NEWS /  The Church of England Pensions Board, together with investors with assets totalling nearly £50bn, has filed a shareholder resolution at Rio Tinto calling on the company to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies.

The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020. 

NEWS / Investors in ExxonMobil, led by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and the Church Commissioners for England, this week asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States to deny the company's request for permission to block a shareholder proposal for information on how the company will weather the global agreement to rein in climate change.

The Church of England Pensions Board, together with Swedish public pension funds AP7, AP2, AP3, AP4 and Danish AkademikerPension, has filed a case against Volkswagen AG. 

Church Commissioners for England file shareholder proposal asking ExxonMobil to set goals in-line with Paris Agreement.

Volkswagen AG (VW) has rejected a shareholder proposal sent last week from seven European investors urging the company to explain how its lobbying activities help to address climate risks. 

The Church Commissioners and the New York State Common Retirement Fund have announced their support for a shareholder proposal that calls for the board chair of ExxonMobil to be an independent member of the board.

A year long global initiative is being launched to define an investor agenda to be achieved by 2030 for the mining sector.  

NEWS / Investors give mining companies 45 days for full disclosure on tailings storage facilities

Board tracks progress in its second annual Stewardship Report and outlines shift in engagement focus from the supply side oil and gas to demand side such as the auto sector