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  • Rio Tinto shareholders in largest ever vote for climate resolution

    03 May 2018

    Investors with a combined $4 billion of shares in Rio Tinto have recorded the largest vote for a climate change-related resolution, without board support, in Australian corporate history.

  • Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups

    27 April 2018

    Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.

  • Tesla is top CO₂ performer but lags in disclosure, TPI says

    14 February 2018

    Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is the best performer in the automobile sector in terms of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, but is let down by its disclosure on the issue, a report has found.

  • Investors target climate at AGM season

    08 February 2017

    Investors with assets of approximately £17 billion ($21.1 billion) have called on shareholders to back resolutions requiring climate disclosure and forcing companies to deal with the transition to a low-carbon economy.