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  • US pension funds call on banks to disclose emissions targets

    27 January 2023
  • NYC funds file diversity disclosure proposal at NextEra Energy

    16 May 2022
  • NYC pension funds divest $3bn of fossil fuel assets

    23 December 2021
  • NYC pension funds pledge $37bn for climate solutions as they go net-zero

    22 October 2021

    Three New York City pension funds have committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across their portfolios by 2040...

  • $1.8trn investor group urges US utilities to set net-zero carbon deadline

    01 March 2019

    Investors representing a combined $1.8 trillion in assets have demanded that the 20 largest publicly traded electricity utilities in the US commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

  • New York City files to sue five oil majors, plans $5bn pension fossil fuel divestment

    11 January 2018

    New York City has filed a lawsuit against five oil majors for damages caused by climate change, and the city's pension funds intend to divest $5 billion from fossil fuel companies, as its mayor launched a blistering attack on the firms.

  • NY State Common and NY City Pension Funds make plans to cease fossil fuel investments

    22 December 2017

    Both the $200 billion New York State Common pension fund and the $181 billion New York City Pension Funds are to consider ceasing new investments in fossil fuels, their trustees have said.