2019 Breckinridge Sustainability Report - Report - Page 15
OUR RECENT ADVOCACY EFFORTS
Climate Action 100+
December 2017
As signatories, we joined 300 investors to encourage the
largest 100+ emitters of greenhouse gases to institute
board-level oversight of climate risks and opportunities,
to reduce emissions and to adopt reporting standards.
National Federation of Municipal Analysts
(NFMA) Disclosure Effort with Ceres
Multiyear effort culminating in April 2018
In collaboration with Ceres and other stakeholders,
Breckinridge encouraged the NFMA to modernize its
Recommended Best Practices in Disclosure guidance for the
water-sewer sector to include sustainability metrics, which
were integrated in 2018.
Ceres Investment Statement for
a Low Carbon Economy
August 2018
As signatories, we agreed that climate change poses
significant risks and we challenged bond issuers to commit
to incorporating climate resilience and mitigation into
capital projects.
Task Force on Climate-Related
Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
September 2018
As signatories, we supported the TCFD in providing
recommendations and frameworks to help companies
develop more-effective climate-related financial
disclosures through existing reporting processes.
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