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Asset owners’ increasingly global diversity lens

Demography change and demographic changes in population diversity as society becoming diverse in a 3D illustration style.

Amanda White

June 24, 2021

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Asset Owner:California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)AP Fonden 2 (AP2)Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)
  1. William Michael Cunningham, AM, MBA

    Excellent story. The progress made is astounding. In 2006, we created DiversityFund.net a diversity investing approach and portfolio to promote corporate diversity while targeting women and minority investors for economic empowerment. See: https://www.impactinvesting.online/2017/02/first-socially-responsible-investing.html and https://diversityfund.net/

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