News & EventsExelon Joins Ceres’ Network of Companies
August 5, 2008 – Exelon, one of the nation’s largest energy companies, has been approved as a Ceres network company. Exelon recognizes a number of key issues in its annual progress report, including climate change, energy efficiency, safety and nuclear issues. Ceres will be working with Exelon to advance its sustainability performance and is well positioned to help with these challenges. More
Investors with $1.5 Trillion in Assets Call on Congress to Extend Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Tax Credits
July 29, 2008 - A group of 43 investors managing over $1.5 trillion in assets called on the U.S. Senate today to extend tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects by at least five years to 2013. More
Investors Praise Language in Senate Funding Bill Urging the SEC to Issue Guidance on Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure
July 18, 2008 - Following repeated calls by investors for the SEC to issue guidance for publicly-traded companies to assess and fully disclose their financial risks from climate change, the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved language in the Financial Services Appropriations bill calling on the SEC to issue such guidance. More
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
| | Top StoriesThe New York Times on 08/27/08: Xcel to Disclose Global Warming Risks
The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, announced an agreement on Wednesday with one of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants that would require the company to disclose to investors the financial risks of global warming. More
Harvard Business Review's Leading Green Blog on 08/26/08: Telecommuting's Small Carbon Footprint
In the current global economy, we can now easily envision someone joining a business call from the beach in San Diego, a coffee shop in New York, and a corporate boardroom in Tokyo--with open work, the flexibility is limitless and corporations around the world are cashing in on the savings. More
Bloomberg on 08/20/08: `Green Your Company' Say Shareholders Anxious Over Climate Risk
Shareholders filed a record 57 climate-related petitions with U.S. companies this year as they pressed for a higher value on the environment, the Ceres coalition of investors and green activists said. More
Harvard Business Review's Leading Green Blog on 08/13/08: Can Canada's Oil Sands Solve the Energy Crisis?
Fueled by rising oil prices and declining global oil reserves, US and Canadian oil producers are knocking down millions of acres of Alberta's pristine boreal forest to produce oil from a sticky mud-like substance known as oil sands. More
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