Blackrock To Make Investment Decisions With Sustainability As Core Goal

January 15, 2020 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Larry Fink, founder and CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest investment firm, announced in his annual letter that BlackRock will make investment decisions with environmental sustainability as its core goal.

“Every government, company, and shareholder must confront climate change.”
–Larry Fink, founder and CEO of Blackrock

The letter was written through the eyes of a capitalist and not an environmentalist. Climate change will require a huge energy transition. There will be a long-term trend that will have an impact on the valuation of companies and industries. The letter seeks a focus on transparency and redistribution of capital to prepare for the transition.

The 2020s Need To Be The Climate Decade

December 24, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The Climate Group’s CEO, Helen Clarkson, makes a case for why the 2020s need to be the Climate Decade. The next 10 years need to be about climate action. This talk was given at the Opening Ceremony of Climate Week NYC 2019.

What Some of the 100 London Hunger Strikers Had To Say

December 21, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The 100 London hunger strikers of Extinction Rebellion called for a change in business as usual, for any new Government to make the Climate & Ecological Emergency its highest and most fundamental responsibility. The strikers have three demands:

tell the truth with all organizations the government interacts with
take rapid action to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2025
create and be lead by the Citizens Assembly

Humanity is at a crossroads as it faces an unprecedented Climate and Ecological Emergency. In the UK, Extinction Rebellion joined in the Global Hunger Strike to demand our political leaders act now on the crises we are facing.

“This is a way of just peacefully sitting here, informing the public without disrupting them.”
–Jane explained cheerfully while on day 7 of her hunger strike.