CCLA's James Corah: 'Green hushing' is an opportunity, not a challenge

'It is easy to be dismayed right now'

When it comes to engaging with companies, a key part of our work as an industry over the past few years has been pushing for transparency.

The idea is that if companies publish policies or make other public commitments, they are more likely to follow through and deliver progressive actions. But has this demand for transparency gone too far and how effective will it be in our new political climate? For years, pushing for disclosures has formed a core part of our engagement work. Looking back, our 'Aiming for A' campaign – and the successful shareholder resolutions we filed at UK-listed energy and mining companies in 2014 and 2015 – set, what was then, a new standard for climate change-related disclosures. Nearly a q...