Burnaby, B.C. (21 July 2016) — The 6-hour riot that took place at the Burnaby Youth Custody Centre (BYCC) on July 19 is the latest indication of escalating levels of violence at the facility. In recent months, officers at the facility have reported increasing levels of inmate-on-inmate violence and inmate-on-staff assaults.
The rise coincides with the closure of the Victoria Youth Custody Centre (VYCC) in 2014. The Burnaby centre now also holds young offenders from Vancouver Island.
"Correction officers predicted there would be increasing violence at the Burnaby centre with the closure of VYCC," said Dean Purdy, Vice-President of Corrections and Sheriff Services for the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU/NUPGE). "More and more, we are working with young offenders who have mental health problems and gang affiliations."
"Cost cutting means these young offenders are shuttled back and forth between Burnaby and Vancouver Island for court appearances. Too often they are locked up for extended periods of time instead of getting the support and services they need. This is bad for these young offenders, and bad for prison safety and public safety," Purdy said.
The B.C. Liberal government's decision to close VYCC was roundly condemned by the BCGEU/NUPGE, First Nations, the Representative for Children and Youth (RCY), legal experts, local mayors and police chiefs.
The BCGEU/NUPGE calls on the RCY to conduct an independent review of the conditions and circumstances that led to a riot like this occurring.
exploring housing youth females at both VYCC & Prince George Youth Custody Centre.


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Class A (EUR) (Accumulating) Class A (EUR) (Distributing) Class A (USD) (Accumulating) Class D (EUR) (Accumulating) Class D (GBP) (Accumulating) Class D (USD) (Accumulating) Class I (EUR) (Accumulating) Class I (EUR) (Accumulating) Class I (EUR) (Distributing) Class I (GBP) (Accumulating) Class I (JPY) (Accumulating) Class X (GBP) (Distributing) Class X (NZD) (Accumulating) Class X (USD) (Accumulating) Class X Acc (AUD) (Accumulating) Class X Hedged (NZD) (Accumulating) Class Z (EUR) (Accumulating) Class Z (GBP) (Accumulating) Class Z (GBP) (Distributing) Class Z (USD) (Accumulating)
NAV as of 26-Jan-23 EUR 127.65
52 WK: 123.48 - 151.66
1 Day NAV Change as of 26-Jan-23 1.75 (1.39%)
The UCITS KIID is valid until 31 December 2022. The PRIIPS KID is valid from 01 January 2023.
The Fund aims to achieve a total return on your investment through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund's assets.
The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and equity-related securities (namely American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)) of companies globally whose goods and services address the world's great social and environmental problems, alongside financial returns.
The Fund may obtain indirect exposure (through including but not limited to, financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets) and units in collective investment schemes) to securities considered not to satisfy these criteria.
Important Information: Capital at Risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and are not guaranteed. Investors may not get back the amount originally invested.
Emerging markets are generally more sensitive to economic and political conditions than developed markets. Other factors include greater 'Liquidity Risk', restrictions on investment or transfer of assets and failed/delayed delivery of securities or payments to the Fund. Derivatives may be highly sensitive to changes in the value of the asset on which they are based and can increase the size of losses and gains, resulting in greater fluctuations in the value of the Fund. The impact to the Fund can be greater where derivatives are used in an extensive or complex way. Frontier markets are generally more sensitive to economic and political conditions than developed and emerging markets. Other factors include greater 'Liquidity Risk', restrictions on investment or transfer of assets and failed/delayed delivery of securities or payments to the Fund. There may be larger fluctuations to the value of your investment and increased risk of losing your capital.
All currency hedged share classes of this fund use derivatives to hedge currency risk. The use of derivatives for a share class could pose a potential risk of contagion (also known as spill-over) to other share classes in the fund. The fund's management company will ensure appropriate procedures are in place to minimise contagion risk to other share class. Using the drop down box directly below the name of the fund, you can view a list of all share classes in the fund – currency hedged share classes are indicated by the word "Hedged" in the name of the share class. In addition, a full list of all currency hedged share classes is available on request from the fund's management company
Growth of Hypothetical EUR 10,000
Historical NAVs
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Share Class and Benchmark performance displayed in EUR. Source: BlackRock. Performance is shown on a Net Asset Value (NAV) basis, with gross income reinvested. Source: BlackRock. Past performance is not a guide to future performance and should not be the sole factor of consideration when selecting a product.
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*On , the Fund changed its name and investment objective and policy.
Total Return (%) 2.9 -23.4
Constraint Benchmark 1 (%) 27.5 -13.0
Incept.
Total Return (%)
as of 31-Dec-22
-23.35 - - - 7.97
-13.01 - - - 15.06
-23.35 -6.86 -7.33 -5.17 -23.35 - - - 23.48
-13.01 -7.32 0.75 0.19 -13.01 - - - 47.09
- - - 2.86 -23.35
- - - 27.54 -13.01
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Share Class and Benchmark performance displayed in EUR, hedged Share Class Benchmark performance is displayed in USD.
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Net Assets of Fund as of 26-Jan-23 USD 215,960,773
Inception Date 31-Mar-20
Fund Launch Date 31-Mar-20
Share Class Currency EUR
Base Currency USD
Constraint Benchmark 1 MSCI All Country World Net TR Index - in EUR
SFDR Classification Article 9
Initial Charge 0.00%
Ongoing Charges Figures 0.95%
Annual Management Fee 0.00%
Performance Fee 0.00%
Minimum Initial Investment EUR 5,000.00
Minimum Subsequent Investment EUR 1,000.00
Use of Income Accumulating
Domicile Ireland
Regulatory Structure UCITS
Management Company BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited
Morningstar Category Global Flex-Cap Equity
Dealing Settlement Trade Date + 3 days
Dealing Frequency Daily, forward pricing basis
Portfolio Characteristics
Number of Holdings as of 30-Dec-22 62
Standard Deviation (3y) as of - -
3y Beta as of - -
P/E Ratio as of 30-Dec-22 23.32
P/B Ratio as of 30-Dec-22 2.99
Sustainability Characteristics
Sustainability Characteristics provide investors with specific non-traditional metrics. Alongside other metrics and information, these enable investors to evaluate funds on certain environmental, social and governance characteristics. Sustainability Characteristics do not provide an indication of current or future performance nor do they represent the potential risk and reward profile of a fund. They are provided for transparency and for information purposes only. Sustainability Characteristics should not be considered solely or in isolation, but instead are one type of information that investors may wish to consider when assessing a fund.
The metrics are not indicative of how or whether ESG factors will be integrated into a fund. Unless otherwise stated in fund documentation and included within a fund's investment objective, the metrics do not change a fund's investment objective or constrain the fund's investable universe, and there is no indication that an ESG or Impact focused investment strategy or exclusionary screens will be adopted by a fund. For more information regarding a fund's investment strategy, please see the fund's prospectus.
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MSCI ESG Fund Rating (AAA-CCC) as of 21-Nov-22 AAA
MSCI ESG % Coverage as of 21-Nov-22 95.35
MSCI ESG Quality Score (0-10) as of 21-Nov-22 9.24
MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile as of 21-Nov-22 84.53
Fund Lipper Global Classification as of 21-Nov-22 Equity Global
Funds in Peer Group as of 21-Nov-22 5,118
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (Tons CO2E/$M SALES) as of 21-Nov-22 45.49
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity % Coverage as of 21-Nov-22 94.17
All data is from MSCI ESG Fund Ratings as of 21-Nov-22, based on holdings as of 31-Jul-22. As such, the fund's sustainable characteristics may differ from MSCI ESG Fund Ratings from time to time.
To be included in MSCI ESG Fund Ratings, 65% of the fund's gross weight must come from securities with ESG coverage by MSCI ESG Research (certain cash positions and other asset types deemed not relevant for ESG analysis by MSCI are removed prior to calculating a fund's gross weight; the absolute values of short positions are included but treated as uncovered), the fund's holdings date must be less than one year old, and the fund must have at least ten securities. For newly launched funds, Sustainability Characteristics are typically available 6 months after launch.
Business Involvement
Business Involvement metrics can help investors gain a more comprehensive view of specific activities in which a fund may be exposed through its investments.
Business Involvement metrics are not indicative of a fund's investment objective, and, unless otherwise stated in fund documentation and included within a fund's investment objective, do not change a fund's investment objective or constrain the fund's investable universe, and there is no indication that an ESG or Impact focused investment strategy or exclusionary screens will be adopted by a fund. For more information regarding a fund's investment strategy, please see the fund's prospectus.
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MSCI - Controversial Weapons as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - UN Global Compact Violators as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - Nuclear Weapons as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - Thermal Coal as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - Civilian Firearms as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - Oil Sands as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
MSCI - Tobacco as of 30-Dec-22 0.00%
Business Involvement Coverage as of 30-Dec-22 97.08%
Percentage of Fund not covered as of 30-Dec-22 3.05%
BlackRock business involvement exposures as shown above for Thermal Coal and Oil Sands are calculated and reported for companies that generate more than 5% of revenue from thermal coal or oil sands as defined by MSCI ESG Research. For the exposure to companies that generate any revenue from thermal coal or oil sands (at a 0% revenue threshold), as defined by MSCI ESG Research, it is as follows: Thermal Coal 0.00% and for Oil Sands 0.00%.
Business Involvement metrics are calculated by BlackRock using data from MSCI ESG Research which provides a profile of each company's specific business involvement. BlackRock leverages this data to provide a summed up view across holdings and translates it to a fund's market value exposure to the listed Business Involvement areas above.
Business Involvement metrics are designed only to identify companies where MSCI has conducted research and identified as having involvement in the covered activity. As a result, it is possible there is additional involvement in these covered activities where MSCI does not have coverage. This information should not be used to produce comprehensive lists of companies without involvement. Business Involvement metrics are only displayed if at least 1% of the fund's gross weight includes securities covered by MSCI ESG Research.
ESG Integration
ESG integration is the practice of incorporating material environmental, social and governance (ESG) information or insights alongside traditional measures into the investment decision process to improve long term financial outcomes of portfolios. Unless otherwise stated in Fund documentation or included within the Fund's investment objective, inclusion of this statement does not imply that the Fund has an ESG-aligned investment objective, but rather describes how ESG information is considered as part of the overall investment process.
In addition to the investment process described in the Fund documentation, the Fund manager also considers ESG criteria during the idea generation, company research, portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring phases of the investment process. ESG information may be sourced from BlackRock's internal ESG research, third-party data providers, and engagement with company management. The Fund manager incorporates exposures to material environmental, social and governance risks, and uses BlackRock's internal business involvement and controversy flags, among other tools, to filter the investable universe. The Fund manager utilizes regular meetings with company management and site visits to address any outstanding ESG concerns. All the above is recorded as independent ESG commentary in a dedicated section of internal stock reports as well as in analysts' company meeting notes. ESG discussion is a necessary, essential, and mandatory part of the team's regular security presentations, Risk and Quantitative Analysis group reviews, portfolio attribution reviews, daily team meetings, and reviews with the Chief Investment Officers.
Sustainability-related Disclosure
This section provides sustainability-related information about the Fund, pursuant to Article 10 SFDR.
A. Summary
The Fund invests in Sustainable Investments. BlackRock defines Sustainable Investments as investments in issuers or securities that contribute to an environmental or social objective, do not significantly harm any of those objectives and where investee companies follow good governance practices. BlackRock refers to relevant sustainability frameworks to identify the alignment of the investment to environmental or social objectives. Sustainable Investments should also meet the do no significant harm (DNSH) requirements, as defined by applicable law and regulation. BlackRock has developed a set of criteria to assess whether an issuer or investment does significant harm. BlackRock invests in Sustainable Investments which contribute to a range of environmental and / or social objectives which may include but are not limited to, alternative and renewable energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention or mitigation, reuse and recycling, health, nutrition, sanitation and education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and equity related securities (namely American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of companies globally whose goods and services seek to address the world's social and environmental problems, as identified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("UN SDGs"). Investment decisions will be based on company-specific research (such as relative valuation, strength of earnings, quality of balance sheet and cashflow trends) to identify and select the equity and equity-related securities described above that, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, have the potential to produce attractive long-term returns across "Impact Themes" which are mapped to the UN SDGs. The Fund will aim to diversify its investments across companies that have an impact on people and the planet across themes including, but not limited to, affordable housing, education and skilling, financial and digital inclusion, public health, safety and security, efficiency, electrification and digitalisation, green energy, pollution remediation and prevention, sustainable food, water and waste. This Fund takes into account the PAIs through BlackRock's DNSH standard for Sustainable Investments.
All of the Fund's investments will be Sustainable Investments or instruments used for the purposes of liquidity management and/or hedging. Investments used for the purposes of liquidity management and/or hedging will not exceed 20% of the Fund's total assets. A minimum of 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in Sustainable Investments, however, the Fund does not commit to separate minimum levels of investment in Sustainable Investments with environmental or social objectives. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other investments. The Fund does not currently commit to invest more than 0% of its assets in Sustainable Investments with an environmental objective aligned with the EU Taxonomy, however, these investments may form part of the portfolio.
BlackRock has developed a highly automated compliance process to help ensure that the Fund is managed in accordance with its stated investment guidelines and applicable regulatory requirements. This includes monitoring of the environmental or social characteristics of the Fund in accordance with the relevant methodology. BlackRock has developed a proprietary methodology for determining Sustainable Investments and the Fund uses a number of other methodologies to measure the attainment of the sustainable investment objective.
BlackRock has developed a proprietary methodology for determining Sustainable Investments and the Fund uses a number of other methodologies to measure the attainment of the sustainable investment objective.BlackRock Portfolio Managers have access to research, data, tools, and analytics to integrate ESG insights into their investment process. ESG datasets are sourced from external third-party data providers, including but not limited to MSCI, Sustainalytics, Refinitiv, S&P and Clarity AI. BlackRock applies a comprehensive due diligence process to evaluate provider offerings with highly targeted methodology reviews and coverage assessments based on the sustainable investment strategy of the product. Data, including ESG data, is received through our existing interfaces, and then processed through a series of quality control and completeness checks which seeks to ensure that data is high-quality data before being made available for use downstream within BlackRock systems and applications, such as Aladdin. BlackRock strives to capture as much reported data from companies via 3rd party data providers as practicable, however, industry standards around disclosure frameworks are still evolving, particularly with respect to forward looking indicators. As a result, in certain cases we rely on estimated or proxy measures from data providers to cover our broad investible universe of issuers.
BlackRock continues to monitor developments in the EU's ongoing implementation of its framework for sustainable investing and its investment methodologies seeking to ensure alignment as the regulatory environment changes. ESG data sets are constantly changing and improving as disclosure standards, regulatory frameworks and industry practice evolve. BlackRock continues to work with a broad range of market participants to improve data quality. Sustainable investing and understanding of sustainability is evolving along with the data environment. Industry participants face challenges in identifying a single metric or set of standardized metrics to provide a complete view on a company or an investment. BlackRock has therefore established a framework to identify sustainable investments taking into account the regulatory requirements.
BlackRock applies a high standard of due diligence in the selection and ongoing monitoring of investments made by the Fund for the purpose of compliance with the investment, liquidity and risk guidelines of the Fund, as well as the sustainability risk and ESG criteria and general performance.
Engagement with companies in which we invest our clients' assets occurs at multiple levels within BlackRock. Where investment teams choose to leverage engagement, this can take a variety of forms but, in essence, the portfolio management team would seek to have regular and continuing dialogue with executives or board directors of engaged investee companies to advance sound governance and sustainable business practices targeted at the identified ESG characteristics and principal adverse indicators, as well as to understand the effectiveness of the company's management and oversight of activities designed to address the identified ESG issues. Engagement also allows the portfolio management team to provide feedback on company practices and disclosures.
There is no specific index designated as a reference benchmark to meet the sustainable investment objective of the Fund.
B. No significant harm to the sustainable investment objective
Sustainable Investments meet the DNSH requirements, as defined by applicable law and regulation. BlackRock has developed a set of criteria across all Sustainable Investments to assess whether an issuer or investment does significant harm. Investments considered to be causing significant harm do not qualify as Sustainable Investments.
The indicators for adverse impacts on sustainability factors for each type of investment are assessed using BlackRock's Sustainable Investments proprietary methodology. BlackRock uses third-party data and/or fundamental analysis to identify investments which negatively impact sustainability factors and cause significant harm.
Sustainable Investments are assessed to consider any detrimental impacts and ensure compliance with international standards of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including the principles and rights set out in the eight fundamental conventions identified in the Declaration of the International Labour Organisation on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the International Bill of Human Rights. Issuers deemed to have violated these conventions are not considered as Sustainable Investments.
C. Sustainable investment objective of the financial product
The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and equity-related securities (namely American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs)) of companies globally whose goods and services seek to address the world's social and environmental problems, as identified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Investment decisions will be based on company-specific research (such as relative valuation, strength of earnings, quality of balance sheet and cashflow trends) to identify and select the equity and equity-related securities that, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, have the potential to produce attractive long-term returns across "Impact Themes" which are mapped to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The UN SDGs are a series of goals published by the United Nations who recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with improvements in health, education, and economic growth, reduction in inequalities, all whilst tackling climate change and working to preserve the planet's oceans and forests.
The Fund will aim to diversify its investments across companies that have an impact on people and the planet across themes including, but not limited to, affordable housing, education and skilling, financial and digital inclusion, public health, safety and security, efficiency, electrification and digitalisation, green energy, pollution remediation and prevention, sustainable food, water and waste.
The Fund invests in Sustainable Investments. BlackRock defines Sustainable Investments as investments in issuers or securities that contribute to an environmental or social objective, do not significantly harm any of those objectives and where investee companies follow good governance practices. BlackRock refers to relevant sustainability frameworks to identify the alignment of the investment to environmental or social objectives.
BlackRock invests in Sustainable Investments which contribute to a range of environmental and / or social objectives which may include but are not limited to, alternative and renewable energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention or mitigation, reuse and recycling, health, nutrition, sanitation and education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("Environmental and Social Objectives").
An investment will be assessed as contributing to an Environmental and/or Social Objective where:
a) a minimum proportion of the issuer's business activity contributes to an Environmental and/or Social Objective; or
b) the issuer's business practices contribute to an Environmental and/or Social Objective.
The Fund does not use a reference benchmark for the purposes of attaining the ESG characteristics, however, MSCI All Countries World Index (the "Index") is used to compare certain ESG characteristics.
D. Investment strategy
The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities and equity related securities (namely American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of companies globally whose goods and services seek to address the world's social and environmental problems, as identified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Fund adopts a "best in class" approach to sustainable investing. This means that the Fund selects the best issuers (from an ESG perspective) for each relevant sector of activities. More than 90% of the issuers of securities the Fund invests in are ESG rated or have been analysed for ESG purposes.
Investment decisions will be based on company-specific research (such as relative valuation, strength of earnings, quality of balance sheet and cashflow trends) to identify and select the equity and equity-related securities described above that, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, have the potential to produce attractive long-term returns across "Impact Themes" which are mapped to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ("UN SDGs"). The UN SDGs are a series of goals published by the United Nations who recognise that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with improvements in health, education, and economic growth, reduction in inequalities, all whilst tackling climate change and working to preserve the planet's oceans and forests, as set out in more detail on the UN website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals). The Fund will aim to diversify its investments across companies that have an impact on people and the planet (the "Impact Categories") across themes including, but not limited to, affordable housing, education and skilling, financial and digital inclusion, public health, safety and security, efficiency, electrification and digitalisation, green energy, pollution remediation and prevention, sustainable food, water and waste.
BlackRock evaluates underlying investments in companies according to the good governance criteria outlined in the SFD Regulation where relevant data is available and as appropriate given the underlying investment type. These criteria relate to sound management structures, employee relations, remuneration of staff and tax compliance. BlackRock may consider additional factors relating to good governance in its assessment of the sustainability related characteristics of underlying issuers depending on the particular ESG strategy applicable to the Fund. BlackRock will assess the good governance assessment framework of any delegated managers, including third party managers, where relevant information is available.
A majority of the assets will be invested in Sustainable Investments. In identifying which underlying holdings the Investment Manager considers to be Sustainable Investments, the Investment Manager will have regard to applicable law and regulation together with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The Fund may hold concentrated positions within one or more of the Impact Themes and is expected to invest in small to mid-capitalisation companies (which are companies that, at the time of purchase, typically form the bottom third of global stock markets by market capitalisation). Market capitalisation is the share price of the company multiplied by the number of shares issued. Whilst the Fund will generally be well diversified by country, currency, industry and issuer, it may hold positions that are concentrated in any one of these factors from time to time.
In addition to exposure to Sustainable Investments, all holdings within this Fund will be deemed to do no significant harm to environmental or social factors, as determined by the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager assesses this according to an internal methodology (as amended from time to time) which considers a representative sub-set of principal adverse sustainability impact indicators.
The ESG Policy of the Fund reduces the portfolio of the Fund compared to the MSCI All Countries World Index by at least 20%.
The binding elements of the strategy are as follows:
1. Maintain that all of the Fund's investments will be Sustainable Investments (save for instruments used for the purposes of liquidity management and/or hedging, which will not exceed 20% of the Fund's total assets).
2. Maintain that the Fund's ESG policy (as described above) reduces the portfolio of the Fund compared to the Index by at least 20%.
3. Ensure that more than 90% of the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests (excluding money market funds) shall be ESG rated or have been analysed for ESG purposes.
Consideration of principal adverse impacts on sustainability factors
This Fund takes into account the PAIs through BlackRock's DNSH standard for Sustainable Investments. This Fund will provide information on the PAIs in its annual report.
Where issuers are identified as potentially having issues with regards to good governance, the issuers are reviewed to ensure that, where the Investment Manager agrees with this external assessment, the Investment Manager is satisfied that the issuer has either taken remediation actions or will take remedial actions within a reasonable time frame based on the Investment Manager's direct engagement with the issuer. The Investment Manager may also decide to reduce exposure to such issuers.
BlackRock assesses good governance practices of the investee companies by combining proprietary insights and shareholder engagement by the Investment Manager, with data from external ESG research providers. BlackRock uses data from external ESG research providers to initially identify issuers which may not have satisfactory governance practices in relation to key performance indicators (KPIs) related to sound management structure, employee relations, remuneration of staff and tax compliance.
The Fund does not currently commit to invest more than 0% of its assets in Sustainable Investments with an environmental objective aligned with the EU Taxonomy, however, these investments may form part of the portfolio.
A minimum of 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in Sustainable Investments. These Sustainable Investments will be a mix of Sustainable Investments with an environmental objective that is not aligned with the EU taxonomy or a social objective or a combination of both, and the exact composition may fluctuate.
The Fund invests in Sustainable Investments that are not aligned with the EU Taxonomy for the following reasons: (i) it is part of the investment strategy of the Fund; (ii) data to determine EU Taxonomy-alignment may be unavailable; and / or (iii) underlying economic activities may not be eligible under the EU Taxonomy's available technical screening criteria or may not comply with all requirements set out in such technical screening criteria.
Other holdings are limited to 20% and may include derivatives, cash and near cash instruments and shares or units of CIS and fixed income transferable securities (also known as debt securities) issued by governments and agencies worldwide.
The use of such investments does not affect the delivery of the sustainable investment objective, as these investments are used for the purposes of liquidity management and/or hedging.
No other holdings are considered against minimum environmental or social safeguards.
F. Monitoring of sustainable investment objective
BlackRock has developed a highly automated compliance process to help ensure that the Fund is managed in accordance with its stated investment guidelines and applicable regulatory requirements. This includes monitoring of the environmental or social characteristics of the Fund in accordance with the relevant methodology as described in 'Section G – Methodologies'.
Portfolio Managers have the primary responsibility for complying with the contractual terms of the prospectus and other governing documents for the Fund and are supported by Aladdin, BlackRock's portfolio and risk management software.
The Portfolio Compliance Group ("PCG"), a group within BlackRock's Business Operations, is responsible for the coding of the Fund's investment restrictions, that are capable of being coded, within BlackRock's pre and post trade compliance monitoring system in Aladdin. Where an investment restriction cannot be coded, a manual process is established for guidelines testing.
Pre-Trade & Post Trade Monitoring
When a trade or order is created, the transaction is reviewed against the Fund's investment guidelines by the front-end compliance system on a real time basis prior to execution. If a non-compliant condition is detected, the trade or order will be unable to progress further.
Compliance tests are also run on a post trade basis overnight based on the end-of-day positions and reported on a T+1 basis. Compliance exceptions and warnings are identified and escalated for investigation to relevant investment professionals, who will engage with relevant subject matter experts as appropriate to resolve. Identification and investigation of potential items is recorded on an electronic system that contains a comprehensive workflow which provides an audit trail. Appropriate corrective action will be taken as needed to resolve exceptions.
The monitoring of certain ESG characteristics may not be able to be automated due to system functionality or data limitations. Such ESG characteristics are subject to periodic review and monitoring, to ensure that the product adheres to the related commitments.
Breaches are reported as required under our regulatory obligations to the relevant management company, auditor, depositary and regulator.
Where BlackRock delegates part of the management of a Fund to a third-party manager, the third-party manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with the investment guidelines and investment restrictions as per the agreed Investment Management Agreement in place, including those pertaining to the environmental or social characteristics for the Fund. The investment restrictions pertaining to the environmental or social characteristics are generally communicated to the third-party manager which may updated by BlackRock from time to time in line with the environmental and social characteristics of the Fund. When the third-party manager runs a passive strategy, the third-party manager may also monitor whether the environmental or social characteristics are met by tracking a benchmark index embedding these characteristics in its methodology. BlackRock receives a daily feed of the positions held by the third-party manager and runs post-trade compliance checks in accordance with the back-end compliance process previously described. BlackRock also undertakes periodic due diligence on third party manager to ensure the monitoring frameworks in place remain appropriate.
G. Methodologies
BlackRock has adopted the following methodologies in respect of this Fund:
Sustainable Investments Methodology
BlackRock has developed a proprietary methodology for determining Sustainable Investments which is broken down into a four-part assessment:
(i) Economic activity contribution to environmental and/or social objectives;
(ii) Do no significant harm;
(iii) Meets minimum safeguards; and
(iv) Good governance (where relevant).
It is necessary for an investment to meet all four limbs of this test to be considered a Sustainable Investment. Sustainable Investments are subject to a robust oversight process to ensure that regulatory standards are met.
(i) Economic activity contribution to environmental and/or social objectives
Environmental and social objectives
The Fund invests in Sustainable Investments which contribute to a range of environmental and / or social objectives which may include but are not limited to alternative and renewable energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention or mitigation, reuse and recycling, health, nutrition, sanitation and education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("Environmental and Social Objectives").
Economic activity assessment
An investment will be a Sustainable Investment (subject to it satisfying the other three limbs):
• Where more than 20% of its revenue attributable to products and/or services is systematically mapped as contributing to Environmental and/or Social Objectives using third-party vendor data. Fundamental analysis may also be used to assess a company where there is no third-party vendor data or where an analyst determines that the data is inaccurate or that there is a more appropriate materiality metric than revenue for identifying a company's contribution such as capital expenditure or recycled inputs.
• Where the issuer has set a de-carbonization target in accordance with the Science Based Targets initiatives as validated by third-party vendor data or by way of fundamental assessment.
• Demonstrable leadership attribute that evidences a company's critical role as an enabler of sustainable practices.
• A use-of-proceeds bond will be a Sustainable Investment where the use of proceeds substantially contributes to an Environmental and/or Social Objective as determined by fundamental assessment
• Other fixed income securities will be a Sustainable Investment where the security is aligned with Environmental and/or Social Objectives as determined by fundamental assessment such as environmental and/or social asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities issued by supranational entities committed to the promotion of UN SDGs
(ii) Do no significant harm (DNSH)
Sustainable Investments meet the DNSH requirements, as defined by applicable law and regulation. BlackRock has developed a set of criteria across all Sustainable Investments to assess whether an investment does significant harm which consider both third party data points as well as fundamental insights. Investments are screened against these criteria using system-based controls and any which are considered to be causing significant harm do not qualify as Sustainable Investments. BlackRock assesses the indicators for adverse impacts on sustainability factors for each type of investment as defined by the regulation.
Climate principal adverse impact indicators will be assessed using BlackRock's proprietary Heightened Scrutiny Framework which identifies investments which present significant climate-related risk by assessing: (i) carbon emissions; (ii) readiness for the net zero transition; and (iii) climate-related disclosures.
All other indicators for adverse impacts are assessed using third-party vendor data on controversies to exclude investments which BlackRock has determined are harmful to sustainability indicators subject to limited exceptions, for example, where the data is determined to be inaccurate or not up to date.
Where no data is available, or it is substantially incomplete, fundamental analysis will be undertaken using reasonable efforts to identify impacts which BlackRock determines to be harmful to the sustainability indicators.
(iii) Meet minimum safeguards
Sustainable Investments are assessed using third party data provider information to consider compliance with international standards of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including the principles and rights set out in the eight fundamental conventions identified in the Declaration of the International Labour Organisation on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the International Bill of Human Rights. Issuers deemed to have violated these conventions are not considered as Sustainable Investments.
(iv) Good Governance
In respect of its good governance assessment BlackRock uses data from external third-party ESG research providers to initially identify issuers which may not have satisfactory governance practices in relation to key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the criteria outlined above. Where issuers are identified as potentially having issues with regards to good governance, the issuers are reviewed to ensure that, where the Investment Advisor/Manager agrees with this external assessment, the Investment Advisor/Manager is satisfied that the issuer has either taken remediation actions or will take remedial actions within a reasonable time frame based on the Investment Advisor's/Manager's direct engagement with the issuer. The Investment Advisor/Manager may also decide to reduce exposure to such issuers. Funds' indirect exposures to issuers with good governance failings are limited to de minimis levels by internal controls and are also monitored on a periodic basis to ensure that this indirect exposure remains at de minimis levels
Other methodologies
In addition, the following methodologies are used to measure the attainment of the sustainable investment objective:
1. The UN SDGs are a series of goals published by the United Nations who recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with improvements in health, education and economic grown, reduction in inequalities all whilst tackling climate change and working to preserve the planet's oceans and forests as set out in more detail on the UN website: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
The Fund via the environmental and/or social characteristics of its strategy has been assessed as considering a set of principal adverse impact indicators (PAIs) as defined within the SFDR Regulatory Technical standards. We have assessed whether and how these are fully or partially considered and outline how those characteristics map to those PAIs in our pre contractual and periodic reporting.
H. Data sources and processing
BlackRock Portfolio Managers have access to research, data, tools, and analytics to integrate ESG insights into their investment process. Aladdin is the operating system that connects the data, people, and technology necessary to manage portfolios in real time, as well as the engine behind BlackRock's ESG analytics and reporting capabilities. BlackRock's Portfolio Managers use Aladdin to make investment decisions, monitor portfolios and to access material ESG insights that can inform the investment process to attain ESG characteristics of the Fund.
ESG datasets are sourced from external third-party data providers, including but not limited to MSCI, Sustainalytics, Refinitiv, S&P and Clarity AI. These datasets may include headline ESG scores, carbon emissions data, business involvement metrics or controversies and have been incorporated into Aladdin tools that are available to Portfolio Managers and employed in BlackRock investment strategies. Such tools support the full investment process, from research, to portfolio construction and modelling, to reporting.
Measures taken to ensure Data Quality
BlackRock applies a comprehensive due diligence process to evaluate provider offerings with highly targeted methodology reviews and coverage assessments based on the sustainable investment strategy (and the environmental and social characteristics or sustainable objective) of the product. Our process entails both qualitative and quantitative analysis to assess the suitability of data products in line with regulatory standards as applicable.
We assess ESG providers and data across five core areas outlined below:
1. Data Collection: this includes but is not limited to assessing the data providers underlying data sources, technology used to capture data, process to identify misinformation and use of machine learning or human data collection approaches. We will also consider planned improvements
2.Data Coverage: our assessment includes but is not limited to the extent to which a data package provides coverage across our investible universe of issuers and asset classes. This will include consideration of the treatment of parent companies and their subsidiaries as well as use of estimated data or reported data
3. Methodology: our assessment includes but is not limited to consideration of the third-party providers methodologies employed, including considering the collection and calculation approaches, alignment to industry or regulatory standards or frameworks, materiality thresholds and their approach to data gaps.
4. Data Verification: our assessment includes but is not limited to the third party providers' approaches to verification of data collected and quality assurance processes including their engagement with issuers
5. Operations: we assess a variety of aspects of a data vendors operations, including but not limited to their policies and procedures (including consideration of any conflicts of interest) the size and experience of their data research teams, their training programs, and their use of third-party outsourcers
Additionally, BlackRock, actively participates in relevant provider consultations regarding proposed changes to methodologies as they pertain to third party data sets or index methodologies and submits considered feedback and recommendations to data provider technical teams. BlackRock often has ongoing engagement with ESG data providers including index providers to keep abreast of industry developments.
How data is processed
At BlackRock, our internal processes are focused on delivering high-quality standardized and consistent data to be used by investment professionals and for transparency and reporting purposes. Data, including ESG data, received through our existing interfaces, and then processed through a series of quality control and completeness checks which seeks to ensure that data is of a high-quality before being made available for use downstream within BlackRock systems and applications, such as Aladdin. BlackRock's integrated technology enables us to compile data about issuers and investments across a variety of environmental, social and governance metrics and a variety of data providers and make those available to investment teams and other support and control functions such as risk management.
Use of Estimated Data
BlackRock strives to capture as much reported data from companies via 3rd party data providers as practicable, however, industry standards around disclosure frameworks are still evolving, particularly with respect to forward looking indicators. As a result, in certain cases we rely on estimated or proxy measures from data providers to cover our broad investible universe of issuers. Due to current challenges in the data landscape, while BlackRock relies on material amount of estimated data across our investible universe, the levels of which may vary from data set to data set, we seek to ensure that use of estimates is in line with regulatory guidance and that we have necessary documentation and transparency from data providers on their methodologies. BlackRock recognizes the importance in improving its data quality and data coverage and continues to evolve the data sets available to its investment professionals and other teams. Where required by local country-level regulations, funds may state explicit data coverage levels.
I. Limitations to methodologies and data
Limitations to Methodology
Sustainable investing is an evolving space, both in terms of industry understanding but also the regulatory frameworks on both a regional and global basis. BlackRock continues to monitor developments in the EU's ongoing implementation of its framework for sustainable investing and is seeking to evolve its investment methodologies to ensure alignment as the regulatory environment changes. As a result, BlackRock may update these disclosures, and the methodologies and sources of data used, at any time in the future as market practice evolves or further regulatory guidance becomes available.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and sub-targets are used by BlackRock as a list of environmental and/or social objectives. Any assessment will be undertaken strictly in accordance with the methodology set out in the Prospectus. Assumptions associated with the conventional use of the SDGs are not considered as part of the assessment including but not limited to applicable geographical limitations and those commitments that may be limited by time or scope, such as goals that may be applicable only to governments.
Limitations in relation to the data sources are noted below.
Limitations to Data
ESG data sets are constantly changing and improving as disclosure standards, regulatory frameworks and industry practice evolve. BlackRock continues to work with a broad range of market participants to improve data quality.
Whilst each ESG metric may come with its own individual limitations, data limitations may broadly be considered to include, but not be limited to:
• Lack of availability of certain ESG metrics due to differing reporting and disclosure standards impacting issuers, geographies or sectors
• Nascent statutory corporate reporting standards regarding sustainability leading to differences in the extent to which companies themselves can report against regulatory criteria and therefore some metric coverage levels may be low
• Inconsistent use and levels of reported vs estimated ESG data across different data providers, taken at varied time periods which makes comparability a challenge.
• Estimated data by its nature may vary from realized figures due to the assumptions or hypothesis employed by data providers.
• Differing views or assessments of issuers due to differing provider methodologies or use of subjective criteria • Most corporate ESG reporting and disclosure takes place on an annual basis and takes significant time to produce meaning that this data is produced on a lag relative to financial data. There may also inconsistent data refresh frequencies across different data providers incorporating such data into their data sets.
• Coverage and applicability of data across asset classes and indicators may vary
• Forward looking data, such as climate related targets may vary significantly from historic and current point in time metrics.
For more information about how metrics that are presented with sustainability indicators are calculated, please see the Fund's annual report.
Sustainable Investments and Environmental and Social criteria
Sustainable investing and understanding of sustainability is evolving along with the data environment. Industry participants face challenges in identifying a single metric or set of standardized metrics to provide a complete view on a company or an investment. BlackRock has therefore established a framework to identify sustainable investments, taking into account the regulatory requirements.
BlackRock uses third-party vendor data in assessing whether investments cause significant harm and have good governance practices. There may be some circumstances where data is unavailable, incomplete, or inaccurate, in which case fundamental assessments may be undertaken, taking a proportionate approach and using reasonable efforts, to identify issues likely to have a significant impact. Despite reasonable efforts, information may not always be available in which case a subjective assessment will be made based on BlackRock's knowledge of the investment or industry. In certain cases data may reflect actions that issuers may have taken only after the fact, and do not reflect all potential instances of significant harm.
J. Due Diligence
BlackRock applies a high standard of due diligence in the selection and ongoing monitoring of investments made by the Fund for the purpose of compliance with the investment, liquidity and risk guidelines of the Fund, as well as the sustainability risk and ESG criteria and general performance. Portfolio Managers are subject to pre and post trade controls within the investment platform where the funds promote environmental or social characteristics, integrate sustainability into the investment process in a binding manner or have a sustainable investment objective. The Investment Oversight team conducts due diligence engagement with the portfolio managers and oversees internal restrictions that may expand upon requirements set out in the fund prospectus. The Portfolio Managers also comply with related EMEA policies, including Investment Due Diligence policies which have been updated to integrate sustainability risk. Legal and Compliance have implemented a framework to ensure that the relevant policies and procedures are adopted and complied with by all employees, including Portfolio Managers.
The Investment Adviser integrates sustainability risks into the investment due diligence process of the Fund. The portfolio managers of the Fund are primarily responsible for considering sustainability risks. They are subject to an oversight framework within the Investment Adviser and BlackRock's risk management function, RQA group also provides independent reviews of sustainability risks and the compliance team provides further oversight and monitors the ESG requirements relevant to each fund and the investment restrictions for each fund. RQA, serves as the second line of defence in BlackRock's risk management framework. RQA is responsible for BlackRock's Investment and Enterprise risk management framework which includes oversight of sustainability-related investment risks. RQA Investment Risk conducts regular reviews with portfolio managers to ensure investment teams are advised of relevant sustainability risks, complementing the first-line monitoring and oversight of sustainability considerations across our investment platform. RQA also has a dedicated Sustainability Risk Team that partners with risk managers and businesses to reinforce this constructive engagement. RQA collaborates with working groups throughout the Investments Platform and with Aladdin Sustainability Lab to advance the firm's sustainability toolkit through consultation on firmwide data, modelling, methodologies, and analytics. In addition, BlackRock makes data relating to principal adverse impacts available to all portfolio managers and BlackRock integrates consideration of the principle adverse impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors in the investment due diligence process. For further information, please see 'Section D – Investment strategy' above.
K. Engagement Policies
The Fund does not use engagement as a means of meeting its binding commitments to environmental or social characteristics or sustainable investment objectives. Engagement with companies that we invest in is an integral part of the investment process undertaken by the portfolio management team for funds pursuing equity strategies. Engagement forms part of the Due Diligence to assess how companies manage ESG risks and opportunities and how these impact companies financials. We use engagement to discuss concerns, understand opportunities and share constructive feedback, based on the view that material ESG issues are intractably tied to a business's long term strategy and fundamental value. The amount and level of engagement we conduct on our funds varies depending on the fund commitments and objectives.
Engagement with companies in which we invest our clients' assets occurs at multiple levels within BlackRock.
Where engagement is specifically identified by a particular portfolio management team as one of the means by which they seek to demonstrate a commitment to environment, social and governance issues within the context of SFDR, the methods by which the effectiveness of such engagement policy and the ways in which such an engagement policy may be adapted in the event that they do not achieve the desired impact (usually expressed as a reduction in specified principal adverse indicators) would be described in the prospectus and website disclosures particular to that fund.
Where investment teams chooses to leverage engagement, this can take a variety of forms but, in essence, the portfolio management team would seek to have regular and continuing dialogue with executives or board directors of engaged investee companies to advance sound governance and sustainable business practices targeted at the identified ESG characteristics and principal adverse indicators, as well as to understand the effectiveness of the company's management and oversight of activities designed to address the identified ESG issues. Engagement also allows the portfolio management team to provide feedback on company practices and disclosures.
Where a relevant portfolio management team has concerns about a company's approach to the identified ESG characteristics and/or principal adverse indicators, they may choose to explain their expectations to the company's board or management and may signal through voting at general meetings that they have outstanding concerns, generally by voting against the re-election of directors they view as having responsibility for improvements in the identified ESG characteristics or principal adverse indicators.
Separate from the activities of any particular portfolio management team, at the highest level, as part of its fiduciary approach, BlackRock has determined that it is in the best long-term interest of its clients to promote sound corporate governance as an informed, engaged shareholder. At BlackRock, this is the responsibility of BlackRock Investment Stewardship. Principally through the work of BIS team, BlackRock meets the requirements in the Shareholder Rights Directive II ('SRD II") relating to engagement with public companies and other parties in the investment ecosystem. A copy of BlackRock's SRD II engagement policy can be found at https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/blk-shareholder-rights-directiveii-engagement-policy-2022.pdf.
BlackRock's approach to investment stewardship is outlined in the BIS Global Principles and market-level voting guidelines. The BIS Global Principles set out our stewardship philosophy and our views on corporate governance and sustainable business practices that support long-term value creation by companies. We recognize that accepted standards and norms of corporate governance differ between markets; however, we believe there are certain fundamental elements of governance practice that are intrinsic globally to a company's ability to create long-term value. Our market-specific voting guidelines provide detail on how BIS implements the Global Principles – taking into consideration local market standards and norms – and inform our voting decisions in relation to specific ballot items for shareholder meetings. BlackRock's overall approach to investment stewardship and engagement can be found at: https://www.blackrock.com/uk/professionals/solutions/shareholder-rights-directive and https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/about-us/investment-stewardship
In undertaking its engagement, BIS may focus on particular ESG themes, which are outlined in BlackRock's voting priorities https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/publication/blk-stewardship-priorities-final.pdf
L. Attainment of the sustainable investment objective
There is no specific index designated as a reference benchmark to determine whether this financial product is aligned with the sustainable investment objective that it promotes. However, please note that the MSCI All Countries World Index is used to compare certain ESG characteristics.
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ROYALTY PHARMA PLC 4.59
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DANAHER CORPORATION 3.54
ORSTED A/S 3.40
DAYAMITRA TELEKOMUNIKASI TBK PT 2.93
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BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP 2.84
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BlackRock Portfolio Managers have access to research, data, tools, and analytics to integrate ESG insights into their investment process. Aladdin is the operating system that connects the data, people and technology necessary to manage portfolios in real time, as well as the engine behind BlackRock's ESG analytics and reporting capabilities. BlackRock's Portfolio Managers use Aladdin to make investment decisions, monitor portfolios and to access material ESG insights that can inform the investment process to attain ESG characteristics of the fund.
ESG datasets are sourced from external third-party data providers, including but not limited to MSCI and Sustainalytics. These datasets include headline ESG scores, carbon data, business involvement metrics or controversies and have been incorporated into Aladdin tools that are available to Portfolio Managers. Such tools support the full investment process, from research, to portfolio construction and modeling, to reporting.
In addition to having access to these datasets in Aladdin, where applicable, Portfolio Managers could also supplement these sources with sell side research, non-government organization reports, company reported data, fundamental research insights prepared by BlackRock equity and credit investment research teams as well as the BlackRock Investment Stewardship team.
For further SFDR related fund/sub-fund level disclosures, please refer to the fund/ sub-fund specific Investment Objective and Policy section(s) and benchmark information in the prospectus that is available on the website.
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Hanan al-Shaykh, The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story (2009)
Elias Khoury, يالو | Yalo (2002)
Amin Maalouf, Léon l'Africain (1986), Samarcande (1988), Les Jardins de Lumière (1991), Le Rocher de Tanios (1993), Le Premier siècle après Béatrice (1992), Les Échelles du Levant (1996), Le Périple de Baldassare (2000), Les Croisades vues par les Arabes (1983), Les Identités meurtrières (1998), Le Dérèglement du monde (2009)
Restytucja Śródziemnomorza. Poszukiwanie transkulturowej ciągłości w pisarstwie Amina Maaloufa
(a mother's story)
It is a story that runs smooth and sentimental, at least in my Polish translation (Polish versions always tend to smoothen the edges of any text, coming from any country, as if in constant fear of scandalising the ill-disposed reader). In The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story (2009), Hanan al-Shaykh does just this, telling the life of her own mother, as a part of the larger project of addressing the changing gender roles and women's status in Arab society. But overall, it is a love story, mainly. There is the usual set in the background: the forced marriage of a girl in her teens, misery and economic injustice, domestic violence of husband against wife and brother against sister, abuse of the illiterate that are natural victims in the universe of written contracts, etc. It is almost a specific sub-genre in Arab literature, the novel of the writer's mother.
Yet as I read it, the recollections run smoothly in the riverbed of great love, a story with a relatively happy ending, since the heroine finally gets divorced from the man who forced her and marries the man whom she loves. And she bears him many children till his tragic death in a car accident. The love of the man, also the love of her children almost covers the reality of a donkey bearing a burden of stones - this is how she sees herself. It appears almost a strident detail that comes out of nothing that she is on Prozac late in her old age. Why, if overall her life seems so beautiful, under the sun of great love?
This is why the book is marked by an internal contradiction. It sounds like a sentimental love story, conjugated with a sentimental journey into the world of old Beirut's cinemas and Arab cinematography of the thirties, while it should have been written in bold curses from the first to the last page. The woman it portrays doesn't seem frustrated or angry. On the contrary, she seems so well integrated into her society, as she organizes her endless coffee meetings with her friends and distributes the presents she brought from America among her kin and neighbours. Except that she is on Prozac.
Apparently, she forgave everyone, even his father who refused to feed his abandoned family when she was a child. Even the brother who had beaten her because of her love affair. Why Prozac, then? Forgiveness, and the sense of being utterly victorious in her life, should have cured her. But apparently, it did not. Those wounds never heal.
There is a curse connected to the very act of writing (or dictating, like in the case of this illiterate mother) as if the recollection were a punishable transgression: the author gets cancer and dies shortly after. This is what Hanan al-Shaykh says, at the end of her book. Curiously, I also got cancer sometime after writing my own autobiography, The Four Riders. It was filled with curses from the first to the last page; I forgave or spared no one. I just run away from my domestic aggressors as far as I could, and I removed them from my life as thoroughly as I could. I sent them all to the devil, unforgiven, together with the very earth that bore them. The sweetness of the Arab woman who reintegrates her kin and returns to die among her people makes much more pleasant reading. But is it more efficient as a life strategy?
Hanan al-Shaykh, The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story (2009). Read in a Polish translation: Szarańcza i ptak, trans. Joanna Bogunia, Dawid Juraszek, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Nasza Księgarnia, 2011.
Kraków, 15.08.2022.
the ugly word that starts with an "i"
When I was a professor at the University of Warsaw, some time around 2010, I used to make my students read Maalouf's Identités meurtrières. Usually to no avail. Most of them preferred to believe older, male professors, chanting their siren song of simple and strong, national identity, that contributed, in 2015, to the victory of the ultra-conservative, Catholic-nationalistic party "Law and Justice". And that was when the time of Maalouf definitely ended (just as my professorship at the University of Warsaw).
Nonetheless, the anecdote proves how much Maalouf was right and important. His essays - as well as some of his novels, such as Le Périple de Baldassare, a cross-cultural search for a lost manuscript -, give the impression of simplicity as if they were destined for young adults. Or just less sophisticated readers. They were written as popular literature, probably deliberately, to make a real impact. At other times, Maalouf was popular even in Poland; many of his novels were translated, and I supervised various graduate dissertations concerning them; it seemed an ideal material for my students of "Cultural Studies - Mediterranean Civilisation". Maalouf was making a politically correct, easy reading for years. Till the times changed.
Les Identités meurtrières speak of the danger of identity taken as something clear, unique, uncompromising, requiring unconditional fidelity. And looking suspiciously to all those who do not share the same clarity. How important this book might be in Poland, today if anyone read it! But no one does. The book was translated into Polish because someone took it for a publication concerning terrorism and the danger of those fanatical Arabs. Just the same way as La Maladie de l'islam, de Abdelwahab Meddeb, that was also translated later on. Just because the title seemed to go straight to the core of Polish anxieties, at the time the country refused to participate in the European policy in response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
What I tried to explain to my Varsovian students, the only identity we possess is strictly individual and performative; it is something actualised in a context, in an encounter, facing another human being. My anti-essentialism was paddling laboriously against the current. Maalouf says that identity is a drawing on living skin, something warm and elastic, not an artificial structure. Something personal, made out of unrepeatable biography, like a fingerprint that distinguishes each of us, instead of connecting us into a tribe. He speaks of double, triple, and multiple identities, of the importance of those bridge-building individuals that the tribes take for traitors.
Amin Maalouf, Les Identités meurtrières, Paris, Grasset, 1998. My Polish edition: Zabójcze tożsamości, trans. Halina Lisowska-Chehab, Warszawa, PIW, 2002.


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Sandy asked: Can you advise the Florida law, or even Pasco County law on bicycles left in the breezeway of an apartment complex.
Apartment complexes are private property and are controlled by the owner of the complex. You should check the lease agreement for any related rules or regulations.
Generally speaking, a bike left on the breezeway (hallway) of an apartment / condo would be a safety hazard in the event of an emergency. Anything that blocks or restricts the ingress/egress to the apartments is generally prohibited by local fire code and likely prohibited by the rules in the lease or condo declaration. Unless your talking about your private patio area which be restricted to the conditions in your lease or condo declaration.
management should be called on this issue. if not resolved, call the local fire inspector and they will check into it and take appropriate action with the person's property and the management of the complex. in most cases, bicycles and other such things that can cause ingress and egress hazards in an emergency situation must be removed. property owners and managers have the right without notice to remove such items as would the fire department do if needed. i have worked apartment maintenance in the bay area for 30 years. i have dealt with these problems many times and have never lost, even when accused of stealing the items. i always covered my back door through management and the fire department and the local police departments.


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Everything that's happening in The 6ix on Canada Day!
Revathy Rajan
With the pandemic still on the rise, it's no surprise that Canada Day 2020 is going to be a little different this year. Instead of the usual gathering for fireworks, the GTA will be celebrating the country's 153rd birthday virtual style.
Even though large outdoor gatherings are still prohibited, that certainly doesn't dampen the Canadian spirit. The live stream viewers can expect a full-day programming of music, dance and virtual fireworks. There's also plenty of activities planned by the city for those of you looking to go out and soak in the sun.
Here's a list of all that's going down for Canada Day:
Performances from a variety of artists like Gordon Lightfoot, Jully Black, Ali Hassan, The Next Generation Leahy and many more.
15-minute light show by the CN Tower which will be live on their website.
A Canada Day Celebration Kit is available for download and features interactive activities
Ontario's first drive-in concert taking place in Markham.
The Toronto Islands are open to the public and visitors must buy their tickets online in advance.
The FOOD TRUCK'N Canada Day Festival will take place at Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex from 12pm to 8pm. Available for delivery and takeout via Uber Eats, along with a socially distanced patio.
Wahlburgers Toronto at King and Blue Jays Way will be open for take-out and delivery. Customers can avail of their special combo which includes, The "eh?" Burger, Poutine – with Chef Paul's own gravy, Apple Crumble and a Fountain Drink.
Molson Canadian is opening up its case to create the most Canadian Case of beer ever for limited-edition sale on July 1st. The case will feature all the Canadian beer brands from across the country. Some of the names include Big Rock Brewery, Red Truck Beer Company, Lake of the Woods Brewing Co, Crank Little Lager and lots more.
And more. Check out our community events calendar for details.
Revathy is a contributing writer for VTV with a passion for creative writing, reading, research and chilling with Netflix. She is an avid foodie and is constantly on the lookout for various cuisines.
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Q: Magento Layout Cache is saving the wrong template name Magento has this cache called Layouts Cache (see attached image)

I have 2 themes A and B, i have module X enabled. In theme A i have X.xml in layouts folder, which reference to root of shipping method and change the template like this
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Theme B doesn't have that layout file, so it's using the old template, i cleared all the cache, started testing out theme A, came to shipping method, everything is working fine, but then i switch to theme B and shipping method is showing nothing, i checked inside app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php and found out that the template name for checkout_onepage_shippingmethod is set to magentomod/X/checkout/onepage/shipping_method/available.phtml which is the custom template set for X module in theme A, but i didn't set it in theme B, so this template name must have been cached by magento cache above. I tried clearing the cache and B will work the way it should. But i cannot find a way to disable this type of behavior, i also tried adding disabling cache to the layout file but it still doesn't stop it from doing that, and in X layout there are several other blocks that are setting templates this way but i'm not having problems with those other blocks.

A: Finally found out that was because someone used setCacheKey to a specific value in a layout file

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Life is moving at a dizzying pace. Technology is evolving quickly. Distractions are increasingly at a rapid rate. So, how do you stay productive (and more importantly effective) when there's so much going on?
In this episode of The New Music Industry Podcast, I share some ideas on how to reduce distractions and how this will make you more productive in 2019.
Most of us begin the New Year with the best of intentions.
We set goals and resolutions, vow to make positive changes in our lives and head off to the races.
How does that turn out for most people?
According to an article on Inc.com, titled A Brutal Truth About Keeping New Year's Resolutions That Few People Are Willing to Admit, roughly 80% of people who make resolutions drop them by the second week of February.
I don't find that surprising myself, but it is sad to see so many people lose momentum and give up on themselves.
And, 2019 will be no exception. 80% of people will have dropped their resolution by the second week of February.
One of the problems is that we try to do too much too fast.
I've noticed that people like to talk about the Japanese concept of kaizen with regards to this topic of resolutions, which is a term used to describe "progressive improvement". Unlike what some experts say, it does not mean slow, continuous improvement.
But there's no Breakthrough in the idea of "continuous improvement", is there?
And yet, kaizen seems to have made a huge difference for some well-known companies.
See, here in North America we've taken the first character in the word kaizen to mean "change". Then we've taken the second character to mean "wisdom".
Change plus wisdom equals improvement? We're still missing something here.
See, the character "kai" doesn't just mean "change" It means to stop the old and change it to the new.
The character "zen" doesn't just mean "wisdom". It means to do good, to do what's right. It also refers to justice, something that has value, and the root of our motivation behind benevolent acts.
Kaizen, as a whole means to correct, or to improve the terms of a contract or your staff.
Sorry YouTube videos, you've done a horrible job of letting people in on this secret. Next time you need someone to explain to you what a Japanese term means, you should ask someone like me, that actually speaks Japanese.
See, what makes kaizen effective, what produces Breakthrough, is stopping what's not working and doing more of what is working. And, it's to have a sense of justice and value about taking things in a new direction.
At first glance, this may not appear profound. But let's say you're on a mission to lose 20 lbs. What would happen if you applied kaizen to this process? What if you stopped eating junk food and other unhealthy foods and just ate healthy, organic foods instead? You'd achieve your goal relatively quickly, right?
So, with that, I'd like to revisit another podcast episode from last year, entitled The Fewer The Options, The Better.
In this episode, I described how only having a laptop to do my work boosted my productivity and helped me accomplish more in less time.
Let's go back and have a listen, and I'll be back to close this episode at the end.
And I'm back to wrap up today's episode.
As I'm sure you're beginning to see, reducing distraction will make you more productive this year and in the years ahead.
Although I hinted at several tactics for improving your productivity in the original recording of episode 77, I'd like to make these a little more concrete. So, here are a few things you can do to reduce distraction.
It's a good idea to disconnect from your phone and the internet every once in a while. This is a healthy thing to do. Plus, it leaves space for ideas to coalesce in your mind and inspiration to hit. Sometimes, not being connected can help you get more done because it means fewer distractions.
Try doing your work in a coffee shop, in a library, at a bar or a pub and so on. Notice what impact the environment has on your psyche. Notice how your surroundings can influence what you're thinking about. Determine whether you get more or less done in that environment.
I like to do my work in a coffeehouse at least once per month if not weekly. I've found that changing your surroundings can lead to new ideas and even help you achieve more clarity overall.
I'm not a fan of notifications and I've turned most of them off on my phone. I try to turn off notifications on my laptop and desktop computers too, because they annoy me.
The only notifications I still leave on are phone calls, texts or instant messages. But you can even turn these off and check your phone at your own convenience if you prefer. After all, your time is valuable, and you can't be at everyone's beck and call 24/7.
Unsubscribe from email newsletters. I know some people put a lot of importance on seeing what other people in their niche are up to and while this can be of some value, recognize that you are the one being sold to when you're opening other people's emails. So, you should be sending more emails than you're reading.
Also, I've subscribed to some email lists thinking I would be spying on the competition, only to forget what I was doing and end up unsubscribing anyway.
If you have multiple computers, maybe one could be for general administrative and marketing work while your other computer is your dedicated studio computer.
If you have a spare room in your house, maybe that room could be your practice room.
Determine what purpose everything serves in your environment. If it doesn't serve a purpose, maybe it's time to get rid of it. Don't let everything happen on autopilot.
With that, I'd like to close this episode.
I hope you've found this valuable. Here's wishing you a productive 2019.