Dec 1 2023
Monday, December 4, is Trade Day and Tuesday, December 5, is Industry and Energy Day at COP 28, where the UN’s leading climate change conference will focus on a variety of issues including industrial…
Dec 1 2023
NEW YORK – New guidance published today by the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), a global partnership of more than 450 financial institutions, sets the standard for how its…
Nov 16 2023
SAN FRANCISCO — The United States has joined 13 other countries in announcing major milestones related to the Indo-Pacific Economy Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) at the conclusion of talks in San…
Nov 15 2023
NEW YORK — Today, JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank and the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels, released its newest climate report, in addition to an updated methodology report and a white…
Nov 15 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, hours before U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met to restart talks on a variety of issues, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works…
Nov 9 2023
NEW YORK — Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club and seven other advocacy organizations have warned in a comment letter that a proposed new method for financial institutions to measure their decarbonization…
Nov 8 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Americans for Financial Reform, Sierra Club, and more than 30 advocacy groups have written a letter to House leadership in opposition to eight anti-ESG bills that were marked up by…
Nov 6 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — Today the General Services Administration announced plans to spend $2 billion in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to purchase construction materials with substantially…
Nov 3 2023
WASHINGTON, DC — The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) today published its final guidelines on two proposals: an analytical framework that strengthens FSOC’s toolbox for addressing threats…
Nov 2 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As insurers announce another year of massive climate-related losses in the third quarter, the Sierra Club has joined a coalition of environmental, financial and consumer protection…