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Shell to leave American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers following review of lobbying
03 April 2019Oil & gas giant Shell has published its first report on its lobbying practices, as a result of investor pressure, and has agreed to leave the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).
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Shell sets first short-term climate targets
15 March 2019Oil major Shell has set short-term targets to reduce its carbon emissions for the first time, in a move that has been welcomed by investors as a significant landmark for climate-related engagement.
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Church Investors’ climate voting policy targets utilities
04 March 2019The £21 billion ($27.8 billion) Church Investors Group (CIG) will vote against the chair of electricity utilities that do not have Paris-compliant emissions reduction targets, under its updated voting policy.
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Pension funds grill major companies on climate lobbying
29 October 2018A group of more than 50 major companies have been challenged on their approach to climate lobbying by investors with assets of about $2 trillion.
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Investors agree with BP - scenario analysis can be confusing!
17 October 2018Climate scenario analysis - as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) - can be "infinitely confusing", Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference heard.
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Divest from oil and gas by 2023, £12bn Church of England instructed
09 July 2018The Church of England has agreed to divest from oil and gas firms by 2023 unless they can demonstrate sufficient efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC
29 June 2018BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Top investors put pressure on Shell, but climate resolution rejected
22 May 2018Royal Dutch Shell faced mounting pressure from investors to set concrete targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at its annual general meeting (AGM) but a climate-related shareholder resolution was rejected.
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Standardisation of scenarios is necessary for oil & gas, Carbon Tracker says
21 May 2018A common reference scenario for the oil & gas sector is needed to boost comparability, said Carbon Tracker, after its analysis exposed large disparities in companies’ consideration of the potential impacts of climate change.
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Rio Tinto shareholders in largest ever vote for climate resolution
03 May 2018Investors with a combined $4 billion of shares in Rio Tinto have recorded the largest vote for a climate change-related resolution, without board support, in Australian corporate history.