TIAA-Divest’s analysis of TIAA’s 2022 climate report “Ensuring our future”

In late December of 2022, TIAA released the second of their annual reports on plans to address risks due to climate change. The first report, issued on December 24th 2021, was timed for maximum invisibility and was widely panned by educators, financial analysts, TIAA clients, think tanks and climate researchers for their lack of specifics and focus on very limited portions …

5 Weasels for TIAA’s climate report

In December 2023, TIAA published “Rising to the Challenge,” its latest annual climate report. First, the good news. The company is clearly responding to our pressure to reduce its $78 billion in fossil fuels and its land-grabbing agribusiness. For the first time, TIAA claims that “our focus is squarely on leading our operations and steering our …

Trillion-dollar pension fund TIAA faces climate-washing complaint brought by hundreds of professors and scientists

New York, NY — Nearly 300 clients of the $1.2 trillion retirement giant TIAA filed a formal complaint today with the UN-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative, alleging TIAA’s substantial investments in fossil fuels and deforestation violate TIAA’s climate pledges and commitment to the six Principles for Responsible Investment. TIAA participants, including the academics Bill McKibben, Michael Mann, Dipesh Chakrabaty, Ruth …

TIAA-Divest!’s Demand Letter

On May 12th, 2020 TIAA-Divest! delivered our demand letter to TIAA board members and executives. Signed by 75 allied groups, this letter lays out the basis for TIAA-Divest’s activism. Maureen O’Hara, Chair The Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility Committee of the Board of Trustees TIAA 730 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017  May 12, 2020 …