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  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American to demerge South African coal assets

    Mining group plans to list ‘Thungela’ amid investor pressure over environment

  • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
    Danone SA
    Danone milks China dairy stake for €1.8bn as asset sales begin

    Activists to press for governance and strategy changes at board meeting on Monday

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Vanguard tops list of world’s largest coal investors

    Campaigners urge asset managers to divest from fossil fuels to help fight climate change

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Exxon Mobil Corp
    Exxon offloads North Sea assets

    Deal with Norwegian buyout group marks latest retreat from once-prolific region

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Aviva PLC
    Aviva to sell French unit for €3.2bn

    Deal is part of plan to slim down British insurance group

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Trinity College Cambridge to dump fossil fuel companies this year

    Oxbridge’s wealthiest institution has set a net zero target, as divestments by UK university endowments gather pace

  • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
    Sovereign wealth funds
    Sovereign wealth funds sidestep climate change threat

    SWFs urged to be ‘more ambitious’ in the fight against global warming

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Special ReportBusiness and Society
    The ESG investor’s dilemma: to engage or divest?

    Asset managers are debating whether it is time to get tough with problem companies

  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC targeted by shareholders over fossil fuel financing

    Investors file resolution demanding bank publishes strategy and targets

  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    New York state’s $226bn pension fund plans rolling fossil fuel divestments

    Shift in strategy adds to pressure on US energy companies

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Special ReportMoral Money: Next Generation
    Students push for university climate change divestments

    Oxford offers blueprint for selling fossil fuel assets while retaining influence over divested businesses

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan promises to shift portfolio away from fossil fuels

    Bank to cut exposure to companies that do not align operations with Paris climate accord

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    University of Cambridge
    Cambridge university to dump fossil fuel investments by 2030

    Central endowment fund also promises to aim for net zero emissions in its portfolio companies by 2038

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    Climate activists would be better off buying BP

    Divestment isn’t going to save the planet, nor is getting rid of oil traders. Real activism means shareholder activism. Buy fossil fuel companies. Don’t dump them.  

  • Monday, 13 January, 2020
    Half UK universities commit to divesting from fossil fuels

    Student and academic protests force hands of endowment investment committees

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    Climate change
    Barclays pressed to stop financing some fossil fuel groups

    Funds put financial industry at centre of climate debate with landmark resolution

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    Coal
    South32 exits thermal coal with sale to Seriti Resources

    Miner the latest to ditch fossil fuel as it offloads its South Africa Energy Coal unit

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Impact investing
    Bill Gates: fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ impact

    Billionaire philanthropist urges investors to back tech that helps cut emissions instead

  • Monday, 9 September, 2019
    Number of investors dumping fossil fuel stocks rises

    Paris climate accord has been a massive boon to the global divestment campaign

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2019
    Impact investing
    National Trust to end all fossil fuel investment

    Charity says energy and mining companies are not doing enough on climate change

  • Monday, 3 June, 2019
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei to offload undersea telecoms cable business

    Sale of 51% stake comes as US ramps up pressure on the Chinese group

  • Saturday, 20 April, 2019
    FTfm
    Sovereign wealth funds eye a low-oil future

    Norway’s $7.5bn divestiture raises questions for others over dependence on fossil fuel

  • Monday, 18 March, 2019
    Private equity buys US penny zinc supplier from Newell Brands
  • Thursday, 14 March, 2019
    Coal
    BNP Paribas fund arm plans €1bn coal divestment

    French asset manager is latest company to reduce fossil fuel exposure

  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
    Melrose Industries PLC
    Melrose takes first steps towards breaking up GKN

    Turnround specialist’s move quells doubts over ability to cash in after £8bn hostile takeover

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