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

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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

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

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