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Green Power
A new podcast with Van Jones, President of Green for All. Listen

Economist Online Debate
Ceres won the debate on sustainability and corporate responsibility. More

Corporate Leaders on Sustainability
Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland talks about the value of sustainability. Watch

News & Events

Investors, Environmental Groups Push the SEC to Require Full Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure
June 12, 2008 - A broad coalition of investors and major environmental groups today repeated their call to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to address the obligations of publicly-traded companies to assess and fully disclose the material economic opportunities and risks from climate change. More

Ceres Addresses United Nations General Assembly
June 9, 2008 - Ceres President Mindy Lubber delivered the keynote address at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly for a program on “Global Private Investments and Climate Change.” Watch the UN webcast (requires RealPlayer)

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Investors Praise California Senate Leaders for Passing Historic Climate Disclosure Bill
May 22, 2008 - U.S. and Canadian investors praised California Senate leaders for approving a measure which will result in the nation’s first state standard for voluntary climate risk disclosure by corporations.  California Senate Bill 1550, “Corporations: climate risk disclosure”, was approved on the floor of the California State Senate today and now moves to the California Assembly for consideration. More

Top Stories

Politico.com on 06/26/08: Climate Change Disclosures Gain Steam
Investors and some California state legislators are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to require full disclosure of the risk that global warming poses to corporations. The group includes Ceres, a network of environmental and investment groups, and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. More

San Francisco Business Times on 06/09/08: Pension funds throw green weight around
CalPERS and CalSTRS already have $400 billion in economic muscle. Now they've got a green thumb, too. The state's two largest pension funds are taking steps to push, prod and otherwise cajole their portfolio companies to disclose the way global warming might affect their shareholders' investments. More

CNBC.com on 05/28/08: Exxon vs. Rockefellers
A look at the ExxonMobil shareholder meeting and the showdown between the Rockefellers and ExxonMobil, with Michael Lynch, of Strategic Energy & Economic Research; Chris Fox, of Ceres; and CNBC's Mary Thompson. Watch