Total hit by shareholder resolution - again

A group of 11 investors have filed a shareholder resolution at TotalEnergies ahead of its AGM on 25 May,…

Investment

EACOP must stop!

How is it possible that a project like the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) could be under serious consideration in 2022, asks Michael Northrop

Policy,Stranded Assets

Nestlé dropped from DJSI 'after reporting review'

Nestlé has blamed its removal from the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) on a review of its…

ESG,ESG Data

Oil majors to pilot net zero model that pits winding-down as 'legitimate' strategy

BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total are the first oil companies to agree to pilot an investor-led standard…

Carbon

Eni SLB 'a step in the right direction' - but oil firms risk 'fairytale' net zero targets

The €1 billion ($1.2 billion) sustainability-linked bond (SLB) from Italian oil supermajor Eni - believed…

Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

Green bond comment, June 2021: Are oil and gas firms still locked out of the sustainable bond market?

The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps

Green Bonds

News round-up: BlackRock, The IA, Nasdaq and more...

Carbon,Investment,Policy,Renewables

BlackRock releases proxy votes, shows 'improvement'

Carbon

Total secures shareholder backing for controversial climate strategy

Carbon,Equity,Investment,Policy

Eni publishes 'first' sustainability-linked financing framework for oil sector

Italian oil supermajor Eni has published its sustainability-linked financing framework supporting its…

Carbon,ESG,ESG Data,Green Bonds

Setting science-based target for Total bond plan 'not easy', Pouyanné says

The boss of French oil major Total said the company is working hard to find a Paris Agreement-aligned…

Carbon,ESG,ESG Data,Green Bonds

Investor failure to vote for near-term climate targets would be hypocrisy, Hohn says

Investors who do not support shareholder resolutions that aim to force major polluters to set near-term…

Carbon,Corporate

Total commits to issuing only sustainability-linked bonds

French oil supermajor Total has committed to all its new bond issues being 'sustainability-linked', in…

Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

Oil and gas majors release joint transition principles

Eight energy companies - BP, Eni, Equinor, Galp, Occidental, Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell and Total - have…

Carbon,Stranded Assets

News round-up: Europex welcomes ETS review, Snam climate targets, India renewables investment

ESG

Macquarie and BT Pension push TPI support past $20trn

Membership of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has surged past the $20 trillion milestone, just…

Carbon,Investment,Policy

ESG news round-up: Calvert joins Morgan Stanley; CofE drops ExxonMobil; HSBC in net-zero pledge

ESG

GIG and Total to develop 2.3GW of offshore wind projects in S. Korea

Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) and French oil and gas company Total are to co-develop an initial…

Renewables

Third of investor votes back Mizuho Financial climate resolution

More than a third of Mizuho Financial investors backed a ground-breaking shareholder resolution urging…

Carbon,ESG,Investment

Fossil fuel reserve profits 'could fall by two-thirds'

Falling demand and rising investment risk is forecast to slash profits from fossil fuel reserves, research…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Investment,Stranded Assets