Archive

  • Shareholder engagement spurs AB InBev to commit to 100% renewables

    29 March 2017

    Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev, the world's largest brewer, has signed up to the RE100 initiative, following extensive shareholder engagement.

  • Trump's budget to gut EPA - investors' verdict

    17 March 2017

    President Donald Trump's proposed "America First Budget" will see the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget slashed 31% in 2018.

  • People moves - RobecoSAM, ANZ, ADE, Zevin, Stem

    02 December 2016

    RobecoSAM has appointed Aris Prepoudis its new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Michael Baldinger, who left to become head of sustainable and impact investing at UBS earlier this year.

  • Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling

    07 November 2016

    A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.

  • SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil

    24 March 2016

    ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.

  • Zevin plans T Rowe Price proxy after Franklin Templeton setback

    26 February 2016

    Zevin Asset Management is calling on T Rowe Price to update its proxy voting policy to give more consideration to climate risk.

  • Owning fossil fuel stocks makes 'little sense' due to stranded asset risk

    08 January 2016

    Owning fossil fuel stocks makes little sense at the moment due to stranded asset risk and the growth of renewables, according to a responsible investor pioneer.

  • People round-up

    05 August 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at SEP,Greentech Capital, The African Development Bank, the Solar Energy Industry Association, Statkraft and Good Energy