sustainable-finance

Second Annual Report Analyzes Major Public Pensions’ Responses To The Climate Crisis In Proxy Voting

Report ranks 32 of the largest and most influential pensions in the U.S.

Advisory: Report To Analyze Major Public Pensions’ Climate-Related Proxy Voting

Report ranks 32 of the largest and most influential pensions in the U.S.

Senate Confirms Billionaire Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary

Trump administration has no plans to address climate-driven insurance and affordability crises

Federal Reserve Exits Global Network for Greening the Financial System

Sierra Club calls on Fed to Assert Independence from Incoming Administration

Billionaire Scott Bessent Faces Scrutiny at Treasury Confirmation Hearing

Bessent’s Agenda Becomes Clear: Wall Street, Crypto Profits Over Working Americans

Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative to Suspend Activities, Launch Review

Sierra Club calls the move 'capitulating to climate denier politicians’

Major Asset Manager BlackRock Becomes Latest Financial Firm to End Membership in Global Net-Zero Alliance

Sierra Club calls on BlackRock to fulfill its fiduciary duty to investors by addressing climate change

Regardless of Net-Zero Alliance Membership, Major US Banks Must Uphold Their Climate Action Commitments

JPMorgan Chase becomes 6th and final major US bank to leave voluntary global initiative

Sierra Club statement on Texas AG lawsuit against BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street

'Coal industry's decline driven by competition for cleaner energy, not actions of asset managers'

Advocacy Groups Respond to Trump Nomination of Climate Risk Obstructionist Paul Atkins for SEC Chair

Atkins Has Spoken Out Against Investor-Demanded Climate-Risk Disclosure Rule

CalPERS Beneficiaries Union Becomes First in the Nation Calling for Exxon Bonds Moratorium

Sacramento, CA – CalPERS beneficiaries testified this week, calling on the CalPERS Board of Directors to commit to no new Exxon bond purchases to protect against financial risk due to climate change.  

For the First Time, Union representing CalPERS Beneficiaries Calls for an End to Exxon Bonds

SACRAMENTO – CalPERS beneficiaries testified November 18 calling on the CalPERS Board of Directors to commit to no new Exxon bond purchases to protect against financial risk due to climate change. 

The November Board meeting marks one year since CalPERS announced a sustainable investment strategy with a focus on reaching net zero by 2050. In testimony, union leaders and beneficiaries called for more transparency around core investments that comprise CalPERS’ $100 million sustainability fund.