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RELEASE: Investors Send Strong Signal to Southern Company: Align Operations with Low-Carbon Future
Oakland, CA – May 24, 2017 – In an important climate-related vote today, 46% of its shareholders asked The Southern Company (SO) to report on how it plans to align its business operations with a 2 … MORE
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BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Southern Company issue a report describing how it will reduce climate risk by controlling its methane emissions, including disclosing its current enterprise-wide methane emissions and the practices used by … MORE
Southern-Company-Carbon-Asset-2017
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Southern Company prepare a report disclosing the financial risks to the Company of stranded assets related to climate change and associated coal demand reductions. The report should omit proprietary … MORE
RELEASE: Shareholders to Southern Company: Transition from Coal to Low-Carbon Business Model
Atlanta, GA – May 25, 2016 – Shareholder resolutions filed at Southern Company by shareholder advocacy group, As You Sow, and faith-based investor coalition, the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment (“Tri-State CRI”) sent Southern Company’s … MORE
Southern Company – Climate Change – 2016
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Southern Company prepare a report by September 2016, omitting proprietary information and at reasonable cost, quantifying potential financial losses to the company associated with stranding of its coal assets … MORE
RELEASE: Calling for Climate Action, $5 Billion in Southern Co. Shares Vote for Proposal Seeking Greenhouse Gas Reductions
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – June 1, 2015 – Citing climate change impacts and financial risks of carbon-intense coal assets, shareholders representing billions of dollars in investments voted for greenhouse gas reduction targets at Southern … MORE
Southern Shareholders to Consider ‘Green’ Vote
ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE – May 15, 2015 – Southern Co. shareholders will vote May 27 on a resolution calling for the Atlanta-based utility to set targets for carbon emissions.
Investor Groups Want Southern Co. to Report More GHG Data and Risks
E & E PUBLISHING – May 5, 2015 – Southern Co., the Atlanta-based utility serving 4.4 million customers in the Deep South, produces one of the most attractive annual reports on carbon emissions available within … MORE
Southern Company – Climate Change – 2015
BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that Southern Company adopt absolute, quantitative time-bound goals for reducing total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from operations and report to shareholders by November 1, 2015 on its plans to achieve … MORE
Southern Co to Report on Renewable Energy Efforts, Activist Says
REUTERS – March 27, 2014 – U.S. regional power utility Southern Company plans to produce a full report on its renewable energy projects, an activist group said on Thursday.
RELEASE: Southern Company Agrees to Report on Its Actions to Capture Value from Renewable Energy Investments
AS YOU SOW PRESS RELEASE – March 27, 2014 – After successful dialogues with environmental nonprofit organization As You Sow, Atlanta-based Southern Company, one of the largest utilities in the US, has agreed to produce … MORE
Southern Company – Coal – 2014
Shareholders request that the Southern Company prepare a report, reviewed by a board committee of independent directors, on policies the company could adopt to take additional near-term actions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions consistent … MORE
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Southern Company is a diversified energy company involved in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Calling for Climate Action, $5 Billion in Southern Co. Shares Vote for Proposal Seeking Greenhouse Gas Reductions Shareholders Ask Utility … MORE
Investor Group Demands Fossil Fuel Companies Disclose Carbon Asset Risk
REUTERS – February 12, 2014 – A group of investors with combined assets of over $200 billion filed shareholder resolutions on Wednesday with ten energy companies, including Exxon Mobil and Southern Co, demanding they disclose … MORE
RELEASE: Coal Ash Should be Better Regulated by EPA, Say Investors
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – September 15, 2010 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should adopt federally‐ enforceable regulations governing coal ash disposal to prevent costly environmental and public health impacts, says a group … MORE
