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CDP's Carbon Action Initiative Brings $10 Trillion to Bear on Climate
Posted by ErkSat 87 days ago in Energy
The Carbon Action initiative of the Carbon Disclosure Project, launched last year on behalf of 34 institutional investors, now has 92 signatories with more than $10 trillion in assets under management... [Read More]
 
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More Voices Add to Calls for Shift to 'Sustainable Capitalism'
Posted by ErkSat 88 days ago in Energy
A new essay from Generation Investment management expands upon a manifesto written by co-founders Al Gore and David Blood and calls for, among other changes, mandatory integrated reporting and an end ... [Read More]
 
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Proxy Power: Shareholder Successes on Climate, Energy & Sustainabiity
Posted by ErkSat 98 days ago in Energy
How investors can use shareholder resolutions to boost company and industry commitments to sustainability issues.... [Read More]
 
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Ceres Shines a Light on the Power of Shareholder Proxy Votes
Posted by ErkSat 98 days ago in Energy
A new look at how shareholder resolutions positively impact corporate commitments to energy and climate issues finds steady growth in proxy actions, and relatively greater success rates.... [Read More]
 
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Tracking the Evolution of Sustainable Investing
Posted by ErkSat 109 days ago in Energy
A new book from Trucost executive Cary Krosinsky looks at how sustainable investment in an era of growing resource scarcity can yield significant opportunities for boosting your portfolio's perfor... [Read More]
 
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How Responsible Investing Can Change the Food System
Posted by ErkSat 215 days ago in Energy
The Slow Money Conference held last week aims to bring socially responsible investing to innovative companies that are creating jobs, improving the soil and growing healthy food at a sustainable scale... [Read More]
 
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How Shareholder Activism Moved the Needle on Sustainability in 2011
Posted by ErkSat 318 days ago in Energy
Calls for companies to be more responsible in handling CSR challenges that range from fracking to recycling captured shareholders' attention this year, according to reports on the 2011 proxy season f... [Read More]
 
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Fewer Mutual Funds Voted for Climate Resolutions in 2010
Posted by ErkSat 405 days ago in Energy
Ceres and Fund Votes conduct annual survey of voting by mutual funds on shareowner resolutions relating to climate change, and find they have declined for first time since 2007.... [Read More]
 
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Investors Lobby Congress in Support of EPA
Posted by ErkSat 411 days ago in Energy
As the agency's authority to regulate emissions comes under attack, sustainable investors argue that inconsistent climate policies are already damaging the U.S. economy.... [Read More]
 
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Companies Cannot Sweep Climate Change Under the Rug
Posted by ErkSat 441 days ago in Energy
Although most of mainstream business is well beyond the climate change debate, investors aren't getting the disclosure they need to evaluate which companies are best positioned for this mega trend an... [Read More]
 
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SEC Climate Change Disclosure Improves but Still Weak
Posted by ErkSat 446 days ago in Energy
A year after the SEC directed public companies to disclose climate change-related risks and opportunities, a new report finds disclosure has improved incrementally, but still leaves a lot to be ... [Read More]