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Investors bow to political pressure: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... AllianceBernstein and Allspring Global Investments in May. J.P. Morgan, Invesco, State Street, and Pimco left earlier this year. Blackrock also scaled back its involvement. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which runs the CA100+ in Australia ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn), and Capital Group ($165 bn) were identified as having the largest holdings. Of the total ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... politicisation of ESG. This follows the departure of J.P. Morgan, Invesco, State Street, and Pimco earlier this year. Blackrock also scaled back its involvement. CA100+ supports investors to ensure the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... CA100+ investor members are lagging on leveraging active ownership towards better climate governance. This includes BlackRock, State Street and JP Morgan Asset Management which exited early this year. Australia's Investor Group on Climate Change ...

BlackRock-Temasek closes at US$1.4 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... biggest investors have joined forces to fund private companies making waves in decarbonisation and the net zero economy. BlackRock and Temasek reached a final close of US$1.4 billion for their late-stage venture capital and growth private equity investment ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... six of the 10 largest CA100+ investor members - including major investors that have recently exited the CA100+ such as BlackRock, State Street and JP Morgan Asset Management. This contradicts claims investors are leveraging active ownership towards better ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... firms are facing pressure to publicly disclose their proxy voting records on climate-related shareholder resolutions. BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Northern Trust Corp and State Street Corp have had shareholders file resolutions asking ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The BlackRock CEO's annual letter waxed poetic on the old age question, fear, and the savings strategy of stuffing money under mattresses. He also said the energy transition is not a straight line and requires "pragmatism". This means Larry Fink believes ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... companies with links to the Myanmar military junta. The indices, MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones, were used by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ESG-labelled funds. Human rights organisation Inclusive Development ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... through our existing investor-led and client-centric issuer engagement approach". State Street Global Advisers, PIMCO, and BlackRock made similar moves in recent weeks. Climate Action 100+ said it was "disappointed to see them go," but that "the initiative ...