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  • Climate change is an opportunity for insurers, says Warren Buffett

    29 February 2016

    Insurers should welcome the opportunity for business growth provided by climate change, according to Warren Buffett, as he rejected calls for a resolution on climate disclosure.

  • Shareholders hit back at ExxonMobil over climate change disclosure

    25 February 2016

    A group of ExxonMobil shareholders, including the New York Common Retirement Fund, have hit back at ExxonMobil after the oil major attempted to dismiss their resolution over climate disclosure.

  • BNP Paribas IP changes voting policy to be 'a lot more aggressive' on climate change

    23 February 2016

    The asset management arm of BNP Paribas is increasingly going to use its weight as a shareholder to tackle firms that do not disclose adequately their carbon footprints and strategies for transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

  • EF BRIEFS: Exxon, FIM, SunEdison, Hareon, SPI, CTX

    20 January 2016

    A group of institutional investors with $300 billion under management is calling on ExxonMobil to prove its resilience in the face of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

  • Infographic: Stranded assets risk - at a glance

    04 January 2016

    Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade, on projects that could be rendered uneconomic by action to curb climate change and advances in clean technologies, says the Carbon Tracker Initiative

  • Looking back at 2015, and looking ahead to 2016

    31 December 2015

    It has been a landmark year for environmental investment themes. Hamza Ali looks back at some of the key developments of 2015 and asks what the following year will bring

  • Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change

    06 November 2015

    US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.

  • 2015 has seen an 'inexorable rise' in voluntary carbon pricing for corporates, says CDP

    23 September 2015

    There has been an "inexorable rise" in the number of public companies putting a price on carbon, according to a report from CDP.

  • Oil firms demand worldwide carbon pricing in open letter

    01 June 2015

    A group of six oil companies have called for the introduction of a global carbon price as part of "ambitious policy frameworks" to help tackle climate change, in an open letter to world leaders.

  • High times for low-carbon indexes

    18 February 2015

    The oil rout and the intensifying stranded assets debate have boosted investor interest in low-carbon indexes. What are the differences between the growing number of products on offer, and how are they performing? Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports