Climate Action 100+

Climate Action 100+ is a five-year initiative led by investors to engage with the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters to improve governance on climate change, curb emissions and strengthen climate-related financial disclosures. To date, 225 investors with more than USD $26.3 trillion in assets under management have signed on to the initiative. The initiative is designed to implement the investor commitment first set out in the Global Investor Statement on Climate Change in the months leading up to the adoption of the historic Paris Agreement in 2015.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

As the 2023 Proxy Season Continues, Investors Are Calling on Climate Action 100+ Focus Companies for More Robust Climate Action
Institutional investors are continuing to flag votes during this proxy season at Climate Action 100+ focus companies to bring attention to key shareholder resolutions that encourage more robust climate action.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

As 2022 Proxy Season Begins, Record Numbers of Climate Resolutions and Agreements Bode Well for Action
Heralding what is shaping up to be an historic proxy season for climate action, investors have filed a record 215 climate-related shareholder resolutions this year, according to tracking by the sustainability nonprofit Ceres.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark Shows an Increase in Company Net Zero Commitments, but Much More Urgent Action Is Needed to Align With a 1.5°C Future
New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Shareholders Escalate Campaign Pressing Companies to 'Walk Their Talk' on Climate Lobbying
With the stakes posed by the climate crisis higher than ever and public policy solutions clearly needed, investors have filed a record 46 shareholder resolutions for 2022 corporate proxies seeking info about companies’ climate lobbying practices.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Offers 2022 Guidance for Engagement and Director Voting Regarding Governance of Climate-Related Risks
As investors prepare for the 2022 proxy season amid a mounting climate crisis, Ceres released new guidance for investor engagement with companies on governance of climate risk. 

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

As Climate Risks Skyrocket, Largest Asset Managers Vote for More Climate-Related Shareholder Proposals, Tipping Support to Record Levels in 2021
Investor engagement on the climate crisis has swept up even the largest investors.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Climate Action 100+ Investors Welcome Bunge's New Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target
Climate Action 100+ investors and coordinating investor networks Ceres and PRI welcome new science-based targets by the global food company Bunge to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy

In Stunning Vote, Shareholders Elect Two New Directors Put Forth by Shareholders at ExxonMobil, Seeking Climate Expertise and Action
In a dramatic shake up signaling an accelerating transition away from a fossil fuel economy, a majority of ExxonMobil shareholders voted to replace two of the oil major’s board of directors with an alternative slate of candidates

Environment

In Historic Votes, Shareholders Demand Strong Climate Action From the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
Winning vote totals on shareholder proposals at Phillips66 and ConocoPhillips this week sent a clear signal to the oil and gas industry that investors want to see ambitious climate action — and small commitments are no longer enough.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Issues Its First-ever Net Zero Company Benchmark of the World's Largest Corporate Emitters
Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, has released its first-ever benchmark evaluating the corporate ambition and action of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters and other companies with significant opportunity to drive the net zero transition.
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