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Anne Simpson joins Franklin Templeton as sustainability head - Update
20 January 2022US investment manager Franklin Templeton has appointed Anne Simpson as its first global head of sustainability.
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Exxon's net zero goal 'underwhelming, but sign of change'
20 January 2022ExxonMobil's newly-minted net zero 'ambition' will underwhelm many investors - but could be a sign that new board members are bringing positive change, according to commentators.
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CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'too complicated'
10 January 2022The Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has potential to become an "essential tool" for investors, according to a climate finance campaigner, but currently suffers from being too complicated and lacking detailed requirements around current proof of alignment.
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Investor welcome for Shell exit from Cambo oil project
03 December 2021Oil supermajor Shell has backed out of investing in the Cambo oilfield project in Scotland in a move described as a "deathblow" for the controversial project...
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Just one listed electric utility is aligned with 1.5°C pathway, says Climate Action 100+
20 October 2021Investor engagement initiative Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has outlined the climate actions it expects electric utility firms to take..
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$3.2trn investor group to 'step-up' chemical sector emissions engagement
09 September 2021An investor working group has been formed to "step-up" engagement with major chemical firms around their carbon emissions, arguing the sector has been "neglected" by investors as being 'hard-to-abate'.
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CA100+ sets sights for food supply chains engagement
24 August 2021The sprawling supply chains of food and beverages companies are to be the subject of coordinated investor engagement after the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) initiative outlined its decarbonisation expectations for the sector
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BHP criticised as confirms oil and gas exit with Woodside deal
17 August 2021Pressure has been building on BHP to exit its fossil fuel assets, but its proposed deal to shift its oil and gas assets to Woodside has been criticised - and considered 'disastrous' for Woodside shareholders and the environment. Ahren Lester reports
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Steel first target of new CA100+ sector-wide engagement workstream
04 August 2021The convenors of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) collaborative engagement initiative have launched a new 'global sector strategies' workstream to "coordinate sector-wide engagement".
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CA100+ hails landmark GE vote on net zero benchmark
05 May 2021General Electric shareholders have unanimously supported a climate-related vote that asks the multinational conglomerate to provide information on how it will align with the recently launched Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) net-zero benchmark.