[All] Fwd: Ceres' Water Scarcity Work Makes a Splash, Investors Ask Russell 1000 Companies to Embrace ESG

[Robert Milligan]

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> From: "Ceres" <info at ceres.org>
> Date: June 29, 2011 4:22:23 PM GMT-04:00
> To: <mill at continuum.org>
> Subject: Ceres' Water Scarcity Work Makes a Splash, Investors Ask  
> Russell 1000 Companies to Embrace ESG
>
> 	Ceres Newsletter - June 2011
>
> Check out our new and improved website atwww.ceres.org!
> Press and Media
> Blog Post: Investors Tackle Fracking and Water Scarcity Risks  
> (Forbes.com)
> Press Release: Ceres Announces Leading Sustainability Advocates,  
> Legal Experts as New Board Members
> Op-ed: Why We Need to Calm the Natural Gas Frenzy (Reuters)
> News Story: Georgia Pressured By Water Deficit (The Bond Buyer)
> News Story: Large Investors Urge Russell 1000 Companies to Adopt ESG  
> Practices (Pensions & Investments)
> Blog Post: Water Scarcity Means Business for Companies & Investors  
> (Mother Nature Network)
> Blog Post: Strong Fuel Economy Standards Will Fuel America's Economy  
> (Forbes.com)
> Press Release: 2011 Proxy Season Report: Fracking, Water Scarcity,  
> Other Issues Show Shareholders Resolute on Climate & Related  
> Sustainability Resolution
> Featured Report
> Global Investor Survey on Climate Change
>
> Conducted by Mercer, this report details the investment practices of  
> asset managers and asset owners on climate change issues. Read the  
> report...
>
> Featured Videos
>  Ceres President Mindy Lubber on Environmental Regulation and  
> Economic Growth
>
> Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, explains why economic prosperity  
> and smart environmental regulation go hand in hand. Watch the video...
>
> Events
> ACCA Research & Insights Conference
>
> Wednesday, July 27, 2011
> Virtual
> Ceres President Mindy Lubber, will participate in the second part of  
> the "Integrated Reporting: A Framework of the Future" panel, which  
> will explore the benefits and challenges of integrated reporting  
> (IR), the potential to revolutionize IR and the impact IR will have  
> on organizations across the world.
>
> For more information or registration, please click here.
> UNEP FI 2011 Global Roundtable: The Tipping Point - Sustained  
> Stability in the Next Economy
>
> Wednesday & Thursday, October 19-20, 2011
> Washington, DC
>
> Ceres President Mindy Lubber will speak on a panel discussion  
> exploring policy action on climate change versus "jobs and  
> competitiveness."
>
> For more information or registration, please click here.
>
> Ceres e-News Editor:
> Kristin Erekson
>
>
> Ceres Work on Water Scarcity Gets Boost from Leading Credit Rating  
> Agency
> New Fitch Rating Report Threatens Downgrade of Georgia's Bonds Due  
> to Water Deficit Challenges
> Nine months after releasing a groundbreaking report highlighting the  
> hidden financial risk of water scarcity in U.S. water and electric  
> utility bonds, Ceres is continuing to drive change among the  
> practices of credit rating agencies and states, particularly in the  
> Southeast, when it comes to addressing water challenges.
>
> Following the release of The Ripple Effect: Water Risk in the  
> Municipal Bond Market in October, Ceres urged major credit rating  
> agencies to look more closely at water scarcity issues when  
> evaluating state and municipal water bonds. Earlier this month,  
> Fitch Ratings issued a special report warning that it may downgrade  
> Georgia's bonds if water deficit challenges are not addressed.
>
> Ceres, in partnership with American Rivers, also sent a letter this  
> month to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal urging him to devote more state  
> funding to water conservation efforts.
>
> "The state's water and economic security rests on the efficient use  
> of water, as increasing regional water competition, ongoing legal  
> battles and more volatile weather will surely limit supplies," said  
> Sharlene Leurig, a senior manager at Ceres who authored The Ripple  
> Effect.
>
> To learn more about Ceres' water work, please click here.
>
> Major Institutional Investors Call On Russell 1000 Companies to  
> Integrate Sustainability Into Business Models
> This month, citing global climate change, resource constraints and  
> growing population pressures, more than two dozen major  
> institutional investors - collectively managing $1 trillion in  
> assets - asked companies in the Russell 1000 to integrate  
> sustainability across their business models. Read more...
>
> Climate Change Investor Groups Publish Report on Global Investor  
> Practices Relating to Climate Change
> Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk, the Institutional Investors  
> Group on Climate Change and the Australia/New Zealand Investor Group  
> on Climate Change published a report earlier this month detailing  
> the investment practices of 46 asset managers and 44 asset owners -  
> with collective assets totaling more than $12 trillion - on climate  
> change issues.
>
> Conducted by Mercer, the report results show that asset owners and  
> asset managers understand the importance of addressing climate  
> change through their investment practices and are making significant  
> progress in a variety of areas. U.S. investors, however, lagged  
> behind their European and Australian counterparts in integrating  
> climate change across all of their portfolios.
>
> "U.S. investors have strongly advocated for robust climate policies,  
> and they have succeeded in getting the U.S. Securities and Exchange  
> Commission to issue ground-breaking climate risk disclosure  
> requirements for companies," said Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres  
> and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a  
> project of Ceres. "But their climate-related investment practices,  
> in most cases, trail their international peers, and this will be a  
> key focus for INCR in the coming months." Read more...
> Network Highlights
> New INCR Members
> Savitr Capital
> New BICEP Members
> Portland Trail Blazers
> Ceres Companies in Action
> Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is a lead sponsor of the Carbon Disclosure  
> Project (CDP) Cities program, which improves environmental  
> sustainability in the world's largest cities, thereby enhancing  
> their economic viability. As lead sponsor, JLL will help CDP refine  
> and expand its questionnaire to enhance its relevance to cities.  
> Read more...
>
> The following Ceres Companies have released new sustainability  
> reports:
>
> Advanced Micro Devices
>
> CA Technologies
>
> Ford Motor Company
>
> Ceres, a 501(c)3 organization, brings together the world's largest  
> coalition of investors, environmentalists and other public interest  
> advocates to engage with corporate leaders to put sustainability  
> into practice. To learn more about what we do, please visit www.ceres.org 
>  or write to us atinfo at ceres.org.
>
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