Sempra’s Pro-Gas Lobbying Runs Counter to Climate Goals
Sempra’s Pro-Gas Lobbying Runs Counter to Climate Goals, Investors Demand ClarityQ3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreSempra Energy Asked To Clarify Its Lobbying ActivitiesBERKELEY, CA—Nov. 19, 2020—Shareholder representative As You Sow, joined by Calvert Research and Management and the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer, today filed a shareholder proposal at Sempra Energy asking the California-based utility to describe the alignment (or lack thereof) of its lobbying activities with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. In recent years, investor...