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  • ETFs will help Engine No.1 accelerate climate action

    16 February 2022

    ETFs are the latest tool in the activist investor's armoury, Yasmin Dahya Bilger tells Thomas Cox

  • Engine No. 1 ETF targets high-emitting companies

    04 February 2022

    US impact investment group Engine No. 1 is targeting high-emitting companies including General Motors through the launch of an exchange-traded fund (ETF).

  • Exxon's 'ambition' for net zero operational emissions

    19 January 2022

    ExxonMobil has set an 'ambition' to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its own operations by 2050, months after a climate-themed investor revolt - but stopped short of setting plans to reduce emissions from use of its products.

  • Engine No. 1 likens ESG ratings to 'emojis'

    14 September 2021

    The investment firm that rose to prominence by dealing ExxonMobil a bloody nose over its climate governance has taken aim at "flawed" ESG ratings, devising its own framework it considers superior.

  • People Moves: HSBC, Santander, Engine No.1 and more

    09 July 2021
  • Engine No.1 hires Ferrari

    09 July 2021
  • Engine No. 1 readies 'active ownership' ETF

    23 June 2021

    Engine No. 1 has attracted $100 million in commitments for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will vote its shares in "favour [of] actions that encourage companies to invest in their workers, communities, and the environment".

  • Final ExxonMobil shareholder vote count accentuates climate revolt woes

    04 June 2021

    ExxonMobil acknowledged that another of the climate activist proposed board nominees it had opposed was elected by shareholders...

  • News round-up: ISS, Toronto, TSX, IHS Markit and more

    17 May 2021
  • ISS throws its weight behind Engine No.1's proposed Exxon board changes

    17 May 2021