The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) 2018 corporate governance policy and voting guidelines have been published providing its members with examples of good stewardship practice and recommendations for key votes at the Annual General Meetings of their investee companies, …
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The 2018 State of Green Business Report – produced by GreenBiz and Trucost – stated that the corporate carbon emissions of the largest 1,200 global companies and the largest 500 US companies fell in 2016 reaching the lowest level in …
Read MoreGlobal companies attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos have made sustainability commitments on recycling and renewable energy.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which is campaigning for a circular economy in the use of materials, announced in …
Read MoreLarry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, has stated his commitment to the role of the global investment giant as a steward for the companies in which it invests in his annual letter to chief executives.
As a …
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, has announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against the five largest investor-owned fossil fuel companies as measured by their contributions to global warming.
New York will be seeking damages from BP, …
Read MoreActivist institutional investors, the public pension fund CalSTRS and Jana Partners, have begun a campaign calling on the technology giant, Apple, to consider the evidence that children that are excessively using electronic devices, such as its I-phone, may be …
Read MoreFour of the top ten largest asset managers in the US voted in support of a climate change-related shareholder resolution for the first time ever during 2017 research by Fund Votes for the pressure group, Ceres has found.
The asset …
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Global mining and oil company BHP said it intends to pull out of the World Coal Association (WCA) over its position on climate change. This follows the publication of a review of industry associations that have an active position on
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Responsible investment pressure group ShareAction has welcomed the UK government’s interim response to recommendations made by the Law Commission earlier this year which concluded that there were no legal or regulatory barriers to pension funds, whether defined contribution or defined …
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The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has revealed it has public support from 237 companies with a combined market capitalisation of over $6.3 trillion, which includes 150 financial firms responsible for assets of over $81.7 trillion. The TCFD …
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