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  • Investor group backs SEC over courts for shareholder rights

    29 May 2024

    A group of 39 investors representing combined assets under management of $5.2 trillion have backed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to continue as the preferred arbiter of shareholder proposals in the US.

  • Oil and gas giants' climate opacity keeps investors in the dark, CA100+ assessments show

    27 March 2024

    The poor quality of climate disclosures by the 10 largest oil and gas companies globally is keeping investors in the dark and hindering their engagement efforts, analysis for the Climate Action 100+ initiative suggests.

  • CA100+ creates benchmark for net-zero emissions

    14 September 2020

    Engagement initiative Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has developed a tool for companies to use when developing strategies for transitioning to net-zero carbon emissions.

  • Shell lighting low-carbon path for oil & gas sector, says Church of England

    09 April 2019

    Oil and gas major Shell is “leading the way” in its sector as it plans for the transition to a low-carbon economy, according to the Church of England Pensions Board.

  • The 12 themes set to shape 2019

    04 January 2019

    What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps

  • New York City files to sue five oil majors, plans $5bn pension fossil fuel divestment

    11 January 2018

    New York City has filed a lawsuit against five oil majors for damages caused by climate change, and the city's pension funds intend to divest $5 billion from fossil fuel companies, as its mayor launched a blistering attack on the firms.

  • Trillion-dollar wealth fund to consider dropping oil and gas investment

    20 November 2017

    Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is to consider divesting its holdings in oil and gas because of the risk fossil fuels pose to its portfolio.

  • Major investors step up support for climate-risk resolutions

    02 October 2017

    Institutional investor support for shareholder resolutions on climate-related risks is at a turning point, according to UK non-profit ShareAction.

  • UK pension scheme NEST divests £27.2m from high carbon companies

    11 September 2017

    The UK's national workplace pension provider has divested £27.2 million from companies that it deems are not adequately adapting to a low-carbon economy, including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, it has said.

  • Shareholder pressure forces climate reporting

    13 March 2017

    A Fortune 500 company has bowed to shareholder pressure to start reporting on the risks its business faces from climate change.