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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. Almost immediately in response to the Clean Creatives campaign, communications consultancy Porter Novelli announced it would end its working relationship with the American Public Gas Association from 2021. Michael Holder. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 01:00.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00. Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. If successfully on stream by summer 2021 as its designers hope, the service should drive not only increased transparency but also increased accountability.

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94% of Investors Say Corporate Sustainability Reporting Contains Unsupported Claims: PwC

ESG Today

The report noted, however, that these levels were below those of a prior 2021 survey, despite the fact that fewer investors disagreed with these statements, with more investors instead being “neutral” on these issues.

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The ESG Interview: Learn from the Past, Look to the Future

Chris Hall

In 2021 LAPFF engaged with 171 companies, many of those major international organisations that make up the indexes to which the funds are exposed in their passive equity strategies. McMurdo anticipates more such rebellions this year, which he says reflects the pervasive greenwashing evident in net zero plans. Disputing divestment.

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Investors Still in the Dark on Climate Risks to Firms’ Finances

Chris Hall

For ESG-aware investors, this paucity of solid information leads to questions over whether they should they wait for information flows to improve, pinning hope on further action from regulators or legislators, or divest their holdings to avoid uncertainty over the climate risks in their portfolios. Potential evidence of greenwashing.

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Glencore Abandons Coal Demerger at Investors’ Request

Chris Hall

In the statement it referred to metallurgical coal as “carbon steel materials”, drawing accusations of greenwashing. Divest or wind down? Anglo American sold its thermal coal portfolio in 2021, while BHP announced in 2022 that it would close its last such mine in 2030.

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

Were the sustainability measures and corporate social responsibility offices at VW simply engaged in greenwashing? The University of Michigan Endowment Fund: Divesting from Fossil Fuels (Published 9.9.2020) In September 2019, there were climate change strikes at the University of Michigan. housing market typically works.