Climate change
In-depth reporting on climate change and its impact on investments for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsNew dataset aims to make nature-related financial risk actionable for investors
New tool aims to help investors quantify how biodiversity loss could affect portfolio performance
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Opinion PiecesWhen net zero targets fail, fix the system, not the frameworks
Frédéric Ducoulombier, programme director at EDHEC Climate Institute, argues that value-chain complexity and Scope 3 uncertainty have become convenient alibis
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NewsUK publishes sustainability reporting standards
The standards are voluntary for the time being, but the Financial Conduct Authority is currently consulting on changes to the UK’s listing rules
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NewsRelaunch of NZAM sees most asset managers doubling down on net zero
Members must ‘commit to support investing aligned with the global goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions’
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NewsFunds keep ESG branding despite holding fossil assets
Research finds most funds breaching ESMA’s ESG naming rules opted to change their names rather than sell fossil fuel assets
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NewsNBIM sets guardrails on corporate use of environmental attribute certificates
Oil fund manager makes clear companies should prioritise reducing emissions from own operations and value chains
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NewsEurope’s supervisors wade in on sustainability disclosure rules
EIOPA, ESMA and the EBA flag concerns about permanent reliefs and compatibility with SFDR
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AnalysisFaith-based initiative to link peacebuilding with critical mineral supply chains
The coalition, led by the Church of England Pensions Board, is to use peacebuilding to tackle material risk management for global supply chains worldwide
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NewsNet-zero this century still most likely outcome, says forecast consortium
‘Clean technology advances and investor responses increasingly visible in forecasts for individual nations,’ says IPR project director
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NewsUK consultants launch asset owner-manager stewardship alignment tool
New tool is designed to help asset owners assess whether asset managers’ stewardship practices align with their expectations, offering suggestions where gaps emerge
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NewsManager expectations of a disorderly climate transition rise
LCP survey also found that a third of surveyed managers are unsure whether ESG initiatives such as NZAM will play significant role in investment industry
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NewsFinancial systems must be reimagined to protect nature, says ‘historic’ report
Aviva’s Thomas Viegas says assessment ‘highlights that while nature underpins all economic activity, biodiversity and ecosystem services are in steep decline’
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NewsUK pensions regulator asked to consider ‘stewardship code for transition planning’
Transition Plan Working Group says that a disclosure-only approach may be unhelpful for pension funds, and risked quickly becoming a ‘tick-box’ exercise
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AnalysisAI makes inroads into proxy voting
In the US, JP Morgan Asset Management dumped proxy advisers in favour of an AI tool for domestic voting
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NewsBPL Pension to allocate €1bn to impact investments
The €25bn pension scheme for the agri- and horticultural sector will invest 80% of the new portfolio in private debt and 20% in private equity
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NewsAsset owners push BP on capital spending discipline
UK local authority pension funds urge oil giant to justify increased exploration and capex amid warnings its future projects are increasingly uncompetitive
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NewsIIGCC announces launch of investor platform to tackle deforestation risk
The Deforestation Investor Group is underpinned by new guidance on integrating deforestation into net-zero strategies
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NewsSFDR 2.0 positions green bonds as ‘structural portfolio solution’, says MainStreet
Proposed reforms to the EU’s SFDR framework could see green bonds play a key role in securing sustainable and transition labels without sacrificing diversification
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NewsInvestors and climate leaders oppose rival carbon accounting plan
David Blood and Nicholas Stern part of group rejecting efforts to establish new systrem that could do away with need to disclose Scope 3 emissions
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Asset Class ReportsTokyo resilience bond sparks demand among European investors
A groundbreaking deal out of Tokyo suggests strong investor appetite for climate resilience bonds, with the potential for many more transactions in 2026 and beyond
