Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2024

“However, compared to the findings of our inaugural report, we are disappointed to see only incremental progress; Canada’s pension sector is still not on a pathway aligned with the Paris Agreement,” said Britt Runeckles, Pensions Campaigner at Shift, a charity which engages with pension funds and their beneficiaries on climate issues.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 8, 2024

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. BHP sold its oil and gas business to Woodside in 2022 in an all-share deal. The post Glencore Abandons Coal Demerger at Investors’ Request appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MAY 5, 2023

Asset owners have been urged to “scrutinise” the investment practices of their managers, following new research highlighting that asset managers committed to net zero have billions invested in oil and gas companies failing to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Shares in the 15 oil and gas companies made up 2.3% at BlackRock.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

oriented assets to exceed US$41 trillion by 2022 and $50 trillion by 2025 — representing one?third Other states have passed or introduced legislation designed to divest from industries like fossil fuels. ESG states has passed or introduced laws requiring divestment from companies that “boycott” the fossil fuel industry.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

UK pension schemes will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Paris Agreement from October, but will also be given greater flexibility to make climate-positive investments as well as new stewardship guidance, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey confirmed today. “We PLSA) digital ESG Conference 2022.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. billion in 2022, a 46.5% But Carbon Tracker chose to exclude fully state-owned NOCs and companies based in Russia, describing them as “[firms] over which investors have little influence”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

In June, the Church of England Pensions Board (CoEPB) and Church Commissioners announced that they will divest from oil and gas firms for failing to align with climate goals. However, individual, specific, and isolated divestments do not make a significant difference due to the abundance of liquidity in the market. billion (US$13.2

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Alongside the progress of a bill in California calling for fossil fuel divestment by public-sector pensions, and the SEC’s plans for climate-risk disclosures , this new assault on greenwashing moves US policy closer to its European counterparts, where fund disclosure rules are already reshaping the market.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 31, 2023

In our progress report this year [following the new protocol], we hope to have deeper insights on emissions reductions that can be shared ahead of COP28 and the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement,” said Bolli. In 2022, NZAOA introduced a member-led process to review members’ published and report targets on an anonymised basis.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2024

“However, compared to the findings of our inaugural report, we are disappointed to see only incremental progress; Canada’s pension sector is still not on a pathway aligned with the Paris Agreement,” said Britt Runeckles, Pensions Campaigner at Shift, a charity which engages with pension funds and their beneficiaries on climate issues.

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Chris Hall

MAY 16, 2024

Demand for critical minerals is set to drastically increase as the world attempts to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement, meaning that mining companies will be increasingly exposed to human rights-related abuses if they do not act. Analysis conducted by the International Energy Agency in 2022 noted that 40% of the current global production (..)

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Immediately and gradually – The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook calculated that keeping on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement by 2030 would cost between 0.15-0.25% Energy think tank Ember revealed that global growth in electricity demand (389 TWh) was met entirely by renewable sources in H1 2022.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

The new indicator includes metrics to see whether any emissions reductions have been due to actions such as divestment. While at a corporate level firms might be decreasing their emissions, real economy emissions will increase as the assets continue to be run by a different party.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

Skidmore’s review was part of these efforts, following a previous High Court ruling in July 2022. It’s not just about having a green finance strategy – it’s also about ending fossil-fuel financing,” the former MP added, pointing to companies such as NatWest and Unilever, which have committed to divesting from fossil fuels.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

For example, an asset manager may have a limited carbon footprint and can appear to be on track to net zero by divesting its high-carbon assets, however such action is effectively passing the problem onto someone else. Some companies may also need to tap into some form of government support.

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Chris Hall

MAY 25, 2023

C pathway.” Despite ‘dark green’ investors divesting from Glencore, Narr remains encouraged by 24% of shareholders voting against Glencore’s climate plan at last year’s AGM which showed there was a “sizable minority that were not super happy with the climate report”.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2023

Votes for a Follow This climate resolution to introduce Scope 3 emissions reduction targets fell to 11% at ExxonMobil from 28% last year, and to 10% at Chevron from 33% in 2022. Be the change – ESG Investor ’s weekly update on voting outcomes at oil and gas sector AGMs counts more clouds than silver linings as the season comes to close.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

In late 2022 and early 2023, a significant number of Article 9 funds were downgraded to Article 8 due to stricter regulatory guidance. Initiatives such as divestment from fossil fuels, engagement with companies on sustainability issues, and the launch of dedicated ESG funds demonstrate their commitment to driving positive change.

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Chris Hall

MAY 19, 2022

As of March 2022, 69% of focus companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 or sooner and 89% have aligned with recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We quickly went from the positivity of COP26 into 2022, which has presented a range of challenges for us all,” said Neil Brown, head of equities at GIB Asset Management. In undeniably tough conditions across 2022, a huge amount has been done. That does not mean divesting to ensure the portfolio looks good in the quarterly report.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

C threshold (above pre-industrial levels) stipulated in the Paris Agreement. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022 , there has been key progress in recent years in moving away from fossil fuels and toward more renewables-based electricity.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

In the US alone, 529 shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and related sustainable governance themes were filed during the 2022 proxy season, a 20% increase on the previous year, according to the Proxy Preview. Transparency is improving, but slowly.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

While the initial bid in February 2022 was knocked back as too low, Cannon-Brookes said negotiations were ongoing. The fund’s strategy includes a commitment to increasing investments in appropriate clean energy and low carbon opportunities, divestment of thermal coal miners and engagement with fossil fuel companies to set net zero targets.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

China’s oil demand declined in 2022 for the first time this century as the nation jumped from one lockdown to the next. In 2022, consumption of oil in the industrial sector boomed as gas prices spiked, and with economics for oil burn favorable in 2023 despite declining spot LNG prices, demand looks set to remain strong.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The alliance says: “Companies need to work now to develop and implement credible transition plans aligned with the Paris Agreement.” New research from Majority Action found high levels of divergence between CA100+ members during the 2022 US AGM season regarding board director elections.

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

As reported by CNN’s Matt Rivers , moving into 2022, democracy is better positioned to fend off right-ring authoritarianism than you might think. The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. My mind is made up,” Bolsonaro said.

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Chris Hall

JULY 24, 2024

In June that year Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into state law one of the country’s first pieces of anti-ESG legislation, requiring state entities – including pension funds – to divest from companies that boycotted fossil fuel and firearms. Since then, anti-ESG legislation has become a craze among Republican-controlled states.

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