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  • Investors betting on US shale recovery face major risks, warns CTI

    06 April 2016

    Equity investors have returned in force to the US shale oil and gas sector in recent months, despite incurring heavy losses last year and the mounting risk of stranded assets, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • $2.5trn of global financial assets at risk from climate change

    04 April 2016

    $2.5 trillion of global financial assets are at risk from the effects of climate change, according to a report.

  • EF BRIEFS: SolarCity, Cleveland, Rockefeller Family Fund, NTR

    24 March 2016

    SolarCity has secured a $131 million tax equity fund, with an undisclosed financing partner, to finance its distributed residential, commercial and military solar projects.

  • SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil

    24 March 2016

    ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.

  • JP Morgan Chase to stop project finance for new coal projects

    08 March 2016

    JP Morgan Chase will no longer provide project finance for new coal-fired power plants in "high income OECD countries" or for any new 'greenfield' coal mines.

  • Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO

    02 March 2016

    Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.

  • EF BRIEFS: Aquila, NRW, Equitix, GIB, New York, Rhode Island, Indiana

    02 March 2016

    Aquila Capital has launched an infrastructure strategy with a focus on shorter-term investments.

  • Zevin plans T Rowe Price proxy after Franklin Templeton setback

    26 February 2016

    Zevin Asset Management is calling on T Rowe Price to update its proxy voting policy to give more consideration to climate risk.

  • Divesting 'more effective than engagement', says Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts

    02 February 2016

    Divesting from fossil fuels and investing in climate solutions is a more effective tool than engagement when it comes to changing companies' business models, according the Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT).

  • Research backed by Norges Bank reveals most environmentally-risky coal firms

    29 January 2016

    Fossil-fuel companies with the greatest vulnerability to environmental risks have been named in new analysis, which urges firms to report at asset level to enable investors to better judge portfolio risks.