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More than 80 U.S. Companies Call on President Obama & Congress To Enact Comprehensive Climate and Energy Legislation
January 21, 2010 - More than 80 leading CEOs from U.S. businesses, including Exelon, Virgin America, NRG Energy, eBay and PG&E, sent a letter to President Obama and members of Congress today calling on them to move quickly to enact comprehensive climate and energy legislation that will create jobs and enhance U.S. competitiveness. More
Investors Representing $13 Trillion Call on U.S. and Other Countries to Move Quickly to Adopt Strong Climate Change Policies
January 14, 2010 - On the heels of international climate treaty talks in Copenhagen, the world’s largest investors today released a statement calling on the U.S. and other governments to move quickly to adopt strong national climate policies that will spur low-carbon investments to reduce emissions causing climate change. More
New Report: Investment Managers Lagging in Response to Climate Change Risks and Opportunities
January 06, 2010 - Although there is overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is underway and governments are imposing regulations to curb greenhouse gases, the vast majority of the world's largest investment managers are not factoring climate-related trends into their short- and long-term investment decision-making. More
Note to Investors: Energy Efficiency Measures Can Enhance Value of Real Estate Portfolios
December 21, 2009 - A new report from Ceres and Mercer highlights energy efficiency’s importance for both real estate investing and climate change. The report also flags potential risks to real estate portfolios that don't embrace energy efficiency measures. More
Major Investors Call for SEC to Require Disclosure of Companies’ Climate Risks and Opportunities
November 23, 2009 – A supplemental petition, submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission today by a broad coalition of 20 institutional investors, asks the SEC to provide interpretive guidance outlining climate-related 'material risks'. More
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New York Times on 01/30/10: Climate Change and the S.E.C.
There were predictable howls after the Securities and Exchange Commission told publicly held companies they should warn investors of any potential effects from climate change on their bottom lines. More
New York Times on 01/27/10: S.E.C. Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure List
The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday for the first time that public companies should warn investors of any serious risks that global warming might pose to their businesses. More
Business Week on 01/27/10: SEC Sets Corporate Climate-Change Disclosure Standard (Update1)
Companies must consider the effects of global warming and efforts to curb climate change when disclosing business risks to investors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said. More
BusinessGreen.com on 01/27/10: Davos Business Leaders Urge Global Support for Copenhagen Accord
Some of the world's most powerful businesses have today called on world leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos to embrace the Copenhagen Accord and use it to spur a "race to the top" that would see national, state and municipal governments compete to take more ambitious action to tackle climate change. More
TIME on 01/15/10: After Copenhagen, Getting Business into Green Tech
This was the fourth Investor Summit on Climate Risk, occurring after Copenhagen, before the
U.S. Senate begins its real work on climate legislation this year and
just as investors begin to climb out of the recession. Investors, especially large-scale
institutional funds that need to worry about the long term, are ready
to bet on cutting carbon — but impatient. More
The New York Times on 01/07/10: Does Your Money Manager Worry About Climate Change Risk? The Odds Are 50-50
Most money managers overseeing trillions of dollars in investments are
ignoring many risks that climate change poses to the assets they
operate for corporations, governments and other institutions, according
to a new analysis. More
Boston Herald on 01/01/10: Adding Sustainability into the Bottom Line is Mindy Lubber’s Mission
As president of Ceres, the national network of investors, environmentalists and other public interest groups working to build sustainability into the corporate bottom line, Lubber is a strong advocate for tying environmental consideration, policy and regulation to business economics. More
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