CERES has released their excellent new guidance on climate change issues. The full text is below. Highlights (Emphasis added): Companies should disclose independent board oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities, which includes monitoring by the board of each company’s science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets.This board oversight should be clearly reflected in a publicly…
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Letter to the SEC on Shareholder Proposals Charges the Commission with Improper Exclusion of Evidence
A group of investors including the Council of Institutional Investors, ICCR, SIF, CERES, and PRI have written a very powerful letter to the SEC about the proposed rule on shareholder proposals, which is supposed to be voted on this month. The letter accuses the Commission of not allowing an adequate basis for comment on the…
CERES Ties Governance to Environment
From Ceres, a new report called Blueprint for Responsible Policy Engagement on Climate Change. The full report is below. An excerpt: Companies that establish robust governance systems to address climate change as a systemic risk and align their direct and indirect lobbying efforts to support science-based climate policies will drive the creation of a regulatory…
Ceres: Blueprint for Boards on Climate Risk Assessment
Some 73 major U.S. companies recorded material hits to earnings from extreme weather events in one year, while supply-chain disruptions from climate change jumped 29% over the past six years. Once again, we emphasize that ESG is not a trade-off of shareholder value; it is a more sophisticated way of assessing risk. A new report…
‘Main Street Investor’ Coalition Aims to Undermine Shareholder Rights | Ceres
CERES CEO and President Mindy Lubber responds to the corporate-funded, lobbyist led Main Street Investors Coalition: Climate change, water scarcity and pollution, and other sustainability threats can pose significant material financial risks to many companies, particularly in industries like oil and gas, electric power, insurance, food and beverage, transportation and agriculture. Investors, as well as…
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