BlackRock wants more diversity in company executive boards and is pushing portfolio companies to strive toward net-zero climate goals, according to a 2022 policy update released on Tuesday, even as the world’s biggest asset manager remains firmly invested in fossil fuels. “We have engaged companies on board diversity for many years. That engagement informs our voting guidelines for 2022. For example, in the U.S., we believe boards should aspire to 30 percent diversity of membership and encourage companies to have at least two directors on their board who identify as female and at least one who identifies as a member of an underrepresented group,” said the corporate statement (pdf). The New York-based investment company, managing assets all over the world to the tune of $9.46 trillion, has followed the steps of other big-name investors in persuading the companies in their portfolios to comply with progressive guidelines on climate change, hiring, …