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  • US firms failing to back emission reduction talk with targets, says Ceres

    02 March 2018

    More than half of the largest US companies with commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have failed to set quantitative targets to achieve reductions, a study by Ceres shows.

  • Exxon takes encouraging disclosure steps but must go further, investors say

    08 February 2018

    The latest climate-related disclosures by oil giant ExxonMobil fail to go far enough in setting out how climate change is likely to impact its business, say an influential group of investors that led last year's successful shareholder resolution against the company.

  • Green bond comment, January 2018: What has the green bond market ever done for us?

    08 February 2018

    In the classic film Monty Python's Life of Brian, a group plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire ask: 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'

  • New York State pension fund commits extra $2bn to low-carbon index

    01 February 2018

    The $203 billion New York State Common pension fund has doubled its exposure to its own low-carbon index to $4 billion.

  • Major investor initiative to tackle climate change on four fronts announced

    01 February 2018

    A landmark initiative to spur investors to attack climate change on the four fronts of engagement, disclosure, low-carbon investing and policy advocacy has been launched.

  • People moves: Generation Investment Management, S&P Global Ratings, Ceres, Crowell & Moring and Global Thinkers Forum

    26 January 2018

    Generation Investment Management has appointed John Bernstein as partner and chairperson of its growth equity investment committee.

  • Banking on Water - the role of commercial banks in water solutions

    11 December 2017

    There are five key ways in which banks can seize the opportunities presented by the water sector, argues Ambika Jindal.

  • Why investors need to be alert to water risk

    06 December 2017

    If investors are not aware of water risks, now is the time to get up to speed, argues Monika Freyman

  • COP blog: Why food companies are engaged

    10 November 2017

    It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash

  • The importance of green bonds to investors

    30 October 2017

    In a transcript of his speech at Green Bonds Americas, Ceres' Peter Ellsworth explains why investors value green bonds and explains what different actors can do grow the market