The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has upheld As You Sow’s shareholder proposal asking Chevron for clear and transparent accounting of how a net-zero greenhouse gas by 2050 scenario will affect its operations and performance.

Today, Majority Action launched Proxy Voting for 1.5°C World, which outlines a list of systemically important companies in the electricity generation and oil and gas industries that have not set emissions targets aligned to limiting warming to 1.5°C.

Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) Tuesday announced a commitment to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2045 across its Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

Today, Climate Action 100+ (CA100) released an assessment of the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) polluting companies for progress against its Net-Zero Company Benchmark.

Today, CarMax Inc. (CarMax) announced a new goal to achieve net-zero carbon greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — the same as the Paris Agreement.

Tuesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allowed ExxonMobil to reject a shareholder request for clear and targeted reporting on if and how it intends to reduce the risk of stranded assets related to its petrochemical investments like plastics, especially in consideration of the public, market, and governmental responses to plastic pollution, community health, and climate change.

Valero has introduced a new “Energy Transition performance measure” into its incentive compensation program for executive officers, as requested in a shareholder resolution filed by investor representative As You Sow.

Wells Fargo today announced that it intends to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for its financing activities by 2050. With this announcement, six of the largest U.S. banks have now declared their intent to align with the Paris Climate Agreement by setting net-zero-by-2050 goals.

Goldman Sachs today announced that it is joining the ranks of other major U.S. banks in committing to align its financing activities with a net-zero pathway by 2050, set interim targets by the end of 2021, and measure and disclose its progress in meeting those goals.

The Coalition United for a Responsible Exxon (CURE) today issued the following statement in regards to recent disclosures by ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) (“Exxon” or the “Company”):

Citigroup, whose CEO, Jane Fraser, took the helm this morning, today announced in a blog its commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its financing activities by 2050.

Today Bank of America announced its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its financing activities by 2050, following an earlier announcement to measure and disclose its financed emissions through the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.