of Republican-led states alleging that BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street violated antitrust laws and conspired to artificially restrict the coal market.