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Climate-Proofing The Insurance Industry
Oct 16, 2012
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The world’s largest reinsurer has examined the recent rise in the number and severity of natural disasters worldwide, and finds the trend bears the unmistakable fingerprints of climate change.
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Coalition of America’s Best-Known Companies Endorses Michigan’s Proposal 3
Oct 15, 2012
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Three weeks before Election Day, BICEP today announced its support for Michigan’s Proposal 3, which would require at least 25 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2025.
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Food, Water Shortages Should Alarm All Investors
Oct 10, 2012
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Sustainability needs to be embraced by all investors and integrated across capital markets if the world is to address its most pressing problems.
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Report Points to Insurance Industry’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
Oct 10, 2012
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A new report from Ceres urges the insurance industry to act to protect itself and the community against the increasing frequency of extreme weather due to climate change.
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BICEP Newsletter- Fall 2012
Oct 05, 2012
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View the latest BICEP Newsletter.
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In New Orleans, Entergy Prepares for the Next Big One
Oct 05, 2012
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The power utility Entergy (ETR), which serves 2.8 million customers along the Gulf Coast and in Arkansas, announced that it had developed a new framework to compensate landowners for preserving swamps as part of one of the more aggressive climate risk management plans in the country.
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Major Investment Consultants Lag in Efforts to Integrate Environmental, Social and Governance Factors into Investment Practices
Oct 05, 2012
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A new Ceres report shows that investment consultants retained by major asset owners have generally not considered environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities as they advise their investor clients on their portfolios.
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Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance Factors into Investing: A Survey of Investment Consultant Practices
Oct 05, 2012
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This report shows that investment consultants retained by major asset owners such as pension funds, foundations and endowments have generally not considered environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) risks and opportunities as they advise their investor clients on their portfolios.
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In Good Company
Oct 02, 2012
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Freedom House—an independent watchdog organization dedicated to expanding freedom around the world—recently held its annual awards event to honor exceptional individuals and organizations that are supporting and accelerating the cause of freedom and democracy.
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Global Gas Flaring and the Implications of Shale Oil Development
Sep 27, 2012
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Companies producing shale oil frequently burn off large amounts of associated natural gas, claiming that high oil prices and low natural gas prices, coupled with a lack of pipeline and processing infrastructure, make the natural gas uneconomic to capture and get to market. This webinar is intended to provide investors with further information about this growing environmental risk and its solutions in preparation for potential dialogue with energy companies.
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Dock your boat at Fenway?
Sep 27, 2012
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Policymakers and insurers must act now to prepare for rising sea levels caused by climate change.
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Utilities expert urges shift in power sources
Sep 25, 2012
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As a historic drought drives attention to climate change, Ron Binz, a consultant and 30-year veteran of public power, came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Monday afternoon with a daunting and urgent message on energy.
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Insurers Pressed to Take Lead in Tempering Climate Risk
Sep 20, 2012
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U.S. property-casualty insurers should take a leadership role in preparing for climate-change risks as severe weather becomes more frequent, a lobbying group said.
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Stormy Future for U.S. Property/Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events
Sep 20, 2012
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This Ceres report examines how extreme weather trends may be a harbinger of significant challenges ahead for a sector in which many companies are already confronting profitability and growth challenges. This analysis is based on a careful review of U.S. property/casualty insurance industry financial results as reported by A. M. Best Company in early 2012.
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U.S. Insurance Companies Vulnerable to Extreme Weather, Changing Climate
Sep 20, 2012
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Worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance companies and has broad ramifications for the economy and society, according to a new report.
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Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's join lobby push for wind credit
Sep 18, 2012
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Businesses that support wind power are turning up the pressure on Congress to extend a tax incentive for the industry before it expires at the end of the year.
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Business Leaders Urge Congress to Extend Renewable Energy Tax Credit
Sep 18, 2012
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Today, 19 companies, including major consumer brands and several Fortune 500 firms, wrote to Congressional leaders encouraging them to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a key provision supporting renewable energy.
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Prudential Joins Ceres Company Network
Sep 13, 2012
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Ceres today announced that its board of directors has approved Prudential Financial, Inc., one of the world’s largest financial services institutions, as a Ceres Network Company.
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Complaints are few as fuel efficiency rises
Sep 12, 2012
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The auto industry continues to be a strong supporter of the Obama Obama administration’s recently announced 54.5-mile-per-gallon fuel standard for cars by 2025.
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Ceres & Trillium Seek Nominations for the 2013 Joan Bavaria Award, Honoring Leaders Helping to Build a Sustainable Global Economy
Sep 12, 2012
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Ceres and Trillium Asset Management are seeking nominations for the sixth annual Joan Bavaria Award. Submissions will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 31, 2012. Nominations can be submitted at www.ceres.org/awards/joan-bavaria-award/nominate.
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