
[miningmx.com] – AN alliance of 100 investors has called on Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to demonstrate they are working to lessen the impact their businesses have on climate change.
The group of European fund managers and pension funds including Aviva, Amundi and Schroders, which together manage over $4 trillion in assets, will file shareholder resolutions to the firms this month, investor coalition “Aiming for A” said the newswire.
“We want Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto fully to demonstrate awareness of the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to their businesses,” Helen Wildsmith, founder of Aiming for A, said in a statement.
In addition to Aviva, Amundi and Schroders, the broader group includes UK pension funds Railpen and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Dutch investor APG Asset Management, said Reuters.
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