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- A new element; To evaluate climate risks and strategic opportunities, investors need more disclosure from corporations.(Other Views)
- Byline: Douglas G. Cogan Investors and companies are just now coming to realize how the decisions they make today will influence the climate and global economy for generations to come. To sustain economic growth, effective climate governance pract Byline: Douglas G. Cogan ...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- Funds raise global warming alarm to SEC; Pension leaders link investment risk with enviro concern.(News)(Securities & Exchange Commission)
- Byline: Elizabeth Thompson Beckley Leaders of 13 major pension funds are calling on the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to issue guidance on the enforcement of existing rules that they say include disclosure of the financial risks o ...
- Research articles 2004-04-26
- COMPLACENCY MAY BE ASIA'S GREATEST RISK
- With Asia enjoying the kind of economic growth and investment it hasn't seen in a decade, the greatest risk to its stability and prosperity may be simple complacency complacency over growing financial pressures, over the growing cost of climate change, aWith Asia enjoying the kind of economic growth and...
- Research articles 2007-06-25
- The new off-balance-sheet risk; CLIMATE CHANGE.(Frontlines)(Scores of companies related to addressing financial risk posed by climate change issues)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Barry B. Burr BP PLC, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Alcoa Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. score highest in addressing financial risk posed by climate change issues, while Exxon Mobil Corp., General Electric Co. and TXU Corp. score lowe Byline:...
- Research articles 2003-07-21
- Climate Change: CO2 is Not the Only Gas Attack
- How is your company air-conditioning its buildings? It may be the equipment it's using is unsustainable, even though it complies with today's environmental regulations. Although CO2 is by far the most common greenhouse gas (gases that are trapped in the earth's atmosphere which retain...
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
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- NY AG and AES Agree on Climate Change Disclosures
- « Ohio AG Sues Rating Agencies | Main | SEC & CFTC Issue Joint Orders on Security-Based Futures Contracts » New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an agreement that requires the AES Corporation AES - a global energy company operating in 29 countries with annual revenues exceeding...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Rhetoric Roundup: Obama Calls For All Nations to Fight Climate Change, China's Hu Defines Responsibility
- President Obama's speech at the United Nations summit on climate change spent considerable time on the concept of responsibility. Namely, that all countries -- rich and poor, developed and emerging -- are responsible and must share the burden of climate change. It's an interesting shift by a president,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly?
- Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Can nuclear-generated electricity lead us off fossil fuels?After years of sitting in the energy dustbin, nuclear power is enjoying a renaissance. Countries such as France, Germany, Japan and China are furiously building nuclear plants to deliver cheap electricity and help combat climate change. Yet in the...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Climate Change Support Builds, but Will it Be Enough?
- There are plenty of people who are apathetic, or outright hostile, to the idea of climate change. But the perception that business is aligned against it is shifting, helped in part by petitions like the one just signed by a group of investors collectively representing $14 trillion dollars. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Climate Change Provides Job Security
- In the midst of a sagging economy crippled by layoffs and a global credit crunch, there is a bright spot among the new green economy. People working in the climate change industry feel safe in their jobs. [Pause for ironic contemplation]. The first-ever Carbon Salary Survey, conducted...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Week in Oil & Gas: G20 Axes Subsidies, Obama-Hu Climate Rhetoric, and Chevron Sues
- The week ended with a muffled bang as the Group of 20 nations agreed to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuels. Ending fossil fuel subsidies would have an impact -- positive or negative, depending on whose talking.  But the agreement is viewed largely symbolic since G20 leaders did...
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- What do Americans Think about Climate Change Legislation? Polls Differ
- Posted by: John Carey on August 11 In an landmark vote on June 26, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would tackle climate change by imposing mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Now, just about every industry is trying to either get a better deal, or kill the...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Tony Blair to advise Zurich Financial on climate change
- ZURICH AFP — Former British prime minister Tony Blair will advise Zurich Financial Services ZFS on a range of issues including climate change, the Swiss company said on Monday. Blair, who stepped down as Prime Minister last June after 10 years in office, will advise CEO James Schiro and...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- White House hopefuls serious on climate change: UN official
- LONDON AFP — The three main US presidential hopefuls all bode well for the fight against climate change, the UN's top climate official said in an interview published Tuesday. Speaking to the Financial Times, Yvo de Boer said that John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were "interested in...
- Research articles 2008-05-26
- International Bank Offers $100 Million to Fight Climate Change
- LONDON, UK ENS — --> The financial institution HSBC today announced a five year, US$100 million partnership to respond to the "urgent threat" of climate change worldwide. Four partner organizations will share in the funding - The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the...
- Research articles 2007-05-30
- Stern review author paints bleaker picture on climate change
- LONDON AFP — Nicholas Stern, the author of a key climate change report, said in an interview published Thursday that he and his team "underestimated" the risks of global warming. Speaking to the Financial Times, former World Bank chief economist Stern also defended the conclusions in his 2006 report,...
- Research articles 2008-04-16
- US companies lag on climate change.
- Byline: Kit Bingham US companies trail their European counterparts in assessing and disclosing the financial risks they face from climate change.An analysis of 20 groups in the most carbon dioxide-emitting sectors, including oil, utility and car groups, finds that US companies, including ExxonMobil ...
- Research articles 2003-07-27
- JPMorgan Makes Climate Change Research Publicly Available
- NEW YORK -- In an effort to heighten the awareness and understanding of climate change as it relates to financial markets, JPMorgan's research department announced today that it is making its analysis on the subject publicly available on its website: jpmorgan.com/climatechange.
- Research articles 2007-05-14
- G8 leaders could strike deal on climate change
- LONDON AFP — Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial countries appear ready to strike an agreement to fight global warming during their summit in Scotland this week. "There is an acknowledgment in the text that the science compels us to act and that human activity contributes to...
- Research articles 2005-07-04
- UN considering 'high-level meeting' on climate change: Ban
- LONDON AFP — The United Nations is considering proposing a "high-level meeting" in September to give political direction to a later conference on climate change, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in an interview published Wednesday. Speaking to the Financial Times, the UN chief said that the meeting, which would...
- Research articles 2007-04-10
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