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Forbes: Coal-Fired Carbon Emissions Fall As Transition To Cleaner Energy Accelerates Aug 01, 2012: Thanks to cheap natural gas and a boom in renewable energy, the U.S. is accelerating a shift away from coal-fired power plants, resulting in falling emissions of carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants.
U.S. Power Plant Emissions Report Reflects Industry’s Transition to Cleaner Energy Jul 31, 2012: A new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the top 100 power producers demonstrates the impact of the electric power industry’s current transition to cleaner energy sources.
Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States 2012 Jul 31, 2012: A new report on U.S. power plant emissions from the top 100 power producers demonstrates the impact of the electric power industry’s current transition to cleaner energy sources.
Environmental Implications of Oilsands Development Jul 30, 2012: This INCR webinar discussed the latest on the investment risks of oilseeds development as related to water, land disturbance, greenhouse gas emissions and First Nations' rights. Featuring experts from the Pembina Institute and Sustainalytics, this webinar provides an update on recent developments in the regulatory environment concerning oilseeds development and gives investors information on what can be done to address the risks, including improved corporate performance, technological innovation and improved regulation.
Investors keep climate- change strategies despite uncertainty Jul 25, 2012: A majority of investors have retained and boosted their climate change investment strategies despite economic and political uncertainties, according to a new report.
Climate Change Investor Groups Publish Second Report on Global Investor Practices Relating to Climate Change Jul 25, 2012: The North American Investor Network on Climate Risk (“INCR”), the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (“IIGCC”) and the Australia/New Zealand Investor Group on Climate Change ("IGCC") jointly published a report detailing the investment practices of asset managers and asset owners towards climate change issues.
Global Investor Survey on Climate Change Report 2011 Jul 25, 2012: This report provides the results of the second global survey of investment practices coordinated by the three investor networks on climate change – the IIGCC, based in Europe, INCR, based in North America and the Australia/New Zealand IGCC. The report provides an overview of the leading investment practices around the world on climate change and analyses the drivers for those practices.
Corporate Responsibility Magazine: The 800-Pound Gorilla Jul 19, 2012: Many companies don’t fully disclose a key material risk hovering over their future performance: climate change. Without robust corporate disclosure, investment managers can’t truly know how risky their investments are.
GreenBiz: NASDAQ to promote sustainability disclosure Jul 18, 2012: One accomplishment reached at Rio+20 was an agreement by five members of the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative to promote reporting on environmental, social, and corporate governance risks and opportunities by listed companies.
Cars of Change: For Automakers, Higher MPG = Higher Profits Jul 11, 2012: Automakers, and especially Detroit’s Big Three, will see greater sales and profits from stronger federal fuel economy standards. That’s what a recent report by Citi Investment Research in collaboration with Ceres found.
Environmental Finance: Shareholders make Apple, Colgate, Dell act on sustainability Jul 11, 2012: Shareholder resolutions have spurred companies to made commitments to tackle environmental and social risks in their operations and supply chains in 44 out of 108 cases tracked by Ceres in 2012.
Shareholder Resolutions Spur U.S. Companies to Act on Sustainability During 2012 Proxy Season Jul 10, 2012: During the 2012 proxy voting season, investors successfully used shareholder resolutions to spur action on corporate sustainability challenges such as climate change, hydraulic fracturing and supply chain and water availability risks.
The Bakersfield Californian: Ask reinsurers about climate change Jul 09, 2012: It's hard to pin a single event -- like the heat wave that's gripped the Mid-Atlantic for the past week -- on climate change. But some of the predicted impacts of global warming made by climate scientists over the past decade can no longer be ignored
The Guardian: Water issues create strong undercurrent at Rio+20 Jul 05, 2012: Studies suggest that the world may be facing a global water shortfall of 40% by 2030 and this is something that governments and industry must face together.
Fox News: Rising Sea Levels Pose Threat to East Coast Jun 26, 2012: FOX 25's Mark Ockerbloom talks with Mindy Lubber, the President of Ceres, about the rising sea levels and the possible threats the elevated waters pose to the East Coast.
Pensions & Investments: The blindness of short-term thinking 'Quarterly capitalism' desperately needs tempering with long-term guidance Jun 25, 2012: Quarterly capitalism — a system that drives far too many CEOs, directors, investors and analysts to focus on short-term performance and return on investment — is on a collision course with reality.
Let's Get Physical: Identifying Physical Risks of Climate Change for Companies and Investors Jun 21, 2012: Ceres, along with Oxfam America and Calvert Investments, released a new guide to help improve corporate disclosure and management of financial impacts of climate change and help investors make more informed investment decisions. This week, we speak with Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President of Sustainability Research and Policy at Calvert Investments about the new guide and what it means for companies and investors alike.
Forbes: A Tipping Point on Sustainability Disclosure in Rio? Jun 19, 2012: As thousands of diplomats, world leaders, corporations, institutional investors, NGOs and social and environmental activists gather in Rio for the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, corporate sustainability disclosure has risen to the top of the global agenda.
Bloomberg: Bacteria Work Shows Profit in Openness Jun 19, 2012: Companies from beverage maker PepsiCo Inc. to sporting goods maker Puma SE are finding that lowering their impact on the environment can also boost earnings. Their efforts mean lower fuel and water use and savings on waste disposal.
The Guardian: Rio+20 - the Earth Summit diaries Jun 19, 2012: From Rio de Janeiro, Jo Confino provides behind the scenes insight of all that's going on from a business perspective at the Earth Summit.

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