Thanks for clicking through to this RI survey on the fossil fuel divestment campaign. We know you are busy, and so it shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. Most of the 20 questions are very quick multiple choice options.

The survey is anonymous to encourage people to speak freely on a sensitive subject. We’d like to use your survey responses and comments to compliment the series of dedicated articles that we have been running on RI. We will shortly publish the results of the survey, and include the most pertinent anonymous comments.

Please feel free to comment fully at the foot of the survey on what you think the pros and cons of the divestment campaign are, and please circulate the survey to colleagues in your organisation and your networks.

Please could you complete the survey as quickly as possible. The closing date is Friday May 2.

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* 1. How would you describe your organisation? (pick the most suited)

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* 2. Do you think investors are doing enough to evaluate and integrate the risk of fossil fuel exposure and climate change into valuations and buy/sell decisions?

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* 3. Do you think investors are doing enough to reduce the market risks associated with climate change (i.e. stewardship actions related to corporate & market health)?

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* 4. Investors have been criticised for not doing more on the fossil fuel/climate issue. Overall, do you think this is…

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* 5. What do you think gets in the way of investors doing more about climate change as an investment/market health issue? Please rank from 1 to 4 with 1 the most important reason. The response boxes will move to reflect your selection hierarchy.

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* 6. What do you think the impact of the fossil fuel divestment campaign could be?

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* 7. How much do you agree/disagree with the following five statements?

  Totally agree Partially agree Partially disagree Really disagree
I’m glad someone is campaigning for divestment because it gives me space to manoeuvre on the climate issue
The divestment campaign risks becoming a missed opportunity, or actively a problem
Divestment is not realistic: it reduces the investment universe too significantly
Investors can’t be part of the solution to climate change while the trading paradigm remains so dominant

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* 8. Given where we are today on climate change what do you think is the most strategically important thing that investors could do? Please rank from 1 to 8, with 1 the most important reason. The response boxes will move to reflect your selection hierarchy.

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* 9. It is 2050 and investors have – to many people's surprise – been a really major player in the fight to avoid climate catastrophe. Who do you think is most responsible for this? (Please rank from 1-5, with 1 the highest)

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* 10. The Asset Owner Disclosure Project (AODP) is a campaign to push investors to disclose their climate change policies: how much do you agree/disagree with the following statements:


  Strongly agree Partially agree Partially disagree Strongly disagree
Identifying leaders and laggards in the investment community should be a priority: it will drive up standards
Public accountability with a methodology independent of investor control is a good thing
AODP has been too assertive in engaging investors
AODP has not been assertive enough in exposing and challenging investors
Other reporting and benchmarking projects are just as good as AODP

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* 11. What do you think is the right price for carbon to make sure we stay within the 2 degrees target?

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* 12. The ‘stranded assets’ thesis says that investors face being exposed to overvalued fossil fuel assets in the event of rapid regulation by governments to regulate carbon emissions to limit global warming to a 2°C rise in temperature.

My view about the stranded asset thesis is:

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* 13. The 'Divestment 2.0' strategy focuses on particular assets that are more likely to become stranded. How much more successful do you think it will be than the blanket divestment strategy?

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* 14. Has your organisation divested any assets due to climate change/fossil fuel concerns?

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* 15. Does your organization engage with fossil fuel and other high impact companies on their climate change policies? Yes/No

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* 16. Does your organization engage with governments on their climate change policies?

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* 17. What do you think the most important issues that investors should raise with fossil fuel companies are? Please rank from 1-3, with 1 as most important. The response boxes will move to reflect your selection hierarchy.

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* 18. Climate/Green Bonds: how much do you agree/disagree with the following statements:

  Strongly agree Partially agree Partially disagree Strongly disagree
Great idea but a lack of real money threatens threatens the initiative
The asset class will grow as societal demand for mitigation and adaption increases
There's a lack of credible issuances today
It's nothing new/fundamentally flawed

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* 19. Please feel free to add your general comments on the divestment debate here:

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* 20. That’s it. Thank you. Press the Next button on this page and then the Submit button on the following page to record your responses.

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