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* FINANCIAL MARKETS * Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands
Faith-based climate advocates’ transparency efforts are more than a “Hail Mary.”
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Bank of America Pledged to Stop Financing Coal. Now It’s Backtracking.
The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the environment in their operations.
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Financial risks of climate change
What are the financial risks from a changing climate? The first part of this webcast provides a macroeconomic perspective by reviewing recent estimates of the macroeconomic effects of climate change around the world, including a discussion of the key climate impact mechanisms which are vs.
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Die Klima-Allianz stellt drei Anträge an GV der Nationalbank
Die 17 Kleinaktionärinnen und -aktionäre versammeln sich beim Klimapavillon am Zürcher Werdmühleplatz. Die Männer ziehen sich eine Krawatte an, die drei Frauen richten ihr Deux-Pièce - für den Gang zur Nationalbank (SNB) an der Börsenstrasse 15.
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Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal fields
A raft of famous names including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance have joined activists and businesses in calling on the UK’s big five banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal expansion.
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HSBC to end funding for new oil and gas fields
HSBC has announced it will stop financing new oil and gas fields, as part of its efforts to drive down global greenhouse gas emissions. Environment groups said the move sends "a strong signal" to fossil fuel giants that investment is waning.
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Fossil-Fuel Shares Lead the Stock Market. How Awkward.
If you want to make money in the market but also be a responsible citizen in a warming world, you’re in a tough spot. But there are some promising options, our columnist says. It is no secret that the stock market has been rocky since the start of the year.
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Bank of England tells banks to take climate action now or face profit hit
LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Banks and insurers that fail to manage climate risks as a "first-order" issue could face a 10% to 15% hit to annual profits and higher capital requirements, the Bank of England (BoE) said on Tuesday.
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The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide
Notable Divestment Commitments
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The longshot campaign to get big banks out of fossil fuels
Climate activists lost this week against big banks. Don’t count them out just yet. This week, shareholders at Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs voted on resolutions recommending the companies stop any additional financing for fossil fuel projects.
ANTI-KLIMA
Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms
For years, fossil fuel producing states have watched investors shy away from companies causing the climate crisis. Last year, one state decided to push back.
POLITIK
UK, Switzerland accused of undermining EU green treaty reforms
The UK and Switzerland have been accused of undermining the European Union’s push for green reforms of an investment treaty.
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Global exodus from fossil fuel holdings tops 1,500 institutions
TOKYO -- More than 1,500 pension funds, universities and other organizations around the world have announced that they will divest from fossil fuel assets, doubling from five years earlier and underscoring the surge in sustainable investing.
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HSBC says clients must have plan to exit coal by end-2023
LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L), Europe's leading banker to corporate Asia, laid out its long-awaited policy on financing thermal coal on Tuesday, and said it expected all its clients to have a plan in place to exit the fossil fuel by the end of 2023.