ESG & Investing

JPMorgan, State Street Leave Biggest Climate-Investor Group

  • BlackRock downgrades relationship with Climate Action 100+
  • CA100+ faces increasing political pressure from US Republicans

Floating houses in a drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra in Iranduba, Brazil in October. 

Photographer: Bruno Zanardo/Getty Images
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The world’s largest investor group formed to fight climate change suffered a blow when two of the industry’s biggest money managers left the coalition.

JPMorgan Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors said Thursday they’re withdrawing from Climate Action 100+. The investor group, which boasts more than 700 investor signatories, was created to pressure oil giants such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and BP Plc to decarbonize their operations.