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Investors up pressure on mining companies to disclose
08 April 2019A group of investors with $10.3 trillion in assets has demanded that mining companies provide disclosures, within 45 days, on every tailings facility under their control.
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Shell to leave American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers following review of lobbying
03 April 2019Oil & gas giant Shell has published its first report on its lobbying practices, as a result of investor pressure, and has agreed to leave the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).
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Shell sets first short-term climate targets
15 March 2019Oil major Shell has set short-term targets to reduce its carbon emissions for the first time, in a move that has been welcomed by investors as a significant landmark for climate-related engagement.
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Church Investors’ climate voting policy targets utilities
04 March 2019The £21 billion ($27.8 billion) Church Investors Group (CIG) will vote against the chair of electricity utilities that do not have Paris-compliant emissions reduction targets, under its updated voting policy.
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Pension funds grill major companies on climate lobbying
29 October 2018A group of more than 50 major companies have been challenged on their approach to climate lobbying by investors with assets of about $2 trillion.
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Investors agree with BP - scenario analysis can be confusing!
17 October 2018Climate scenario analysis - as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) - can be "infinitely confusing", Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference heard.
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Setting a European benchmark
10 September 2018The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required
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Low-carbon index will use TPI to reward climate leaders, says pension fund
03 September 2018A new low-carbon index will look to use analysis by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) to increase or decrease the amount of capital allocated to listed companies based on their current and future performance on climate-related issues.
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Divest from oil and gas by 2023, £12bn Church of England instructed
09 July 2018The Church of England has agreed to divest from oil and gas firms by 2023 unless they can demonstrate sufficient efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Top investors put pressure on Shell, but climate resolution rejected
22 May 2018Royal Dutch Shell faced mounting pressure from investors to set concrete targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at its annual general meeting (AGM) but a climate-related shareholder resolution was rejected.