Shareholders Demand Greater Transparency Even in the Midst of U.S. Retreat from Paris Agreement

Jun 6, 2017

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For the first time shareholders of a U.S. oil company have successfully required a climate stress test, pressing a corporation to go beyond typical boilerplate climate change risk factor disclosures.

This marks a shift—supported by both state pension funds and asset managers—towards a demand for greater transparency, even as President Trump has announced a withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

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