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• Shareholder group steps up rare metals engagement

  03 December 2021

  A group of shareholders with a total of €30 billion ($34 billion) in assets said it will this month begin stepping up its engagement with companies involved with potential controversies in the supply chains of rare earths and rare metals.

• $3.2trn investor group to 'step-up' chemical sector emissions engagement

  09 September 2021

  An investor working group has been formed to "step-up" engagement with major chemical firms around their carbon emissions, arguing the sector has been "neglected" by investors as being 'hard-to-abate'.

• Chemicals giant agrees 'positive incentive' credit facility

  22 January 2019

  Solvay, one of Europe's largest chemicals companies, has agreed to link the terms of a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) revolving credit facility to achievements in reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

• No one uses our TCFD report, says Solvay

  09 November 2018

  The lack of investor response to climate-related disclosures has been challenged by the CFO of a major chemicals company, who has issued a stark call for increased engagement.

• 27 CEOs back TCFD recommendations

  21 April 2017

  27 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

• GRI teams up with IIRC on integrated reporting

  16 January 2017

  The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have teamed-up, in a move designed to harmonise their sustainable reporting models.

• Lighting and energy storage companies in line for takeovers, says VC investor

  27 February 2014

  Most mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the cleantech sector in coming years are likely to focus on makers of low-energy lighting and energy storage technologies, investors have been told.