Mar 5 2024
NEW YORK — Four of the biggest banks in the world have left the Equator Principles, which set minimum standards on risks to the environment and local communities in countries where they finance oil,…
Mar 4 2024
VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA — Upon news of Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley’s forthcoming retirement, the Vanguard S.O.S. network is raising questions about Buckley’s legacy as well as the company’s future.…
Feb 27 2024
Lead the Charge’s annual Leaderboard shows progress on auto supply chains, despite major gaps and continued areas for improvementLead the Charge–a global coalition of leading climate, environment,…
Feb 26 2024
Global “Lead the Charge” Campaign’s Annual Leaderboard Shows Progress on Auto Supply Chains, Despite Major Gaps and Continued Areas for ImprovementLead the Charge–a global coalition of leading…
Feb 20 2024
NEW YORK — A new report by the Sierra Club’s Fossil-Free Finance campaign reveals how five major asset managers BlackRock, Vanguard, JPMorgan Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, and …
Feb 9 2024
LONDON — Today, Barclays, the largest bank in Europe, published an updated energy policy, which includes a commitment to stop financing new oil and gas expansion projects, exclude financing of…
Feb 5 2024
More than 100 frontline and climate groups have written to the biggest banks, insurance and private equity firms backing liquefied methane gas (LNG), demanding they follow the dramatic change in U.S…
Feb 4 2024
NEW YORK — In its most recently updated Environmental and Social Risk Policy Framework, Bank of America has weakened its policy restrictions from over two years ago, which stated that it would not…
Jan 31 2024
NEW YORK — Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and three New York City pension systems announced the filing of shareholder proposals at several big US and Canadian banks requiring the banks…
Jan 19 2024
Ahead of the 2024 shareholder season, a first-of-its-kind report “The Hidden Risk in State Pensions: Analyzing State Pensions’ Responses to the Climate Crisis in Proxy Voting,” from Sierra Club,…