Tag: ditches

Columbia University ditches main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honored individually […]

BlackRock’s Larry Fink ditches ESG for ‘energy pragmatism’

The climate change-focused investment strategy known as ESG suffered another blow Tuesday at the hands of someone who was once its biggest steward on Wall Street: Larry Fink. The BlackRock CEO called for “energy pragmatism” in his annual letter to investors. He said that consists of using clean energy to reduce global warming emissions while […]