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Boston Common withdraws climate resolutions with Verizon and Home Depot
08 March 2019Boston Common Asset Management has withdrawn its climate-related shareholder resolutions with Verizon Communications and The Home Depot after reaching agreements with the companies.
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Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative
31 October 2018More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".
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BMO starts examining companies' 'plastic footprints'
28 September 2018BMO Global Asset Management is working to introduce the concept of 'plastic footprints', similar to carbon footprints, to encourage companies to measure and disclose their plastic usage to investors.
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Sustainable cities are APG's biggest responsible investment theme
02 August 2018Dutch asset manager APG allocated €24.5 billion ($28.5 million) in 2017 in investments that it considers to contribute to the theme of sustainable cities and communities, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
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Climate Action 100+ expands its reach and attracts new backers
04 July 2018An additional 61 companies have been added to Climate Action 100+ list, increasing the reach of the investor-backed initiative that aims to engage with "systemically important greenhouse gas emitters".
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Leading retailers and RBC act on supply chain emissions
26 June 2018Three of the world's 20 leading retailers – CVS Health, Target Corporation and Tesco – have joined Walmart in requesting information on their suppliers' carbon emissions as part of an initiative to improve supply chain sustainability.
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COP blog: Why food companies are engaged
10 November 2017It's time for food companies to participate in the next agricultural revolution – to low-emissions, argues Julie Nash
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EF BRIEFS: Duke Energy, Statkraft, NEP
09 September 2016Norway's sovereign wealth fund has divested its holdings in US utility Duke Energy, pointing to the company's risk of "severe environmental damage".
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Global supply chain 'slow to react to climate change'
29 January 2016Suppliers of major global companies are being slow to respond to the challenges posed by climate change, a report has warned.
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13 US corporations pledge $140bn in new investments to cut emissions
27 July 2015A group of 13 major US corporations have pledged to make $140 billion of investments to reduce their carbon emissions.