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Biodiversity resolution sees investor support at PepsiCo

A resolution urging PepsiCo to carry out a material biodiversity dependency and impact assessment has received support from 18% of shareholders, including some major institutional investors.

AllianzGI to support two major biodiversity resolutions

Allianz Global Investors has announced it will support two resolutions urging PepsiCo and Home Depot to assess their biodiversity impacts.

190 investors sign up to collaborative engagement on nature

190 institutional investors have signed up to collaborate to pressure 100 companies to address their negative impacts on nature, on the launch of Nature Action 100 (NA100) at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Americas conference.

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CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement

Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.

CA100+ creates benchmark for net-zero emissions

Engagement initiative Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has developed a tool for companies to use when developing strategies for transitioning to net-zero carbon emissions.

Boom time for green bond funds

Green bond funds reported sizeable assets growth in 2019, Ahren Lester explains, as the green bond market benefitted from rising market credibility and the arrival of ubiquitous corporate names.

NN launches corporate green bond fund

NN Investment Partners has launched a corporate green bond fund amid significant growth in the level of issuance from companies in 2019.

Investment opportunities identified to help reduce plastic ocean waste

A guide to help identify and evaluate investment opportunities that reduce plastic pollution of the oceans has been produced by newly founded investment management firm Circulate Capital.

Large food brands’ reporting failure raises their climate risk, says Ceres

The majority of the largest food and drinks brands in the US and Canada currently fail to report on emissions from their supply chain, raising their exposure to climate-related risk, Ceres has said.