Shareholders of financial services provider FirstRand will, next month, vote on whether the company must report on its assessment of its exposure to climate-related risks, and to adopt and publicly disclose a policy on fossil fuel lending. This will re…
FirstRand shareholders to vote on climate risk resolutions next month Read More »
Hundreds of thousands of youth around the globe protested last week against government and corporate inaction on the climate crisis. They congregated in cities on…
Editorial: Young people unite against climate change Read More »
James Kalluk spent much of his childhood inside an igloo in Canada’s far north, close to the Arctic Circle. Building that kind of home requires temperatures low enough to freeze the region’s countless lakes, a particular consistency of snow and a long-…
In planet’s fastest-warming region, jobs come with thaw Read More »
Responsible investment organisation Just Share executive director Tracey Davies has described the Standard Bank Coal-Fired Power Finance Policy, which was released on July 31, as “disappointing”. At a Standard Bank annual general meeting in May, 55% of…
Standard Bank power project lending policy ‘disappointing’ – Just Share Read More »
Government geologist Gino Casassa steps down from the helicopter and looks around in dismay. Casassa is standing at the foot of a glacier, 4 200 m above sea level. The sky over the Andes is a deep blue, but something is not right: It’s July – mid-winte…
South America’s glaciers may have a bigger problem than climate change Read More »
Diversified major BHP will spend $400-million, over a five-year period, on a climate investment programme to develop technologies to reduce emissions from mining operations.
“Over the next five years this program will scale-up low carbon technologies …
BHP to invest heavily in climate change research Read More »
Companies are failing to disclose sufficient detail about how exposed they are to the potential risks of climate change, a global task force said in a report on Wednesday. Many investors have called on companies to provide better communication on how c…
Companies lag in climate-related disclosures – G20 Task Force Read More »
The Canadian government has announced a C$325 000 investment in the Mining Association of Canada’s climate change adaptation project, which seeks to make mining operations resilient to a changing climate and extreme weather events. The project – Climat…
Canada funds mining climate change adaptation project Read More »
Pension funds in South Africa have a legal obligation to account for the financial effects of climate change on their investments, according to two groups lobbying money managers to pay closer attention to the issue. Shareholder activists Just Share an…
Activists push South Africa pension funds to tally climate costs Read More »
Pension funds in South Africa have a legal obligation to account for the financial effects of climate change on their investments, according to two groups lobbying money managers to pay closer attention to the issue. Shareholder activists Just Share an…
Activists push South Africa pension funds to tally climate costs Read More »
