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World’s largest asset manager says climate-related shareholder proposals are becoming too prescriptive.
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The world's biggest asset manager urges firms to set rigorous decarbonization goals or risk being voted against at board meetings as it sets out shareholder expectations for 2021.
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Citi, Societe Generale, ING and DNB have all signed onto a new set of standards for lending to shipping banks that include climate targets.
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Experts from Citi, Microsoft and Bank of America weigh in on the latest corporate efforts to reach dramatic emissions targets.
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Here are the essential facts to know about CDP, DJSI, GRI, GRESB and SASB.
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More financial firms are shunning fossil fuel companies. Here's why should you follow their lead.
by Sissel Waage
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Footwear company's greenENERGY Fund invests in a portfolio of efficiency projects that target a strict 20 percent annual return on capital.
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NRG Energy volunteers discover how solar energy may spur economic development in the earthquake-ravaged country.
by Marc Gunther
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A new approach to corporate accounting and sustainability saved Lockheed Martin millions.
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In this Q&A, Robert Eccles of Harvard Business School discusses how mandatory integrated reporting can spur companies toward greater sustainability.
by David Kiron
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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.
by Robert Kropp
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What's the business driver for sustainability initiatives? Beyond a small group of no-brainers, many companies are struggling to justify investing in green projects. Embracing a new definition what's valuable can help chart the path forward.
by Todd Cort
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Global 500 companies on the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index and Carbon Performance Leadership Index yielded twice the average return of the Global 500 as a whole, according to the latest research from the Carbon Disclosure Project.
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The bill for all that unchecked carbon pollution is a lot bigger than previously thought -- and that the longer we wait to pay it, the more it’s going to cost us.
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If the carbon bubble is allowed to keep growing -- and threatens to burst -- investors and the planet will both lose.
by James Leaton
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A new report warns institutional investors about the hidden climate change risks lurking in their portfolios.
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The largest bank in the U.S. issues its first CSR report today providing a comprehensive, deeply detailed view of billions of dollars in environmental lending, investments, company projects, and more.
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In the environment, as in business, timing is critical. This is perhaps no more true than in the issue of anthropogenic climate change, and GreenBiz articles this week discuss the alarming news on carbon emissions and their impacts on cities.
by Rob Watson
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The largest bank in the U.S. sets new goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost green building certification while committing $55 million to help finance building retrofits.
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Awareness continues to grow amongst the investment community about the significant business benefits for companies that reduce their emissions.
by Joanna Lee
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Warning that portfolio risk could increase by 10 percent in the next 20 years, Mercer recommends that at least 40 percent of the portfolios of institutional investors include investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
by Robert Kropp
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Experts predict that a government move to impose a carbon tax through the Carbon Reduction Commitment may actually help make the scheme less complicated.
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Investors and U.S. policymakers face a historic choice: Invest in energy infrastructure now or wait for economic recovery. Certainly, the world faces serious challenges to both capital markets and the global economy as the effects of the financial crisis unfold, but this is not an “either/or” issue. Investing in clean energy infrastructure is a business and environmental necessity that we cannot afford to postpone.
by Jigar Shah
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While adaptation strategies may seem like admitting defeat, it's essential to pursue them as well as climate change mitigation, speakers said in a Climate Week NYºC 2010 discussion led by the chairman of Swiss Re Americas Holding.