Glencore and TJX declined to remark.
“Whereas divestment is among the many stewardship instruments we use as a mechanism for driving change, we see it as a final resort and under no circumstances the final stage of engagement,” mentioned Stephen Beer, LGIM senior supervisor for sustainability and accountable funding.
UK-based LGIM mentioned that its determination on Glencore adopted a shareholder decision final 12 months requesting the miner to reveal how its thermal coal manufacturing aligns with the Paris Settlement’s goal to restrict the worldwide temperature enhance to 1.5 levels Celsius.
Glencore mines and trades thermal coal, which is a significant contributor to greenhouse fuel emissions. It additionally has coking coal property. It plans to run down its thermal coal mines by the mid-2040s, closing at the very least 12 by 2035.
LGIM has a 0.44% stake in Glencore, LSEG information reveals.
“We stay involved that Glencore doesn’t meet our crimson line asking mining firms to reveal whether or not they plan to extend thermal coal capability,” LGIM mentioned.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing boomed in 2020 and 2021 throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as low oil costs spurred extra traders to diversify past fossil fuels, and as fund managers sought to be extra climate-conscious.
By way of its Local weather Affect Pledge, LGIM assesses greater than 5,000 firms throughout 20 ‘climate-critical’ sectors. It has beforehand highlighted considerations about local weather threat administration with Woodside Vitality and Nippon Metal.
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