On 31 July, the Italian government has suspended Rheinmetall bomb export licenses to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, involved in the Yemen war, for 18 months. The company’s Italian subsidiary, RWM Italia, produces bombs that are exported to Saudi Arabia and used to bomb Yemen, in a war which has no legitimacy under[…]
A report by the European network for shareholder engagement “SfC – Shareholders for Change” lists twelve companies potentially exposed to risks linked to the extraction and use of rare metals, that are strategic for the transition to a low carbon economy. They are called Yttrium, Lanthanum, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Terbium, Cerium and the list does[…]
Alternative Bank Schweiz, based in Olten, Switzerland, has joined the European network for shareholder engagement SfC – Shareholders for Change on 21 June 2019. The network, that was created in December 2017, has now 11 members investing in more than €23bn and representing about €140bn assets under management. Founded in 1990, ABS is owned by more than 6,700[…]