The formal application caps a period of speculation that this would be occurring. We are seeing pfizer in premarket rise nearly 2 , biontech down. 3 . Interesting to see how this is confirming what a lot of people have expected, but adding to the risk on feel that we are seeing in markets today. The sense we are going to move past this period that has been incredibly painful economically, as well as socially. Francine lets get the details from fan from sam fazeli from bloomberg intelligence. The news is out. How quickly can some of these clearances be given . Sam good morning, francine. Fdahe u. S. We have the meeting coming up on december 10. It is possible they move on that pretty quickly the next day or the day after. And then in europe, this is the combination of a process that started off sometime in early october where the companies have been filing their manufacturing , and there is no new data in the press release. So it is possible that we should get a European Response by bef
Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
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distortion . Just for point of clarification, i didnt hear you call my name so i didnt respond aye. But to respond, yes, i support the motion. [indiscernible]. I will call the vote again on item 11. [roll call] i vote aye. Theres something wrong with this computer. You have five ayes. The motion passes. Thank you, madam secretary. Next item, please. Number 12, action item, update on strategies to address climate risk in the sfers portfolio Climate Action plan. [indiscernible] on this item as well as the previous five, theres a great amount of information [indiscernible]. The tenor of the item is on page 37 [indiscernible]. Bill, sorry to interrupt you but we can barely hear you. Can you hear me now . distortion . The centrepiece of this item is on page 37, table 10, Additional Companies to [indiscernible]. I did want to also draw attention to theres just a voluminous amount of information in the report and thanks to andrew for organizing it all. There is a significant decline as far as
Have a durable exit from the health crisis. Including Amnesty International had written to the g20 finance ministers ahead of that meeting to warn that the world is facing a crisis unlike any in the last century, and that debt suspension is only a first step. The group said many of the poorest nations are spending more on debt payments than on lifesaving public services. There is growing pressure on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson to order a socalled lockdown. The Opposition Labor Party and government Scientists Say it is needed to get the coronavirus under control. Deaths have soared to the highest level since june. Concerns are mounting that johnsons new system of restrictions will not be enough. Pressure continues to see a Record Number of coronavirus cases. Officials work reported 14,000 new cases today, the most since the beginning of the pandemic. Russia has the Worlds Largest caseload. Despite a surge in new cases, russian authorities have dismissed suggestions of a Second