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CA100+ targets lobbying, implementing TCFD and net zero emissions
03 October 2019Climate Action (CA) 100+ has set out its engagement priorities, over the coming months, in its first initiative progress report for 161 'focus companies'.
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Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight
05 September 2019The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.
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BlackRock loses $90.4bn from failing to spot stranded asset risks, says IEEFA
01 August 2019The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, has seen $90.4 billion knocked off the value of its listed equities holdings over the last decade because it failed to address stranded asset risk in the fossil fuel industry, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
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Is Climate Action 100+ pushing hard enough?
19 July 2019The heavyweight investor engagement initiative has won some victories with fossil fuel giants. But should it be demanding more, asks Elena K Johansson.
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Investors name and shame 700 companies for poor environmental impact reporting
17 June 2019Investors with almost $10 trillion in assets have begun pushing more than 700 companies, including ExxonMobil, Amazon and Volvo, to disclose better environmental impact information.
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GBPs map 'green' project eligibility against other taxonomies
13 June 2019A mapping of how the influential Green Bond Principles' (GBPs) judgment of "greenness" corresponds with that of other standards and taxonomies has been published.
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BP climate change resolution passes with 99% support
22 May 2019A shareholder resolution calling on BP to prepare a business strategy consistent with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change secured 99.14% of votes at the oil giant's annual general meeting.
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BP climate resolution receives record investor support
16 May 2019Investor support for a BP climate shareholder resolution represents a new "global best", according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).
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Aegon supports Follow This climate resolutions
13 May 2019Dutch insurer Aegon has announced its support for nine climate resolutions at four major oil firms' annual general meetings (AGMs).
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Equinor bows to investor pressure of Climate Action 100+
25 April 2019Equinor has become the latest oil and gas company to bow to investor pressure to strengthen its climate targets.