Monday, 15 May 2017

Top UK fund manager divests from fossil fuels | Environment | The Guardian

Top UK fund manager divests from fossil fuels | Environment | The Guardian

Steam rises from the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station.
 Steam rises from the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station. Photograph: John Giles/PA
One of Britain’s biggest managers of ethical funds is to dump £20m of shares in fossil fuel companies in one of the biggest divestments so far because of climate change.
Shares in BHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian mining giant, will be among those sold by BMO Global Asset Management’s range of “responsible” funds, which manage £1.5bn of assets. They were previously known as the “stewardship” funds, the first ethical funds launched in Britain.

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