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JPMorgan March 28,2023 Offic of the State Treasurer Attn: Mr. Christopher Bigs 2300 N. Lincoln Bu, Room 217 Oklahoma Ciy, OK 73105 Christopher Biggs@ureasurer ok gov es Leter from the OKiahoma State Treasurer to... Morgan dated January 30, 2023 Ladies & Gentlemens: ‘This letter is in response to your letter dated January 30, 2023 requesting written verification of 1. Morgan's position regarding the boycott of energy companies under the Oklshoma Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, 74
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JPMorgan
March 28,2023
Offic of the State Treasurer
Attn: Mr. Christopher Bigs
2300 N. Lincoln Bu, Room 217
Oklahoma Ciy, OK 73105
Christopher Biggs@ureasurer ok gov
es Leter from the OKiahoma State Treasurer to... Morgan dated January 30, 2023
Ladies & Gentlemens:
‘This letter is in response to your letter dated January 30, 2023 requesting written verification of
1. Morgan's position regarding the boycott of energy companies under the Oklshoma Energy
Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, 74 0.5. §§ 12001-12006." As requested, we are hereby
responding to the questions enclosed vith your letter. We appreciate the opportunity to provide the
following information to your ofce.
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Questions - Annex 1
1. What is the name of your company? What is the ISIN for your company?
Our holding company is JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMC”1
). JPMC’s common stock ISIN is
US46625H1005.
2. What is the name, title, and mailing address of the person verifying the answer to these questions
on behalf of your company, and to whom may the Treasurer direct further communications
regarding this verification request?
Name: Brian Page
Title: Managing Director
Mailing Address: 1900 N Akard St, Floor 03
Dallas, TX 75201-2300
3. Is your company publicly traded? On which securities exchange?
The stock of JPMC is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
4. Does your company invest capital or loan capital to other people or entities? Does your company
invest capital or loan capital to other people or entities on behalf of third parties?
JPMC invests and loans money to consumers and businesses. JPMC also invests money on
behalf of third parties.
5. Has your company committed or pledged to meet environmental standards, such as reducing your
greenhouse gas emissions, beyond applicable federal or state law with respect to its lending,
investing, or underwriting portfolio, or with respect to the companies with which your company
does business? If so, to what environmental standards has your company committed or pledged?
For the purpose of this response, we understand environmental standards to mean efforts or
initiatives related to greenhouse gas emissions established by external non-governmental
parties2
.
As a firm we recognize the importance of considering the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
and the need for policies that ensure the availability of energy resources securely, reliably and
affordably. JPMC is committed to working with clients around the world to reduce emissions
and ensuring our own operations remain carbon neutral.
1
“JPMC” herein is inclusive of subsidiaries.
2
Other than in respect of Questions 7 and 9 – 14, wherever a question refers to “investing” or “investment,” we
have responded with respect to JPMC’s proprietary investing activity, whether in the form of equity investing or
lending. Information with respect to JPMC’s asset management business is addressed in Questions 7 and 9 – 14 or
as otherwise relevant.
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A key aspect of our strategy is using our capital and expertise to support our clients’
decarbonization efforts. Related to this, we’ve set 2030 interim portfolio-level emissions
intensity reduction targets for six sectors of our financing portfolio – starting in May 2021 with
oil and gas, electric power, and automotive manufacturing and continuing in December 2022
with aviation, iron & steel, and cement. By working directly with clients to assist them to
develop and finance their transition strategies and goals, we will help them navigate the
challenges and opportunities of decarbonization and the energy transition, while also helping
accelerate new technologies and business strategies. Despite the many challenges, more and
more companies are hard at work to align their business strategies to the goals of the Paris
Agreement. Our targets have been developed at the portfolio level, instead of the client level, to
recognize the unique challenges that exist for each sector and subsector. Evaluating our clients’
emissions and decarbonization plans is one of many factors considered in our decision making
for new in-scope financing transactions for in-scope clients in our targeted sectors.
JPMC makes independent decisions that it believes are best for the long-term success of its
business. Where JPMC’s internally developed goals align with those of industry initiatives, and
where JPMC can continue to exercise its own business judgment based on the best interests of
the firm, JPMC may engage with industry initiatives to help address complex global challenges,
including climate change. In October 2021, JPMorgan Chase joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance
(“NZBA”). Participation in NZBA is part of our effort as we work to develop our own targets for
other sectors and engage with a growing number of clients who are aligning their strategies with
science-based emission reduction pathways. It is also a reflection of our support for the
ambition of greater climate action. While we are committed to these objectives, we also have
noted that NZBA sets a high bar and its goals are subject to other prerequisites and critical
considerations, both within and outside our control. These include the necessity of technological
advancements, the evolution of consumer behavior and demand, and the need for thoughtful
climate polices — all factors required to make achievement of targets feasible — as well as the
potential impact of legal and regulatory obligations and the challenge of balancing our
commitment to short-term targets with the need to facilitate an orderly and just transition and
energy security. As we engage with NZBA and other industry initiatives to which our efforts are
aligned, the firm will continue to make independent decisions that we believe are best for the
long-term success of our business.
a. What is the name of the entity that established the environmental standards beyond applicable
federal or state law to which your company has committed or pledged?
See above.
b. Are your company’s commitments or pledges to such environmental standards mandatory for
your company? If so, how are your company’s commitments or pledges mandatory?
See above.
c. Who monitors your company’s commitments or pledges to such environmental standards? How
are your company’s commitments or pledges to such environmental standards monitored? Please
attach any reports, metrics, or other documents that you have submitted or published pursuant to
these commitments or pledges.
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Senior management – including the Operating Committee and leaders within each of our lines of
business and corporate functions – is responsible for driving strategy and implementation of
initiatives across the firm. We plan to periodically disclose information about progress against
our commitments over time.
d. What are the consequences for your company not fulfilling its commitments or pledges to such
environmental standards?
If we do not achieve our objectives, or are perceived to not do so, we could face a range of risks,
including, but not limited to:
Legal and Regulatory Risk: If the bank is not transparent about its actions and its actions
are not consistent with its public statements, the bank could face legal or regulatory
risk.
Shareholder Risk: As with any issue regarding company practices, shareholders could
make proposals related to ESG or environmental related matters.
Business Risk: As with any issue regarding company practices, we could face loss of
revenue from corporate, government, and investor clients that consider it relevant for
business selection, or are seeking financing or advisory services to facilitate their own
transition to a lower-carbon business model.
e. If the environmental standard includes aligning attributable emissions with net zero, please
identify the net zero pathway(s) you use to measure alignment with net zero. For each economic
sector or category of companies to which you apply the pathway, please describe the net zero
pathway’s requirements for that sector or category and include any reports, metrics, or other
documents used by you or any environmental entity to which you belong to measure compliance
with this pathway.
The pathways we use, including with respect to each economic sector or category of companies
to which we apply pathways, can be found in our Carbon Compass Methodology. 3
The 2030 interim portfolio-level emissions intensity reduction targets we have set build on the
transition pathways outlined by third-party emissions reduction scenarios, including the
International Energy Agency’s Net-Zero by 2050 Scenario and Sustainable Development
Scenario. We also reference a wide range of public resources, including additional climate
scenarios, decarbonization research and other frameworks for assessing alignment with global
emission reduction goals.
f. Please identify any consequences you have applied or threatened with respect to any company in
your lending, investing, or underwriting portfolio, or any company with which your company does
business, for failing to commit or meet environmental standards beyond those required by
applicable federal or state law.
3
https://www.jpmorgan.com/solutions/cib/investment-banking/center-for-carbon-transition/carbon-compass
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Please see responses to Questions 5 and 7.
6. Does your company have a written policy, procedure, or investment guideline restricting or
prohibiting investment in energy companies, including companies engaged in the exploration,
production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel-based energy?
Please see response to Question 7.
7. What is your company’s policy on banking, consumption, financing, investment, underwriting, or
related activity pertaining to fossil fuel-based energy and fossil fuel-based energy companies,
including companies engaged in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or
manufacturing of fossil fuel-based energy?
JPMC makes independent decisions that it believes are best for the long-term success of its
business. These business decisions reflect JPMC’s longstanding approach to generally identifying
and assessing potential risks to and opportunities for the firm, including long-term strategic
risks.
Under the firm’s approach to environmental and social issues, the firm identifies a number of
areas where prohibitions can apply, as well as clients and transactions that require
environmental and social review on a case-by-case basis, based on a variety of factors including
the industry / sector, location of operations, use of proposed financing proceeds, if relevant, and
the presence of specific types of activity that potentially present heightened environmental and
social risk.4
Separately, in connection with our portfolio-level emissions intensity reduction targets, an
assessment of our clients’ emissions and decarbonization plans is now an additional
consideration in our decision-making while considering new transactions for clients in these
sectors. For more details, please see response to Question 5.
In response to the question’s reference to “investment,” we provide the information below with
respect to J.P. Morgan Asset Management (“JPMAM”) 5 and further refer you to subsequent
responses to Question 9. JPMC does not generally make direct proprietary investments in
energy companies.
Within JPMAM, certain accounts and investment funds are, for the ordinary business purpose of
managing accounts or establishing investment funds to satisfy individual client needs or general
market demand, managed to investment guidelines or subject to policies or procedures
restricting or prohibiting investment in energy companies. This is because, for example, JPMAM
may manage a private investment fund that pursues a real estate investment strategy or an
4
For example, JPMC currently prohibits financing related to certain activities related to coal mining (including the
development of greenfield coal mines and mountaintop mining) as well as activity with clients with the majority of
their revenue from coal, the development of new coal-fired power plants without carbon sequestration
technology, and new oil and gas development in the Arctic.
5
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is the marketing name for the investment management business of J.P. Morgan
Chase & Co. and its affiliates worldwide.
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exchange traded investment fund that pursues a climate solutions strategy in accordance with
the investment fund’s investment guidelines. In such cases, the investment guidelines may limit
or prohibit investment in certain types of assets or asset classes, including energy companies.
8. How is your company’s chief executive officer, board of directors, and other company leadership
involved in the development or monitoring of the company’s policies pertaining to fossil fuel
based energy companies, including banking, consumption, financing, investment, underwriting, or
related activity?
Senior management – including the Operating Committee and leaders within each of our lines of
business and corporate functions – is responsible for driving strategy and execution across
JPMC.
The Board of Directors is responsible for oversight of the business and affairs of JPMC.
9. Do you belong to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative?
JPMAM is a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (“NZAMI”). Responses to
Questions 9 – 14 are specific to JPMAM.
a. If so, what actions have you taken to “[w]ork in partnership with asset owner clients on
decarbonization goals, consistent with an ambition to reach net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner
across all assets under management?”6
As a global asset manager serving a diverse client base, JPMAM works with clients who have
their own decarbonization goals to develop and offer investment solutions and products to
meet their financial goals and non-financial objectives. This includes clients that have set their
own net zero ambitions, who request information about holdings in their accounts.
b. Have you “[s]et interim targets for 2030, consistent with a fair share of the 50% global
reduction in CO2?”7
If so, what targets have you set?
Yes. JPMAM’s interim target was published on November 9, 2022. Our interim 2030 target is
for approximately 55% of our in-scope assets under management (“AUM”) to be in investments
where the issuer has set science-based net zero targets (SBTi-validated or equivalent, as
determined by JPMAM). JPMAM has included its AUM in listed equities and corporate bonds, as
well as certain direct investments in forestry, in scope for its targets. Those assets make up 45%
of JPMAM’s total AUM ($1.2 trillion), as of December 31, 2021.
JPMAM will measure its progress towards its targets by the proportion of companies in which it
invests that have set their own credible net zero targets. By 2030, JPMAM anticipates that the
percentage of its AUM held in companies with science-based targets will increase from 20% to
55%.
6
https://www.netzeroassetmanagers.org/media/2021/12/NZAM-Commitment.pdf
7
Id.
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JPMAM believes investee companies that set their own credible science-based net zero targets
and act on these targets will help manage risk and increase shareholder value over time to the
benefit of client accounts. While JPMAM believes that taking into account financially material
climate risks and opportunities is an important part of the investment process, JPMAM’s net
zero targets do not change how JPMAM manages money or client account investment
objectives or strategies. Furthermore, JPMAM’s net zero targets will not constrain investments
or lead to a policy of divestment in carbon-intensive companies to meet interim net zero targets
for 2030. JPMAM client accounts continue to be long-term investors in carbon-intensive
companies to meet client investment objectives.
c. What actions have you taken to “[p]rioritise the achievement of real economy emissions
reductions within the sectors and companies in which [you] invest?”8
JPMAM has built an engagement program that prioritizes key issues that JPMAM believes
materially affect the financial performance and risks of its clients’ investments. JPMAM believes
climate change presents material risks and opportunities to its client portfolios. As such, climate
change is one of JPMAM’s six investment stewardship priorities. JPMAM has established a
climate change engagement framework as part of assessing the physical and transition risks
facing companies held in client portfolios and understanding how companies are pursuing
opportunities associated with climate change. JPMAM makes its investment decisions
independently and such decisions are not dictated or overridden by what is set forth in NZAMI
or any other organizational initiative; JPMAM does not prioritize the achievement of real
economy emissions reductions over its fiduciary duty and contractual obligations to its clients.
d. What actions have you taken consistent with your commitment to “[i]mplement a stewardship
and engagement strategy, with a clear escalation and voting policy, that is consistent with
[NZAM’s] ambition for all assets under management to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 or
sooner?”9
i. Please identify any companies where you have taken escalation or voting measures to align
that company’s operations or your portfolio with net zero.
Please see our response to Question 9.c. above. JPMAM will engage with certain portfolio
companies as prioritized by its engagement framework on such company’s own net zero targets
and emission reductions. JPMAM’s engagement framework prioritizes engagements based on
companies it believes face the highest transition risk and considers the size of JPMAM’s clients’
holdings. JPMAM’s decisions (including engagement and proxy voting decisions) are driven by
JPMAM’s duty to manage accounts in the best interests of its clients – not to align company
operations to JPMAM’s interim targets.
e. What is your fossil fuel investment policy? Does it comply with the “Net Zero Asset Managers
initiative: Network Partners’ expectation of signatories with regard to fossil fuel investment
policy?”10
8
Id.
9
Id.
10 https://www.netzeroassetmanagers.org/media/2021/12/NZAM-Network-Partners-Fossil-Fuel-Position.pdf
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i. What is your policy regarding the financing of thermal coal plants or projects?
ii. What is your policy regarding the financing of coal-fired electricity generation?
JPMAM manages client assets in accordance with client objectives and its fiduciary duty to its
clients. This includes long-term investments in carbon-intensive companies in order to meet
certain clients’ investment objectives.
While certain accounts and funds we manage in accordance with fiduciary duty and applicable
strategies have investment policies to not invest in companies in certain industries, JPMAM does
not have a policy that excludes coal and other fossil fuel investments or a policy regarding the
financing of either thermal coal projects or coal-fired electricity generation.
10. Do you belong to Climate Action 100+?
JPMAM joined Climate Action 100+ in 2020.
a. If yes, please identify all actions you have taken to “seek commitments” from companies to
“[t]ake action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain?”11
JPMAM believes that the risks and opportunities related to climate change, under certain
circumstances, can have a material impact on the growth potential, profitability, cash flow and
balance sheets of investee companies and can directly impact the ability of these companies to
create long-term investor value for JPMAM’s client accounts. JPMAM’s participation in Climate
Action 100+ reflects this fiduciary concern.
JPMAM has not participated in engagement with any US companies as a part of Climate Action
100+. Independent of Climate Action 100+, JPMAM engages with certain US companies on the
topic of greenhouse gas emissions to understand the risks facing companies and their strategic
plans to address these risks and to identify opportunities. In particular, JPMAM engages with
companies to understand how they are adapting their businesses to changes in the wider
economy and whether they have considered the financial planning required to adapt in a way
that is effective for shareholders. In connection with these company engagements, JPMAM
took the following actions to “seek commitments” from companies to “take action to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain,” which in each case was intended to
encourage companies to plan for market and regulatory changes to enhance long-term
profitability:
1. Discussed the setting of greenhouse gas emissions targets, with an emphasis on
operational emissions (Scopes 1&2)
2. Voted against certain directors, as shown in Appendix A
3. Voted in favor of certain shareholder proposals, as shown on the attached Climate
Proposals for Oklahoma.pdf
b. Please describe any actions you have taken to encourage utility companies to “publish and
announce . . . [a] coal and natural gas-generation retirement schedule,” with “[a] retirement date
assigned to each coal or gas unit.”12
11 https://www.climateaction100.org/approach/how-we-work/
12 https://www.climateaction100.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CA100-Progress-Report.pdf#page=44
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JPMAM has not taken actions specifically to encourage US companies to publish and announce a
coal and natural gas-generation retirement schedule with a retirement date assigned to each
coal or gas unit since becoming a signatory to CA100+. JPMAM recognizes that asset level
decision making should be firmly in the hands of company management. As shareholders,
JPMAM encourages transparency around companies’ plans so that JPMAM can assess any
potential investment risks, informed by JPMAM’s own assessment of the relevant regulatory
and investor expectations.
Where companies have set their own long term net zero goals and corporate strategies based
on renewable energy generation growth, on an independent basis, JPMAM has engaged with
individual companies on how their asset base will evolve over time to ensure plans are aligned
with the stated corporate strategy. If companies are seen to be saying one thing yet doing
another, they could lack credibility and face regulatory and reputational risks, which JPMAM
believes may impact returns to JPMAM’s clients.
11. Have you “exercise[d] voting rights to hold directors and management accountable for climaterelated issues?”13 Have you threatened to do so? If so, please identify each instance where you
have cast or threatened to cast such votes.14
JPMAM believes that the environment and climate change pose material risks to certain
companies. JPMAM believes that the oversight of these risks, as with all material risks, is
ultimately the responsibility of the board of directors of these companies. Insufficient oversight
of risks, including climate risks, may be evidenced in poor operational performance or lack of
reporting of key measures. At times JPMAM may vote (and has voted) against individual
directors that JPMAM judges are not sufficiently managing risk, including climate risk.
Please see Appendix B for all relevant votes against directors of US companies since 2020.
a. Please identify how you voted in the following director elections:
Atmos Energy Corporation, 2021 AGM – JPMAM voted for all directors
Atmos Energy Corporation, 2022 AGM- JPMAM voted for all directors
ExxonMobil, 2021 Proxy Contest- JPMAM voted on the dissident Engine No. 1 proxy card,
withholding votes from Engine No. 1’s candidate Anders Runevad and management nominees
Susan Avery and Angela Braly. See write-up on the vote in the attached Appendix C.
ExxonMobil, 2020 AGM- JPMAM voted against Angela Braly and voted for the other directors.
The vote against Angela was in her role as Chair of the Public Issues and Contributions
Committee due to what JPMAM felt was insufficient urgency regarding Scope 1&2 emissions in
light of then-anticipated regulatory developments.
Kinder Morgan, 2022 AGM- JPMAM voted for all directors
Kinder Morgan, 2021 AGM- JPMAM voted against C. Park Shaper due to being deemed
overboarded (i.e., serving on too many corporate boards) per JPMAM policy while voting for the
other directors
13 https://www.climateaction100.org/approach/how-we-work/
14 For questions 11-14, JPMC has limited its responses to information relating to its Asset Wealth Management
business.
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b. Have you voted or threatened to vote against directors if they do not set or meet targets related
to reducing greenhouse gas emissions where such emissions reductions would be beyond what is
required by controlling law? If so, please identify each instance where you have cast or
threatened to cast such votes.
Yes, where such votes reflected JPMAM’s judgement as a fiduciary that a failure to set or meet
such targets presented material financial risks to client investments due to anticipated
regulatory and market developments. As a fiduciary for its client accounts, JPMAM believes it is
important for management to comply not only with current regulatory standards but also to
consider future changes that are likely to have significant financial impact on their businesses.
These changes may include, among other things, increasing scrutiny on emissions – including
flaring and fugitive methane emissions – and customer preferences for “sustainably sourced”
natural gas in developing markets. JPMAM is also cognizant that companies may be impacted
not only by laws where they are incorporated or where they operate, but by laws and
regulations enacted in markets they serve and where their suppliers are located. In seeking to
manage investments in the best long-term interests of its clients, JPMAM looks to identify
companies that consider the impacts of regulatory developments and customer preferences so
as to better manage risks and opportunities.
Please see Appendix A for all relevant votes against directors of US companies since 2020.
c. Please provide any voting bulletins or other descriptions of your votes where you described your
vote in whole, or in part, as an action in response to a company’s action or inaction on climaterelated issues.
Please see Appendix C for all voting bulletins or other public descriptions of JPMAM’s votes
where JPMAM described its vote in whole, or in part, as an action in response to a US company’s
action or inaction on climate-related issues.
12. Have you voted in favor of shareholder proposals that would require companies to issue a report
on how they intend to reduce emissions beyond what is required by federal law?
JPMAM has voted in favor of some shareholder resolutions asking companies to issue a report
on how they intend to reduce emissions beyond what is required by federal regulations, when it
believed having such information was in the best interest of client accounts. These were
instances where JPMAM believed possible mismanagement of emissions could have posed a
financially material risk to a company’s overall business, where companies have not provided
emissions disclosures, or where such disclosures are incomplete or are not meaningful. This
may also be prompted by concerns regarding how regulations may evolve in the future at the
federal, state or local level or internationally.
As noted in our proxy voting guidelines, which are published and updated annually, JPMAM
believes that corporate shareholders have a legitimate need for information to enable them to
evaluate the potential risks and opportunities that climate change and other environmental
matters pose to the company’s operations, sales and capital investments. JPMAM acknowledges
that many companies disclose their practices relating to environmental issues and that
disclosure is improving over time. JPMAM generally encourages a level of reporting that is not
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unduly costly or burdensome and which does not place the company at a competitive
disadvantage, but which provides meaningful information to enable shareholders to evaluate
the impact of the company’s environmental policies and practices on its financial performance.
a. If so, please identify each instance where you voted in favor of such a proposal.
Please see attached Climate Proposals for Oklahoma.pdf. which includes all JPMAM votes in
favor of and against such proposals for US companies since 2020.
13. Have you voted in favor of shareholder proposals that would require companies to adopt
greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets beyond what is required by federal law?
As a part of fulfilling its fiduciary duty under US federal law, JPMAM votes in the best long-term
interests of its clients, including voting in favor of shareholder resolutions requiring US
companies to adopt greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets where JPMAM believes not
adopting such targets are likely to pose a material risk to the business[, so the answer is yes.
a. If so, please identify each instance where you voted in favor of such a proposal.
Please see attached Climate Proposals for Oklahoma.pdf, which includes all JPMAM votes in
favor of and against such proposals for US companies since 2020.
14. Please identify how you voted on the following types of proposals since January 2020:
a. proposals to insurance companies to set emissions reductions targets within their investment or
underwriting portfolio.
JPMAM votes environmental shareholder proposals on a case-by-case basis, taking into account
various factors, including the relevance of the proposal to the company, the extent to which the
company has already met JPMAM’s expectations on the management of issues raised by the
proponent, related controversies and the prescriptiveness of the proposal itself.
In the majority of cases, JPMAM has not supported shareholder resolutions requiring US
insurance companies to reduce the emissions in their investment or underwriting portfolio. In
three instances, JPMAM supported a bundled proposal requiring disclosure of emissions and
emissions reduction targets. JPMAM supported these three proposals due to the aspect
requiring disclosure of emissions. In such instances, the JPMAM stewardship team engaged
with the companies to explain that JPMAM’s support of the three proposals was based solely on
their disclosure aspects.
b. proposals to banks to set emissions reductions targets within their investment or lending
portfolio.
JPMAM has not supported shareholder resolutions requiring banks to set emission reduction
targets in their investment or loan portfolios.
15. Do you belong to the Net Zero Banking Alliance?
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Yes, for more detail, please see response to Question 5.
a. If so, please describe all actions you have taken consistent with your commitment to “transition
all operational and attributable GHG emissions from [your] lending and investment portfolios to
align with pathways to net-zero by mid-century, or sooner.”15
Please see response to Question 5 and additional information below in response to Question
15.b.i.
b. Have you committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or emissions intensity within specific
economic sectors?
Please see response to Question 5.
i. If so, please describe the actions you have taken to reduce emissions or emissions intensity
within these sectors.
We are driving progress towards our targets through a few elements that are focused on using
our knowledge and expertise to help clients frame and act on their decarbonization plans. These
elements are focused on: 1) evaluating our clients emissions and decarbonization plans with
both qualitative and quantitative factors, 2) engaging with our clients to understand their views,
plans and constraints for decarbonization, and 3) meeting our clients’ unique capital needs
through solutions that advance their own decarbonization efforts while optimizing their cost of
capital.
ii. Please describe whether you have raised prices or declined to provide services to companies
to reduce your overall emissions, or emissions intensity.
We do not raise client prices in relation to our participation in NZBA or any other industry
initiatives. Evaluating our clients’ emissions and decarbonization plans is one of many factors
considered in our decision making for new in-scope financing transactions for in-scope clients in
our targeted sectors.
Please also see responses to Questions 5 and 7.
iii. If you have done neither of these things, please explain how you have met your emissions
reduction commitments, or how you intend to meet those commitments.
Please see response to Questions 5 and 15.b.i. above.
iv. Do you require fossil fuel-based energy companies to purchase carbon offsets, which are not
required by either federal or state law?
No. Please also see response to Questions 5 and 15.b.i. above.
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v. How have you reallocated your capital in connection with your commitment to reduce your
financed emissions in these sectors?
Please see response to Question 5, which addresses our strategy for engagement with our
clients on their decarbonization efforts.
16. Do you have a policy that restricts lending and investing in fossil fuel-based energy companies?
JPMC does not generally make direct proprietary investments in energy companies.
Please see response to Question 7.
a. Do you have a policy that prevents investments in coal?
JPMC does not generally make direct proprietary investments in energy companies.
Please see response to Question 7.
b. Do you have a policy against providing financial services to clients with a certain percentage of
their revenue coming from coal or mining?
Please see response to Question 7.
c. Do you have a policy that prevents investments in energy projects in the Arctic region or the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?
JPMC does not generally make direct proprietary investments in energy companies.
Please see response to Question 7.
17. Applying the Act’s statutory definition of “boycott energy company,” is your company boycotting
energy companies as defined in Oklahoma law?
JPMC does not “boycott energy companies,” as defined in defined in the Oklahoma Energy
Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, 74 O.S. §§ 12001-12006.
JPMC engages in billions of dollars of financial activity with the energy sector, including with
traditional fossil fuel-based energy companies and renewable energy. Business decisions
concerning pursuing particular transactions are made by JPMC for various reasons and after
consideration of a number of factors designed to protect the interests of the firm. Among the
factors is an assessment of risk including, but not limited to, credit risk, reputation risk, and—for
certain in-scope transactions—environmental risk-based considerations. Under its current riskbased framework, JPMC does not provide some financial services to energy company clients in
respect of certain activities and may decline to enter into new business or continue existing
business relationships with certain clients in the sector (see response to Question 7), but the
decisions JPMC makes are based on business reasons and reflect its overall objective of
managing its business and associated risks in a manner that balances serving the interests of its
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clients, customers and investors while protecting its own safety and soundness and complying
with its obligations under applicable laws.
18. Has your company been identified by another state as boycotting energy companies? Does your
company currently appear on or has your company appeared on another state’s list of financial
companies that boycott energy companies? If so, which state(s)?
JPMC is aware of three other states that have enacted laws where relevant state officials have
published lists of financial institutions that boycott energy companies based on definitions in the
specific laws: Texas, West Virginia, and Kentucky. In each state, similar to this request, JPMC
received and responded to questions about its practices and confirmed to the relevant officials
that JPMC does not boycott energy companies.
The Treasurers of West Virginia and Kentucky placed JPMC on the list of financial companies
that boycott energy companies within the meaning of each respective state's laws. We disagree
with those legal conclusions. JPMC has a long track record of financing energy projects in both
states, as it does in Texas and Oklahoma.
Questions – Annex 2
Does your company offer for sale on an exchange securities of an investment company, mutual fund,
exchange-traded fund, or other publicly traded security that has a written policy, procedure, or
investment guideline restricting or prohibiting investment in energy companies, including companies
engaged in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil
fuel-based energy?
JPMC engages in secondary trading of securities of thousands of issuers on numerous exchanges
worldwide. These may include securities of energy companies, securities of companies that are
not energy companies, securities of exchange-traded funds that invest exclusively in energy
companies, and securities of exchange traded funds that do not invest in energy companies at
all. While certain of the issuers of these securities may have a written policy, procedure or
investment guidelines restricting or prohibiting investment in energy companies, including
companies engaged in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale or
manufacturing of fossil-fuel based energy, JPMC does not specifically track whether any issuers
whose securities it trades on exchanges have any such policy, procedure or investment
guidelines.
JPMAM Appendices
Appendix A
1. WPX: Nominating, Governance, Environmental, and Public Policy Committee Chair Kelt Kindick5/21/2020
2. MRO: Health, Environmental, Safety and Corporate Responsibility Committee Chair Elise Hyland
– 5/27/2020
3. XOM: Public Issues and Contributions Committee chair Angela Braly – 5/27/2020
4. DVN: Governance Committee Chair Barbara Baumann – 6/3/2020
5. DVN: Governance Committee Chair Barbara Baumann – 6/9/2021
JPMAM Appendices
Appendix B
1. WPX: Nominating, Governance, Environmental, and Public Policy Committee Chair Kelt Kindick5/21/2020
2. MRO: Health, Environmental, Safety and Corporate Responsibility Committee Chair Elise Hyland
– 5/27/2020
3. XOM: Public Issues and Contributions Committee chair Angela Braly – 5/27/2020
4. DVN: Governance Committee Chair Barbara Baumann – 6/3/2020
5. DVN: Governance Committee Chair Barbara Baumann – 6/9/2021
6. NEX: Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Stuart Brightman – 6/14/2022
7. MTDR: Environmental, Social, and Governance Committee member R. Gaines Baty – 6/10/2022
8. OGS: Audit Committee Chair Michael Hutchinson – 5/26/2022
9. SEE: Nominating and Governance Committee members Jerry Whitaker and Henry Keizer –
5/26/2022
10. TRGP: Sustainability Committee member Rene Joyce – 5/24/2022
11. CLR: Nominating, Environmental, Social, and Governance Committee Chair Mark Monroe –
5/19/2022
12. PNW: Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Kathryn Munro – 5/18/2022
13. DRQ: Audit Committee members Terence Jupp, Carri Lockhart, and Darryl Willis – 5/17/2022
14. WHD: Audit Committee Chair Alan Semple – 5/17/2022
15. GNK: Audit Committee Chair Kathleen Haines – 5/16/2022
16. SLCA: Audit Committee Chair William Kacal – 5/12/2022
17. OIS: Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Darrell Hollek – 5/10/22
18. PNM: Lead Director Norman Becker and Audit Committee Chair Alan Fohrer – 5/10/2022
19. BTU: Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Committee Chair Andrea Bertone – 5/5/2022
20. WTI: Governance Committee Member Frank Stanley – 5/3/2022
21. BRK/B: Lead Independent Director Susan Decker – 4/30/2022
22. AROC: Governance Committee Chair Anne-Marie Ainsworth – 4/28/2022
23. LBRT: Audit Committee Chair William Kimble – 4/19/2022
24. PUMP: Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Jack Moore – 4/19/2022
JPMAM Appendices
Appendix C
Voting Bulletin #1 – 2020
JPMAM voted in favor of shareholder proposals at two petrochemical companies asking for reports on
risks related to Gulf Coast investments by their joint venture. While each company had produced a
TCFD-aligned report, they did not discuss the asset risk they faced. JPMAM believed these risks to be
potentially significant, given the increasing severity of storms hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposal
received 53% and 47% support, respectively, at each company.
In late 2020, the joint venture released a supplemental white paper focused on physical risks from
storms, and its governance/oversight of those issues.
Voting Bulletin #2 – 2021
Voting issue – climate risk and director elections
A decade of stock underperformance and balance sheet deterioration raised questions about the
strategy from the management and board oversight at oil and gas company ExxonMobil. At the
company’s 2021 AGM, activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 put forward four of its own nominees for the
board.
Action
ExxonMobil’s high capital intensity strategy created concerns in its core business: spending was geared
toward long-cycle investments that would be exposed to energy transition risks, given the long duration
and broad range of oil and gas demand and price outcomes. Also, the company’s exposure to
decarbonization technologies was not of sufficient scale for it to potentially thrive as part of the solution
to climate change. Commercial progress has been slow in the new low-carbon businesses it has been
working on for two decades.
Outcomes and next steps
After significant due diligence on Engine No. 1’s positions and nominees, in addition to our longstanding
engagement with ExxonMobil’s board and management team, JPMAM voted for three of activist Engine
No. 1’s director nominees at ExxonMobil. JPMAM supported three nominees who JPMAM believes
possessed the energy experience and expertise required to help the company navigate this period of
structural change in the energy industry. All three director nominees JPMAM voted for were elected to
the board.
Record Date Proposal
Number
Proposal Name Board's
Recommendation
JPMAM Vote
18-Feb-20 5 Report on Climate Change Initiatives Against For
20-Mar-20 5 Report on Climate Change Against For
16-Mar-20 6 Report on Climate Change Against For
20-Mar-20 6 Report on Climate Change Against Against
02-Apr-20 6 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Against For
09-Apr-20 4 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals Against For
04-May-20 4 Adopt Quantitative Company-wide GHG Goals Against For
03-Mar-21 2 Report on Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities Against For
08-Mar-21 7 Report on Meeting the Criteria of the Net Zero Indicator For For
15-Mar-21 5 Emission Reduction Targets Against Against
17-Mar-21 5 Adopt GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
22-Mar-21 7 Report on Climate Change Against For
24-Mar-21 6 Report on Climate Change Against For
29-Mar-21 4 Reduce Scope 3 Emissions Against Against
09-Apr-21 4 Report on Refrigerants Released from Operations Against For
08-Apr-21 7 Report on Annual Climate Transition Against For
12-Apr-21 4 Report on Climate Policy Against For
05-Apr-21 6 Report on Climate Change *Withdrawn Resolution*
02-Aug-21 4 Report on Climate Policy Against Against
20-Sep-21 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets None For
18-Oct-21 4 Report on Annual Climate Transition Against Against
11-Nov-21 5 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
25-Feb-22 6 Disclose Climate Action Plan and GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against For
03-Mar-22 4 Disclose Climate Action Plan and GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
28-Feb-22 8 Report on Net Zero Indicator For For
02-Mar-22 3 Report on Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities Against For
02-Mar-22 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against For
08-Mar-22 5 Revise Net Zero by 2050 Goal to Include Full Scope 3 Value Chain Emissions Against Against
09-Mar-22 7 Adopt Independently Verified Science-Based GHG Reduction Targets Against For
11-Mar-22 4 Report on Quantitative Short, Medium and Long-Term GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
14-Mar-22 7 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
17-Mar-22 4 Report on Medium and Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Targets Aligned with Paris Agreement - Withdrawn
04-Mar-22 6 Adopt Medium Term Scope 3 GHG Emissions Reduction Target Against For
15-Mar-22 5 Adopt GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against Against
18-Mar-22 9 Report on Absolute Targets for Financed GHG Emissions in Line with Net Zero Commitments Against Against
21-Mar-22 5 Adopt Policies to Ensure Underwriting Practices Do Not Support New Fossil Fuel Supplies Against Against
21-Mar-22 4 Adopt Short, Medium, and Long-Term GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against For
28-Mar-22 5 Adopt Medium and Long-Term GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against Against
01-Apr-22 6 Set GHG Emissions Reduction targets Consistent With Paris Agreement Goal Against Against
28-Mar-22 2 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against For
13-Apr-22 4 Report on Long-Term Greenhouse Gas Targets Aligned with Paris Agreement For For
22-Apr-22 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets None For
21-Apr-22 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against Against (with less than 1%
of JPMAM-managed
shares voting for)
25-Apr-22 7 Report on Efforts to Eliminate HFCs in Refrigeration and Reduce GHG Emissions Against For
29-Apr-22 5 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against For
21-Jun-22 4 Adopt GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against For
12-Sep-22 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Aligned with the Paris Agreement Goal Against Against
12&13 - GHG Targets
Company Name Ticker Primary ISIN Primary CUSIP Country Meeting Date Record Date Proposal
Number
Proposal Name Board's
Recommendation
JPMAM
Vote
Bank of America Corporation BAC US0605051046 060505104 USA 26-Apr-22 01-Mar-22 6 Adopt Fossil Fuel Lending Policy Consistent with
IEA's Net Zero 2050 Scenario
Against Against
Citigroup Inc. C US1729674242 172967424 USA 26-Apr-22 28-Feb-22 8 Adopt a Financing Policy Consistent with IEA's Net
Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario
Against Against
Wells Fargo & Company WFC US9497461015 949746101 USA 26-Apr-22 25-Feb-22 9 Adopt a Financing Policy Consistent with IEA's Net
Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario
Against Against
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS US38141G1040 38141G104 USA 28-Apr-22 28-Feb-22 6 Adopt a Financing Policy Consistent with IEA's Net
Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario
Against Against
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM US46625H1005 46625H100 USA 17-May-22 18-Mar-22 4 Adopt Fossil Fuel Financing Policy Consistent with
IEA's Net Zero 2050 Scenario
Against Against
Morgan Stanley MS US6174464486 617446448 USA 26-May-22 28-Mar-22 4 Adopt Fossil Fuel Lending and Underwriting Policy
Consistent with IEA's Net Zero 2050 Scenario
Against Against
14-Banks
Company Name Ticker Primary ISIN Primary
CUSIP
Country Meeting Date Record
Date
Proposal
Number
Proposal Name Board's Recommendation JPMAM Vote
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B US0846707026 084670702 USA 30-Apr-22 02-Mar-22 4 Report on GHG Emissions Reduction Targets Against For
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. HG US4165151048 416515104 USA 18-May-22 21-Mar-22 5 Adopt Policies to Ensure Underwriting Practices Do Not
Support New Fossil Fuel Supplies
Against Against
Chubb Limited CB CH0044328745 H1467J104 Switzerland 19-May-22 25-Mar-22 13 Adopt and Disclose Policies to Ensure Underwriting Does
Not Support New Fossil Fuel Supplies
Against Against
Chubb Limited CB CH0044328745 H1467J104 Switzerland 19-May-22 25-Mar-22 14 Report on Efforts to Reduce GHG Emissions Associated with
Underwriting, Insuring, and Investing
Against For
The Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV US89417E1091 89417E109 USA 25-May-22 29-Mar-22 6 Adopt Underwriting Policies in Alignment with IEA's Net Zero
2050 Scenario
Against Against
The Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV US89417E1091 89417E109 USA 25-May-22 29-Mar-22 5 Report on Efforts to Measure, Disclose and Reduce GHG
Emissions Associated with Underwriting
Against For
14-Insurance
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