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- Insurer AIA agrees to pull out of all coal investments by 2028 Thu, 18 Mar 21, 3:27amHong Kong-based firm, whose logo appears on Spurs shirts, has bowed to pressure from activists
- I changed my banking and super out of climate anxiety. Was it a smart financial decision? | Jessica Hamilton Tue, 2 Feb 21, 3:30amOne year ago Jessica Hamilton divested from fossil fuels. Here’s what she has learned since
- BlackRock holds $85bn in coal despite pledge to sell fossil fuel shares Wed, 13 Jan 21, 4:00pmLoophole means asset manager can hold shares in firms earning less than a quarter of revenues from coal
- Shareholders push HSBC to cut exposure to fossil fuels Mon, 11 Jan 21, 12:43amEurope’s second-largest financier of fossil fuels faces a vote to ramp up its climate commitments
- Race is on as carmakers shut, switch or sell combustion engine factories Mon, 28 Dec 20, 12:19amManufacturers’ share prices will be dependent on their ability to avoid losses on ‘stranded assets’, says analyst
- Combustion engine car factories are 'stranded assets' in age of electric Sun, 27 Dec 20, 10:41pmAnalyst warns that European carmakers must adapt as they move away from fossil fuel vehicles
- Liberal MPs pour cold water on inquiry backed by Frydenberg into bank lending for coal projects Wed, 16 Dec 20, 5:14pmAndrew Bragg and Tim Wilson say inquiry is unnecessary because it’s a legitimate ‘matter for those institutions’
- Almost half of thermal coal firms set to defy climate pledge – report Thu, 12 Nov 20, 7:01pmReport identifies 935 firms finance industry needs to blacklist to meet Paris goals
- Rowan Williams urges UK universities to divest from fossil fuels Sat, 17 Oct 20, 6:00pmFormer archbishop says oil firm holdings not compatible with duty to next generation
- World Bank and IMF must spearhead a green and inclusive recovery | Letter Thu, 15 Oct 20, 3:42amA group of European ministers and the EC’s commissioner for international partnerships call for measures to foster long-term resilience in the global economy and environment
- 3,000 articles, 100m readers: a year of our best environment journalism Mon, 5 Oct 20, 7:00pmWith a piece of environmental journalism published every three hours, the Guardian is a leading voice in the fight to save the planet
- Cambridge is right to join the flight from fossil fuels. But divestment is just a start Fri, 2 Oct 20, 8:12pmThe financial system is what’s driving the climate emergency. It needs a complete structural overhaul
- Angus Taylor's gas plan is an astoundingly bad idea, on so many levels | Simon Holmes à Court Thu, 17 Sep 20, 12:58pmThe federal government’s increasingly desperate and ideological energy market interventions are costing us all
- Insurance giant Suncorp to end coverage and finance for oil and gas industry Fri, 21 Aug 20, 2:21pmSuncorp’s decision to pull out of industry by 2025 puts it at odds with government push for gas-led recovery
- UK's biggest pension fund begins fossil fuels divestment Wed, 29 Jul 20, 3:01pmNational Employment Savings Trust to shun firms involved in coal, tar sands or arctic drilling