Hedge fund billionaire vows to punish company directors for climate change inaction Sir Christopher Hohn, who has donated to Extinction rebellion, steps up pressure on firms responsible for carbon emissions

‘.@b_c_chapman for @Independent : 'A report last week from InfluenceMap named BlackRock - which manages $6.5 trillion of assets - as the worst fund manager for voting in favour of climate-related shareholder resolutions.’ #FinanceMap

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Harvard-Yale Halftime Protests Are Teaching Moment for ESG If you want to see the future of climate-based investing, you need to look at Harvard and Yale. For those tired of debates dominated by elite universities, note that I am not talking about what goes on inside those hallowed halls. I am referring to last weekend’s football contest between the two Ivies, known as “The Game.” This edition of the ancient rivalry was certainly exciting (Yale came from behind to win 50-43 in double-overtime), but all attention was stolen by events at halftime. Student

Our #FinanceMap report highlights the divide between the leadership of European asset managers on climate-motivated shareholder resolutions and robust engagement with companies compared to their lagging American counterparts.

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Our new report highlights the aggregate portfolio alignment regarding 4 critical sectors for the 50,000 listed funds analysed by #FinanceMap, showing the asset management community to be misaligned with the #ParisAgreement on all 4.

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Asset Managers and Climate Change How the sector performs on portfolios, engagement and resolutions

Our new #FinanceMap report shows European asset managers are leading in robust engagement with companies, including @LGIM @AllianzGI_view @UBS Asset Management. Other high scoring companies are @AXAIM and @Credit_Agricole

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The asset management industry has a prominent role in direct engagement with the corporate sector on the governance of issues inc. climate change. We've scored the 15 largest asset management groups on their investor-company engagement & resolutions on climate #FinanceMap

5 asset managers appear to be doing the “heavy lifting” for the entire industry, filing 20% of all climate-related resolutions, despite their relatively small size. @Hermesinvest @sarasinpartners @waldenAM @TrilliumAM @ZevinAssetMgmt #FinanceMap

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Asset Managers and Climate Change How the sector performs on portfolios, engagement and resolutions

Introducing #FinanceMap: Our new report – Asset Managers and Climate Change - examines the asset management sector through a climate lens, looking at portfolios, investor-engagement processes and shareholder resolutions. Read the report here:

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Who Owns the World’s Fossil Fuels An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis

.@StateStreet's Fossil Fuel Reserves Free Exchange Traded Fund ticker #EFAX contains thermal coal, including shares in @HambiBleibt coal mine owner @RWE_AG.
New @InfluenceMap research fact-checks these funds, marketed as climate friendly:
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