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Climate change is not priced-in, warns Schroders
17 July 2017The impacts of climate change are not adequately 'priced in' to companies' valuations, creating enormous financial risks and opportunities, Schroders has warned.
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Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement
08 May 2017Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.
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Exxon board fights climate resolution
25 April 2017ExxonMobil's board has refused to support a climate change resolution backed by investors with over $10 trillion in assets under management (AUM).
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Insurers need to heed their own ESG experience when investing
13 March 2017Jessica Ground, global head of stewardship at Schroders, argues that insurers are a natural fit for ESG investing.
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Insurers and ESG investment: the bleeding edge?
27 February 2017Responsible investing is increasingly mentioned in the investment process, and insurers certainly wear their ESG principles as a badge of honour. But, despite the talk, does ESG really influence investment policy? Sarfraz Thind reports
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Rising tide of ESG regulation highlighted in new report
26 January 2017There is rising tide of environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations globally, according to a new report by Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). However, more needs to be done to improve weak implementation of these policies.
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EF BRIEFS: SolarCity, CDP hires Stathers
19 July 2016SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations, has raised $345 million from four undisclosed tax equity investors to finance new projects.
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Shareholders lose climate change resolution at ExxonMobil and Chevron, despite record support
26 May 2016Shareholders have failed to force ExxonMobil and Chevron to report on the potential impact on their businesses of climate change policies that limit global warming to 2˚C.
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Investors are optimistic about Exxon and Chevron climate change resolutions
20 May 2016Investors are optimistic of a "positive" result for two shareholder resolutions on climate change at ExxonMobil and Chevron ahead their annual general meetings next week, despite opposition from the companies' boards.
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Investors representing $6trn back climate change resolution at ExxonMobil
13 April 2016Investors representing $6 trillion of assets under management (AUM) have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution demanding that ExxonMobil disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business.