SACRAMENTO – CalPERS beneficiaries testified November 18 calling on the CalPERS Board of Directors to commit to no new Exxon bond purchases to protect against financial risk due to climate change. The November Board meeting marks one year since…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of this November’s elections, the Sierra Club is contacting voters across several states—Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington—where the office of State Treasurer is on the ballot to educate and mobilize its…
SACRAMENTO, CA – Dozens of CalPERS beneficiaries testified September 16, 2024 in front of the CalPERS Board of Directors and more than 2,000 beneficiaries and supporters sent letters to CalPERS’ staff. They are calling on the fund to exit Exxon…
Sierra Club Commends NYC Comptroller Plan to Stop Pensions’ Private Market Fossil Fuel Investments
New York — Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced a plan to develop a new policy to exclude prospective private markets investments in downstream and midstream fossil fuel infrastructure for the portfolios of three of the City’s…
A new report released today, Leaders or Laggards: Analyzing major US banks’ net-zero commitments, from the Sierra Club finds that all six major US banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley —…