11/01/2021
Ex-Bank of England boss Mark Carney warns climate zealots: 'We can't just flip a switch to cut carbon - banks MUST fund firms as they go green'
This weekend, Carney, 56, is acting as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's finance adviser
Planet SOS
11/01/2021
Rolls-Royce and Qatar set to launch multibillion fund for UK green engineering startups
The goal of the project is to create five green engineering “unicorns” – startups worth $1bn and above – by the end of the decade, and up to 20 by 2040.
11/01/2021
Why chartered accountants are crucial to the fight against climate change
Anne Adrain, Head of Sustainability and Reporting at ICAS, explains how chartered accountants (CAs) are crucial to the fight against climate change and why ICAS is committing to net zero.
11/01/2021
Don't Choose Extinction
The amount spent directly on these subsidies could pay for COVID-19 vaccinations for every person in the world
11/01/2021
CQS signs up to Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
Classifies funds as Article 8 under SFDR
11/01/2021
Time for action: net zero and how to fund it
We recognise collaboration and partnership needs to underpin everything we’re doing, so the key thing is to be there and listen.
11/01/2021
Brewin Dolphin sets net zero target for 2050
Other recent signatories include JP Morgan Asset Management and Nikko Asset Management
10/31/2021
UK to enshrine mandatory climate disclosures for largest companies in law
Firms will be required to disclose climate-related financial information, ensuring they consider the risks and opportunities they face as a result of climate change.
10/31/2021
Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology
Advanced technologies are critical to stopping climate change—and the drive to develop and scale them is accelerating. Here are five themes that could attract $2 trillion of annual investment by 2025.
10/29/2021
Robeco announces interim targets for 2025 and 2030 on its road to net zero emissions by 2050
This encompasses all emissions associated with business travel, electricity, heating and other business activities.
10/29/2021
FSB’s revamped Annual Report describes its work to promote global financial stability
The report notes that the outlook for financial stability continues to be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the recovery uneven across economies and sectors.
10/29/2021
FCA Climate Change Adaptation Report
Our assessment of how we and the firms we regulate are adapting to climate change.
10/29/2021
A fair COP – Deep-dive into five areas for progress
This October, global airlines committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 20501, an important step for one of the world’s toughest industries to decarbonise.
10/29/2021
Cutting through the carbon
The beginnings of our journey to net zero by 2030
10/29/2021
Under 1% of $27 trillion global fund assets are paris-aligned
The research is based on CDP temperature ratings
10/29/2021
Quilter signs Global Investor Statement on the Climate Crisis
Quilter has co-signed the statement with over 700 investors around the world representing over $52 trillion in assets, more than half of all global assets under management.
10/29/2021
EBRD joins MDBs to support a just transition to net zero economies
Joint MDB statement outlines commitment to five High-Level Principles for a just transition
10/29/2021
ClientEarth lawyers set out roadmap to file “breakthrough” resolutions on climate in Europe
Lawyers concluded that there was a legal avenue to file – or ‘requisition’ – climate resolutions in all but one of the frameworks analysed, with pathways in countries including France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
10/29/2021
78% of People Globally Fear Damage to Earth Amid Worsening Climate and Biodiversity Crisis: Survey
Today’s study comes ahead of the G20/COP26 summits when only around half of all G20 emissions are covered by enhanced pledges to cut them in line with the Paris Agreement.
10/29/2021
Pension major ATP aims for $31 billion of green investments by 2030
“We simply cannot afford not to” says Bo Foged, CEO, ATP. ATP sharpens its climate ambitions in order to create good returns for its members and contribute to the global green transition.