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PGGM to Engage with Energy Customers 

Chris Hall

Move follows decision by Dutch pension fund PFZW to divest from nearly all of its fossil fuel holdings. PGGM has announced it would shift its engagement focus from the supply to the demand-side of the energy sector, following a decision from its largest client PFZW to divest from most of its fossil fuel holdings.

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HSBC to Exit Coal Investments

ESG Today

HSBC Asset Management unveiled a new policy today to phase out its investments in coal-fired power and thermal coal mining, with plans to ramp engagement with companies on transitioning away from thermal coal, and to divest from companies over time with inadequate transition plans. C objectives or clear divestment pathways.

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Shell U-turn Prompts Closer Investor Scrutiny

Chris Hall

trillion) in AUM co-filed a climate resolution at Shell, calling for the European oil and gas major to align its medium-term Scope 1 to 3 decarbonisation targets with the Paris Agreement. Earlier this month, 27 institutional investors with €4 trillion (US$4.6 Hold or fold? Nest also views climate change as a systemic risk.

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Shell’s Empty Transition Promise

Chris Hall

In its new strategy, the company claims it will invest US$10-US$15 billion between 2023-2025 in low-carbon energy solutions, such as electric vehicle charging, biofuels, renewable power, and carbon capture and storage. Last year, it invested US$5.6 billion in low-carbon solutions – 23% of its total capital spending.

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AXA IM to Vote Against Companies Lobbying Against Climate Goals

ESG Today

Global asset manager AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) announced today that it has updated its corporate governance & voting policy with more stringent ESG expectations for companies, including a pledge to target high emissions companies lobbying against the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Engagement Alone Unable to Resolve Energy Impasse – PME

Chris Hall

Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. Eight years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the energy transition remains “stuck”, according to Spaargaren.

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Engagement with Consequences

Chris Hall

Over the past decade, many asset owners have made divestments out of fossil fuels. In fact, the total value of the institutions divesting is estimated to be US$40.5 trillion, according to data provided by the Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitments Database.