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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Environment

Climate Action 100+ Investors to Raise Corporate Climate Ambition for 2021 Proxy Season
Investor signatories to Climate Action 100+ are seeking higher climate ambition for the 2021 proxy season with the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters. In anticipation of the initiative’s first Net Zero Company Benchmark - to be publicly released next month - investors are filing shareholder resolutions and focusing on board governance at companies that lag on key benchmark indicators.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Progress Report Records Accelerated Company Commitments To Net-Zero Emissions but Gaps Remain
Almost half the focus companies of Climate Action 100+ – the world’s largest ever investor engagement initiative on climate change – have now established commitments to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, its latest progress report reveals.

Environment

Major US Investors Call on Largest Corporate Emitters to Disclose How Their Climate Lobbying Aligns With Climate Science
Institutional investors have issued an urgent call to 47 of the largest U.S.-based corporate greenhouse gas emitters to disclose how their climate lobbying aligns with the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement and science-based climate policies.

Environment

Climate Action 100+ Calls for Net-zero Business Strategies & Sets Out Benchmark of Largest Corporate Emitters
Letter sent to CEOs & chair of the board at 161 global companies sets out benchmark and calls on firms to commit to net-zero business strategies.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Climate Action 100+ Investor Signatories Achieve Major Gains During 2020 U.S. Proxy Season
Proposals filed by Climate Action 100+ investor signatories calling on major oil and electric power companies to disclose lobbying activities and improve governance on climate change garnered record levels of support at this year’s U.S. Proxy Season.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ceres Joins Forces With Investors and Partner Organizations Worldwide to Launch Climate Action 100+
The sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres joined forces with investors and partner organizations worldwide today to help launch a new five-year global initiative led by investors to engage with the largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters in North America and around the world to act on climate change. The effort is backed by more than 225 global investors, including nearly 70 North American investors, with USD $26.3trillion in assets under management at the time of launch.
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