thermal coal

Glencore shareholders challenge mining giant's thermal coal plans

Investment

Glencore shareholders challenge mining giant's thermal coal plans

HSBC Asset Management and LGIM among investors to co-file shareholder resolution citing climate risk concerns over Glencore's thermal coal production

clock 06 January 2023 • 2 min read
Scottish Widows tightens investment restrictions on coal and tar sands

Investment

Scottish Widows tightens investment restrictions on coal and tar sands

Pension provider unveils fresh divestment moves worth a total of £1.5bn

clock 27 March 2022 • 2 min read

Policy

'Single most important step': Hungary, Uruguay, and Kyoto join Powering Past Coal Alliance

UK-Canada initiative welcomes 10 new members, as UN chief sets out three point plans for governments and businesses to accelerate coal power phase out

clock 02 March 2021 • 5 min read

Investment

'Shielding our customers': Scottish Widows announces £440m divestment from carbon-intensive companies

Scottish Widows today announced a new exclusions policy targeting firms that derive more than a tenth of their revenue from thermal coal and tar sands

clock 09 November 2020 • 2 min read

Investment

$5tr investor alliance calls for companies to ditch thermal coal

The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, which formed in 2019 at the Climate Action Summit in New York, has today warned companies that failure to respond to its position thermal coal could result in divestment

clock 06 November 2020 • 2 min read

Investment

Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects

Landmark pledge makes Suncorp the first major insurer to adopt any policy restricting underwriting for oil and gas

clock 21 August 2020 • 3 min read

Investment

'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

clock 04 May 2020 • 3 min read

Energy

Fossil fuels drop to record low in UK energy mix

Oil, gas, and coal now provide 79.4 per cent of overall UK energy mix, while renewables' role hits record high, official government statistics reveal

clock 25 July 2019 • 2 min read

Investment

We have 'a key role to play' in low carbon transition: Coal and metals miner BHP unveils $400m climate investment plan

BHP Group also pledges to set emissions reduction goals for its own activities and the use of the fossil fuel products it sells

clock 23 July 2019 • 4 min read

Investment

'Increasingly uncompetitive': BNP Paribas AM tightens coal investment policy

French bank's tighter exclusions on firms engaged in thermal coal mining and coal-fired power generation to come into effect from 2020

clock 14 March 2019 • 3 min read