Elizabeth Warren wants Blackrock's Larry Fink to put more force behind his pledge to have the world's largest money manager to tackle climate change, and detail how he expects to do it.
for including companies seemingly at odds with their objective, like fossil fuel companies.
Fink announced in January that BlackRock will exit investments with a high sustainability-related risk, such as coal. He attributed the decision to "a fundamental reshaping of finance" and warned that climate change is a "defining factor in companies' long-term prospects." He also said the group will join the Climate Action 100+ investor coalition, which focuses on tackling greenhouse gas.
"Your letters to CEOs and investors suggest that you understand the extent of the effects that climate change will have on the economy, and that BlackRock, as a fiduciary to your clients needs to understand climate risks across the investments it makes," wrote Warren, along with Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I, Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
, originally announced in 2018 and reintroduced in July, would require every public company to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission information about climate risks to business, such as greenhouse gas emissions.
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