Investors, Environmental Groups Push the SEC to Require Full Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure
June 12, 2008  – A broad coalition of investors and major environmental groups today repeated their call to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to address the obligations of publicly-traded companies to assess and fully disclose the material economic opportunities and risks from climate change. More

19 Institutional Investors with 91 Million Exxon Mobil Shares Pressure Oil Company on Global Warming and CEO/Board Chair Separation
May 21, 2008 - Nineteen institutional investors – including some of Exxon Mobil’s largest shareowners – with more than $740 billion in combined assets under management are voting next week in support of resolutions asking Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:  XOM) to address climate change risks and opportunities and separate the Chairman and CEO positions. More

Investors Managing $2.3 Trillion Call on Congress to Tackle Global Climate Change
May 20, 2008 - More than 50 leading investors, including the nation’s largest public pension fund and the world’s largest listed hedge fund, today called on the U.S. Senate to enact strong federal legislation to curb the pollution causing global warming. more

Managing the Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change: A Practical Toolkit for Investors

April 2008 - The next 50 years will require a massive shift to cleaner energy sources and technologies to avoid unmanageable climate disruption. This toolkit is designed to help investors begin to comprehensively address climate risks and opportunities in four key areas:  internal statements, policies, and governance; engagement with companies, investors, and others;  investment practices; public policy support. Download Toolkit

San Francisco Business Times on 06/09/08: Pension funds throw green weight around
CalPERS and CalSTRS already have $400 billion in economic muscle. Now they've got a green thumb, too. The state's two largest pension funds are taking steps to push, prod and otherwise cajole their portfolio companies to disclose the way global warming might affect their shareholders' investments. More

Dow Jones Newswires on 05/14/08: Individual Investors Can Seek Change, Too
The Rockefellers aren't the only ones flexing their muscle with shareholder resolutions. Individuals with far fewer shares and far less name recognition are influencing companies by engaging in dialogue, voting proxies, attending meetings, and, in some instances, filing resolutions. More

Reuters on 4/16/08: Fewer U.S. mutual funds nix climate proposals: study

U.S. mutual funds over the past few years have tempered their opposition to environment-related shareholder proposals, though on balance they still vote against them, according to a study released on Wednesday. More

The Economist on 03/13/08: The Greening of Wall Street

On March 17th the first carbon-linked derivatives contracts will begin trading on the Green Exchange, a joint venture between the New York Mercantile Exchange, Evolution Markets, a broker, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and others. More