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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. As with the financial divestment movement, there is a valid debate about whether engagement with high-carbon firms that are working to reduce their emissions is more effective than simply severing ties. Michael Holder. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:00.

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. After all, the $41 million ExxonMobil spent on climate lobbying in 2019 ( according to InfluenceMap ) exceeds the entire $37 million annual operating budget ( 2019 ) of Greenpeace USA. Four firms receive an A while 26 received an F.

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2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

3BL Media

Voice Through Divestment The other Honorable Mention paper examines how divestment of stock holdings and pledges to disinvest affect target companies and industries, given past skepticism about this link. The research underscores the significant financial impact of environmental advocacy and public sentiment,” says judge Lilian Ng. “It

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Those of us who invested in 2019 or earlier are still doing well, but I feel terrible for people who jumped on the green energy bandwagon in 2020. Divestment is different from ESG, which is different from impact investing. It launched in May 2022 but failed to attract investors and closed, or “de-listed,” in June 2023.

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Sofidel: “Visionary” Entrepreneurs and Managers

3BL Media

Among the interesting examples in the world of managers, a special mention is undoubtedly due to the experience of Paul Polman (1956), CEO of Unilever for 10 years (from 2009 to 2019).

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What if we slapped carbon taxes on shareholders not consumers?

Corporate Knights

households’ personal responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2019. Pension and private wealth fund managers would have incentive to divest from carbon-polluting investments out of a fiduciary duty to their clients. Two kids, 10 years and a Ph.D. later, I finally have some answers.

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

This week, Aviva Investors abandoned a pledge to divest from high-emitting firms that had previously been put on a climate watchlist, citing a very different macro backdrop since its engagement escalation programme was established.