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ExxonMobil holds out against growing shareholder rebellion over 'insufficient' climate action
Around a third of investors, including the world's largest asset manager, vote for changes to oil giant's governance to help drive bolder climate action
University of Manchester to decarbonise its investment portfolio
University claims its plan, which promises to end all investments in fossil fuel companies by 2022 and fully decarbonise its investments by 2038, goes 'further than other fossil fuel divestment programmes'
'A duty to prepare': National Infrastructure Commission warns UK must bolster resilience efforts
Wide-ranging report warns UK's 'robust historic resilience' under threat from climate change and growing risk of unanticipated shocks
New guidance to help investors tackle physical climate risks
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change offers members detailed advice on how to integrate climate risks and opportunities into investment processes
Covid-19 will lead to further stranded assets in the EU
With airlines looking at an annus horribilis in 2020, planes could follow coal plants as Europe's next stranded asset, writes Vlerick Business School's Professor David Veredas
'Extreme' effect: Global emissions plummet 17 per cent during lockdown
First peer-reviewed study predicts global emissions could fall seven per cent this year, but warns such savings are required every year for decades to come to meet climate goals
Looking towards an ESG shaped future
Scottish Widows Maria Nazarova-Doyle explains how the coronavirus crisis has made green investments more attractive than ever
World heading for 'climate lockdown' unless firms get prepared, top investment body warns
Government's response to Covid-19 is an indicator of inevitable disruption ahead from exacting climate policies, warn PRI and Climate Works Foundation
A pandemic was near inevitable - so too is climate-driven disruption
The inevitable pandemic has just materialised. On climate, the Inevitable Policy Response is next, warn PRI CEO Fiona Reynolds and Climate Works Foundation program director Ilmi Granoff
Study: Worst case climate scenarios point to 'near unlivable' heat for one-third of humans by 2070
Vast swathes of the Tropics could end up as hot as the Sahara within 50 years unless emissions fall sharply, report warns
French corporates call for 'green and inclusive recovery'
BNP Paribas, AXA, Danone, and Total among over 90 leading businesses to call on government to deliver recover plan that drives 'ecological transition'
Watching the clock
The net zero transition is a race against time and regardless of the coronavirus crisis there is no time for delay
'Another nail in the coffin': Westpac joins thermal coal investment exodus
Australian banking giant becomes latest major investor to tighten coal lending rules with 2030 target for ending investment
Investors holding trillions of dollars of assets join calls for green Covid-19 recovery
IIGC, AIGCC, Ceres, and CDP among major green investment groups urging governments to avoid backing risky, high-carbon projects as part of their coronavirus recovery plans
ESG Blog: Companies need 'strong boards' - Norway's sovereign wealth fund
All the latest ESG investment news from BusinessGreen's sister site, Investment Week
Recyclers urge public not to recycle face masks and other PPE
Confederation of Paper Industries issues plea for public to ensure PPE is disposed of safely, amidst fears waste material could contaminate recycling
Let's make sure we keep the clean air after this crisis
Green Alliance's Philippa Borrowman makes the case for urgent action to ensure one of the few upsides from the lockdown is maintained
Defra: Key environmental workers to be offered coronavirus testing
Employees in the energy, transport, food and drink, waste, and water industries to join list of workers eligible for priority testing
'Not mere divestment': Oxford University unveils sweeping net zero investment strategy
Multi-billion pound endowment to divest from fossil fuel companies and request evidence of net zero business plans right across its investment portfolio
Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'
COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action
Net Zero Festival to go ahead this autumn
World's first Net Zero Festival will proceed this year with expanded digital platforms
'The opportunity to do things right': UN Secretary-General backs green recovery
Antonio Guterres argues leaders must act decisively to deal with both the coronavirus and climate crisis - just hours after President Trump vows to bail out the US oil industry
On oil crises, uncertainties, and historic responsibilities
No one knows how the oil price crash and coronavirus crisis will play out for the green economy, but the stakes could not be higher
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