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Investors are optimistic about Exxon and Chevron climate change resolutions
20 May 2016Investors are optimistic of a "positive" result for two shareholder resolutions on climate change at ExxonMobil and Chevron ahead their annual general meetings next week, despite opposition from the companies' boards.
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Investors representing $6trn back climate change resolution at ExxonMobil
13 April 2016Investors representing $6 trillion of assets under management (AUM) have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution demanding that ExxonMobil disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business.
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GRESB expands its reach into 'real assets'
04 April 2016Standards body GRESB has launched a service assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of 'real assets', as it expands its scope further away from the real estate sector.
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EF BRIEFS: CalPERS, Chinese green bonds, Massachusetts Water
29 March 2016Task force to adopt list of states with similar rules, clearing the way for 2017 take off
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Looking back at 2015, and looking ahead to 2016
31 December 2015It has been a landmark year for environmental investment themes. Hamza Ali looks back at some of the key developments of 2015 and asks what the following year will bring
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Pension funds accused of greenwashing after ANZ climate resolution fails
18 December 2015Pension funds have been accused of "greenwashing" after they failed to back a shareholder resolution demanding Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) disclose its climate risks at its annual general meeting.
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CalPERS supports ANZ climate resolution
16 December 2015The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)has thrown its weight behind a shareholder resolution to force Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) to disclose its climate risk at its annual general meeting (AGM).
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COP blog: investors raise their voices on climate change
23 November 2015With so much time and energy focused on COP21, stakeholders might be forgiven for thinking that Paris is the endgame.
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Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change
06 November 2015US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.
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Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions
20 October 2015Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.