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  • Tesla and General Motors face deep sea mining shareholder resolutions

    26 March 2024

    Two of the world's largest car makers have been hit with shareholder resolutions related to deep sea mining to extract the minerals needed for electric batteries.

  • COP26 round-up, 10 November: Cars, Amazon and asset owners

    10 November 2021

  • Engine No.1 takes stake in General Motors

    05 October 2021

    Engine No. 1 has announced its investment in and support for General Motors (GM)'s vision...

  • CA100+ investors 'raise ambition' with five key shareholder resolutions

    17 February 2021

    Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) says key shareholder resolutions filed with the likes of ExxonMobil, Berkshire Hathaway and General Motors are a sign of "raised ambition" among investors in this year's annual general meeting (AGM) season.

  • One fifth of CalPERS portfolio is highly exposed to climate risk

    27 December 2019

    The largest public pension fund in the US has reported that a fifth of its portfolio is among those sectors most exposed to climate change risks.

  • Climate Action – how the bond market can finance the fight

    05 September 2019

    The green bond market and the carbon markets could be combined to help decarbonise the economy, suggests Mark Leahy.

  • UK pension fund forum urges greater climate action from 16 firms

    10 August 2018

    The UK Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) issued several climate-related voting alerts to ramp up pressure on 16 oil and gas, mining and transport companies in the second quarter of this year.

  • Electric vehicles could hit price parity with diesel and petrol from 2022, CDP says

    19 January 2018

    Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will reach price parity with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles from about 2022, according to research published by CDP.

  • Companies take $14bn hit from water problems in 2016, CDP finds

    18 November 2016

    The value of water-related financial impacts borne by companies soared to $14 billion last year, up from $2.6 billion the previous year.

  • Car makers set for up to $4.8bn fines for non-compliance on climate change, warns CDP

    21 March 2016

    Leading car manufacturers could face penalties of up for $4.8 billion for falling short of emissions rules, CDP has warned investors.