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Big Firms With $7 Tn Exit Climate Investment Pressure Group

Smog is pictured over Lake Geneva in Switzerland in February 2017 (Credit: AFP)

A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions.

JPMorgan Asset Management, which manages $3.1 trillion in assets, has not renewed its membership in Climate Action 100+, saying through a spokesperson that it will oversee its stewardship on climate change with companies with its bank staff.

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