US institutional investors target global companies and ask Congress for climate change legislation | Practical Law

US institutional investors target global companies and ask Congress for climate change legislation | Practical Law

A update on announcements by US investor pressure group Ceres, in February 2009, on a request to the US Congress for climate change legislation, the addition of nine large US companies to its Climate Watch List and a number of recent shareholder resolutions questioning companies' climate change strategies.

US institutional investors target global companies and ask Congress for climate change legislation

by PLC Environment
Published on 03 Mar 2009United Kingdom, USA (National/Federal)
A update on announcements by US investor pressure group Ceres, in February 2009, on a request to the US Congress for climate change legislation, the addition of nine large US companies to its Climate Watch List and a number of recent shareholder resolutions questioning companies' climate change strategies.