Climate Change

Ceres mobilizes the most influential investors and companies in tackling climate change as a sustainability issue that must be addressed at every level of business and investment planning and operations. We work with investors and companies to ramp up global sustainable investments in clean energy and sustainable food and water systems. Our investor network members also advocate for robust climate disclosure in financial filings and engage directly with companies to improve sustainability performance. This work is done across key sectors affected the most by climate change, including electric power, oil and gas, transportation, insurance and agriculture.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Congressional Testimony: Climate Disclosure Is Financial Disclosure
In 2003, Ceres and a handful of investors met with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first time to discuss the importance of mandatory climate disclosure to give investors the information they need to adequately manage their risks.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Record Number of Negotiated Agreements Between Investors and Companies in 2022 Proxy Season
The 2022 proxy season wrapped up with a record-smashing number of agreements reached on climate-related shareholder resolutions, as companies came to the table with shareholders and accepted terms in exchange for resolution withdrawals.

Green Infrastructure

Major Fleet Owners Urge Smart, Rapid Build-Out of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
The Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance and NAFA Fleet Management Association detailed a set of recommendations designed to guide the build-out of cost-effective, equitable, and reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Research, Reports & Publications

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Vary Dramatically Across U.S. Oil and Gas Companies, According to Updated Analysis
Analysis from Ceres and Clean Air Task Force benchmarking the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of over 300 U.S. oil and gas producers finds variation between companies and basins.

Environment

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Has Dangerous Implications in Fight To Confront the Climate Crisis and Achieve Economic Security
The U.S. Supreme Court decision today in the case of West Virginia v. EPA “endangers our country’s ability to effectively confront the climate crisis, the greatest economic, environmental, and humanitarian threat of our time

Environment

Ceres Finds U.S. Financial Regulators Have Made Significant Progress in Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risk Over the Past Year
A new scorecard released today by Ceres shows that U.S. financial regulators across nine federal agencies have taken 230 actions since April 2021 to tackle the financial risks of climate change, a clear sign of regulatory progress.

Energy

Major Companies and Investors Call on the Federal Government To Strengthen Proposed Truck Emissions Standards
A series of letters from corporate coalitions and a group of investors is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen the emissions standards currently proposed for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

Research, Reports & Publications

New Report Finds Half of All Credit Union Industry Assets at Risk From Climate Change
Ceres and the Filene Research Institute have released a new report that finds thousands of U.S credit unions have significant unaddressed risk arising from the climate crisis.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

SEC Chair Gensler Joined Ceres, Investors, and Companies for a Closer Look at Standardized Climate Disclosure
Investors need a complete picture of issuers’ financial risks to make informed decisions about their portfolios—and that includes climate-related risks.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

BlackRock's New Goal Could Signal the Investor Transition to Net Zero Is Well Underway
BlackRock’s newly announced goal to invest 75% of its corporate and sovereign assets in issuers with science-based climate goals potentially “sets a new bar that could signal to the rest of the market that the investor transition
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