The asset manager said it's particularly interested in how firms are behaving in the communities in which they operate, be it locally or via their supply chains.

the Labor Department said it wouldn’t enforce Trump-era rules for fund investments or proxy voting, nor will it sanction retirement plans that don’t comply with the regulations.

Such products attracted more than $32 billion in January and February, by far their best start to a year.

The RIA acquired the innovative practice while bulking up its social justice investing efforts and its wealth redistribution planning services.

Financial firms globally have raised about $25.5 billion of sustainable-linked debt this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Sustainable funds in the U.S. attracted $51.2 billion in 2020, more than double the previous calendar-year record.

Funds focused on ESG factors added a record $6.2 billion in January amid the increasing odds that Biden’s energy policies will be enacted.

The firm hopes the software will help firms tap into growing demand for sustainable investing.

Some advisory firms have already started narrowing their lists of funds considered eligible for retirement plans based on Trump’s decision to overhaul ERISA.

President Biden has picked Allison Herren Lee, a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the acting chair of the SEC, as nominee Gary Gensler waits in the wings as a more permanent chair once he is confirmed by the Senate.