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Total faces shareholder resolution to reduce carbon emissions
16 April 2020A group of 11 investors have filed a shareholder resolution at Total, calling on the oil major to set carbon emission reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.
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Sustainable equity funds becoming all-weather investments
02 April 2020The relative outperformance of ESG equity funds during the market correction caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic proves they can be all-weather investments that will appeal to long-term investors, Morningstar's sustainability research head tells Ahren Lester.
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Rio Tinto warns industry lobby on thermal coal advocacy
27 March 2020Mining giant Rio Tinto has delivered a dusting down to a significant Australian industry lobby for its support for thermal coal, as part of its review of the industry associations it wants to belong to.
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BP leaves trade associations over differences in climate policy
27 February 2020Oil and gas giant BP is to leave three trade associations due to differences on policy positions regarding carbon pricing and the federal regulation of methane, in a victory for investors.
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APG invests €250m in Norway hydropower firm for pension fund
21 February 2020Dutch asset management firm APG has almost doubled its investment in Norwegian hydropower firm Småkraft, undertaken on behalf of the Netherlands state workers' pension fund.
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BP 'raises questions' with pledge to be 'net zero' by 2050
12 February 2020The new CEO of oil and gas giant BP has released, to great fanfare, a pledge to make the company net zero by 2050 - but NGOs dismissed it as "cynical" and one investor said it "raises a number of questions".
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Transition-focused index backed by Church of England pension
30 January 2020The pension board of the Church of England (CofE) has allocated £600 million ($780 million) to a fund tracking a first-of-its-kind, custom-made, climate transition index, and issued a rallying call for other pension funds to follow.
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HSBC: Risk of stranded assets in oil and gas 'very limited'
22 January 2020HSBC has downplayed the risk of 'stranded assets' in the oil and gas sectors, pointing to the likelihood of continuing reliance on the industry for decades
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Investors welcome strengthened Anglo American climate lobbying policy
23 December 2019Major investment firms have welcomed the mining giant Anglo American agreeing to align its lobbying activity to the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Investing in the oceans
21 October 2019Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh