Re-Energizing America: How Passing Climate and Energy Legislation Can Keep the U.S. Competitive in the Global Race for Energy
An interview with Kevin Parker, Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management
Almost a year after the U.S. House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, Senators Kerry and Lieberman released the American Power Act. What is taking the United States so long to pass comprehensive climate and energy policy? And what are the possible ramifications - both environmental and economical - facing us if we fail to act? Listen

Investors Globally Call for Greater Transparency on Climate Change Exposure from Oil and Gas Companies
March 18, 2010 - Institutional investors released new climate disclosure guidelines for the oil and gas sector today and called on companies to strengthen their reporting on the risks and opportunities from climate change and evolving regulation. More

Investors File a Record 95 Climate Change Resolutions: a 40% Increase Over 2009 Proxy Season
March 4, 2010 - Leading U.S. investors today announced that they have filed a record 95 global warming shareholder resolutions with 82 U.S. and Canadian companies that face far-reaching business challenges from climate change. More

Webinar: Analyzing Climate Risks and Opportunities - A Survey of Asset Managers' Practices
March 12, 2010 - Ceres held a webinar to discuss the findings of our January report "Investors Analyze Climate Risks and Opportunities: A Survey of Asset Managers' Practices". Presenters included Bruce Kahn, Director and Senior Investment Analyst at Deutsche Bank Asset Management, Peter Knight, Partner at Generation Investment Management, Brian Rice, Investment Officer at the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), and the author of the report Kirsten Spalding, California Director at Ceres.

To access an archived copy of the webinar click here. To download the full report click here. For questions or follow up on how to get engaged with Ceres future Asset Management Working Group, please contact Kirsten Spalding (spalding@ceres.org) or Matt Moscardi (moscardi@ceres.org).

Investors Managing $2.1 Trillion in Assets Praise SEC for Climate Disclosure Guidance
March 3, 2010 - More than 50 leading investors today sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission re-affirming their support for the SEC's recent issuance of interpretive guidance clarifying what publicly-traded companies need to disclose to investors in terms of climate change-related material risks and opportunities they face. More

New Report: Largest Companies Fall Short in Managing, Disclosing Water Scarcity Risks
Despite growing water-scarcity risks in many parts of the world, the vast majority of leading companies in water-intensive industries have weak management and disclosure of water-related risks and opportunities, according to a first-ever report issued today by Ceres, UBS and Bloomberg. More

Pennsylvania Treasury on 07/23/10: Green Investing a McCord Treasury Priority
The PA State Treasurer talks about his focus on green investing, which he argues will create jobs and preserve a natural world of promise for our children. He also talks about the need for strong government policies, which will spur investment in the United States. More

Asia Water Project on 07/22/10: SEC's Climate Change Guidance Could Mean Increased Scrutiny of Overseas Supply Chains
Jim Coburn, a senior program manager at Ceres, writes about the impact of a new guidance from the U.S. SEC on climate change disclosure. The guidance is likely to improve reporting of the risks and opportunities relating to climate change, including impacts on water. More

Responsible Investor on 07/09/10: CalSTRS Mulls Engagement on Water, Extractives and Agriculture
CalSTRS, the $132bn California State Teachers’ Retirement System, plans to consider new areas of shareholder engagement in the water, extractives and agriculture sectors. More

BusinessGreen on 07/08/10: Record Proxy Season as Shareholders Crank Up Climate Demands
July 8, 2010 - Pressure on US firms to develop climate change policies has reached record levels, according to new figures from ethical investor coalition Ceres showing that more than 100 climate and energy-related shareholder resolutions were filed during this year's proxy season. More

Responsible Investor on 06/24/10: $10 Trillion Investor Group to Act Big on Big Oil and Insurance
The Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), an investor coalition representing $10trn of assets, is planning to write to oil majors – as well as insurers and re-insurers – in the wake of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Rob Berridge, senior manager of investor programs at Ceres, said the INCR is currently drafting the letter. More

Canadian Press on 06/10/10: Environmental, Safety Performance Crucial When Picking Energy Stocks
As the planet's cheap, easy-to-access oil and gas resources dwindle, energy firms are drilling deeper and further afield than ever before. Those engineering feats could mean huge payoffs for investors. But when things go wrong — as they certainly did with BP PLC's oil well disaster in the Gulf of Mexico — they really go wrong. More

Mutual Funds Boosting Focus on Climate Change When Voting Their Proxies, New Report Finds
June 16, 2010 - The financial world increasingly understands that climate change will have far-reaching business impacts on a wide array of industries. And that’s translating into ever-growing support by many of the nation’s largest mutual funds in favor of climate-related shareholder resolutions filed with U.S. companies. More

L.A. Times Blog on 05/17/10: Oil Sands Production Could Carry Risk for Investors
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already had devastating environmental consequences, but let's leave that aside for a moment and ask -- how should oil company investors be thinking about risky production projects? That's the tack some financial analysts are taking with the massive, controversial and carbon-intensive projects that aim to extract heavy oil trapped in the sands and clay of central Alberta in Canada. Read More

Reuters on 05/17/10: Oil sands risks like slow-motion oil spill: report
Some environmental risks of Canada's oil sands are similar to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill "but playing out in slow motion," the co-author of a report, by RiskMetrics Group on commission by Ceres, warning investors of the ecological, financial and social risks of oil sands development said on Monday. Read More

Huffington Post on 05/08/10: Bankers You Can Believe In by Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR
With their brethren parading to Capitol Hill to explain themselves and their industry to skeptical lawmakers and an angry public, three bankers at this week's Ceres Conference in Boston may revive faith in a profession that is sorely in need of respect. More

Politico on 04/23/10: SEC's Climate Change Transparency
Transparency is a cornerstone of our economy. For investors, that means being entitled to hear about the risks of an investment before making a long-term capital commitment. That’s why the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new climate change disclosure guidance is important. Read More

Grist on 04/21/10: Can an SEC ruling reverse climate change?
On January 27th, commissioners at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decided in a close 3-2 vote that publicly traded companies really ought to disclose any climate change-related risks and opportunities that might affect their bottom line. So what does it mean? Panelist discuss with Mary Bruno the impacts of the SEC decision. Read More

Grist on 04/16/10: (Audio) Will An SEC Ruling Convert Short-Term Green Into Long-Term Sustainability?
Following the landmark decision by the SEC last January, a panel discusses what it means for American businesses and investors. Panelists include economist Kristen A. Sheeran of the Environment Network, Sara Robinson from Campaign for America's future, and Julie Fox Gorte of Pax World Management Corporation. Read More