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  • Shell strengthens climate ambitions after investor pressure

    16 April 2020

    Royal Dutch Shell has strengthened its climate change ambitions in order to help meet global 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, but campaigners remain unconvinced that the proposals go far enough.

  • Investors ask Drax for clarity on Just Transition plans

    30 March 2020

    Aviva, BMO and the Church of England Pensions Board are among investors that have asked Drax to more clearly demonstrate how it will support its workers in the energy transition, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Rio Tinto warns industry lobby on thermal coal advocacy

    27 March 2020

    Mining 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.

  • Church investors toughen ESG shareholder voting policy

    10 March 2020

    As annual general meeting (AGM) season approaches, the Church Investors Group (CIG) has announced a toughened stance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when considering shareholder voting decisions.

  • Adam Matthews: A believer in the power of engagement

    10 February 2020

    The Church of England Pensions Board's ethics and engagement director explains to Ahren Lester the key role asset managers can play in driving the transition to a low-carbon economy

  • Transition-focused index backed by Church of England pension

    30 January 2020

    The 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.

  • Database of tailings dams launched as investors up pressure on mining firms

    24 January 2020

    A database of tailings dams has been launched that it is hoped will inform investor engagement and push mining companies to actively manage the risks of dams failing and causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities and the surrounding environment.

  • Repsol commits to ‘positive’ climate lobbying following investor pressure

    06 November 2019

    Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has committed to align its lobbying practices with the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement, in response to engagement by a group of European investors.

  • One in 10 mining tailings dams have history of stability issues, investors reveal

    01 November 2019

    Mining company disclosures to investors have revealed that more than 10% of those with tailings dams have encountered stability issues.

  • CofE slams proxy voting firms over BHP resolution

    09 October 2019

    The Church of England Pensions Board has hit out at proxy voting firms ISS and Glass Lewis for their failure to support a climate lobbying resolution at mining giant BHP Billiton.