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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Julia Kollewe

BlackRock’s Larry Fink: climate policies are about profits, not being ‘woke’

BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink said ‘the fair pursuit of profit is still what animates markets’. Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP

Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment fund manager, said pushing climate policies was about profits, not being “woke”.

In his annual letter to CEOs , Fink said businesses, cities and countries that do not plan for a carbon-free future risked being left behind. He argued that the pursuit of long-term returns was the main driver behind climate policies, after being criticised for seeking to influence companies.

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