Climate change – Page 27
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AnalysisAnalysis: Disagreements abound over pension funds’ climate scenario models
USS wants more ‘useful’ ways of assessing climate pathways, while experts at UK pension regulator tell funds to challenge consultants on current results
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NewsDanish architects pension fund vows more transparency, green investment
Fund has overhauled board, citing strong desire from members for “constructive and efficient management” and may switch from Sampension
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NewsNestlé pension fund considers private equity impact investments top priority
It will also establish a climate risk-management framework for investment opportunities that will be integrated in its sustainable investment policy
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NewsFew asset managers reveal own climate vulnerability, UK watchdog finds
FRC assesses ‘quality and maturity’ of climate-related metrics and targets disclosures in four sectors, including asset management
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NewsESG roundup: Asset managers still invest in assets misaligned with Paris Agreement
Plus: Article 8 funds suffer outflows of €14.6bn, says Morningstar report; GSS bonds could claim EU green bond standard label
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NewsUSS reduces carbon emission intensity by 21% but warns more needs to be done
‘The government and regulators have a huge part to play here, not least by ensuring a predictable, transparent, and stable regulatory environment,’ says Innes McKeand
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NewsShropshire pension fund set on climate engagement – in line with fiduciary duties
Responding to new Carbon Tracker report, UK local government pension fund says figures used are three years old
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: It’s the government’s move now
Pension funds should urge governments to support new products and habits to reduce CO2 emissions
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NewsReport slams pension funds and advisers for false climate assumptions
Carbon Tracker report cites advice from Mercer and information given to members from LGPS Central; Mercer says report ‘presents an incomplete, and therefore misleading, summary of Mercer’s climate change analysis’
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Climate change action is failing
Recent research showed that around two in three respondents in financial organisations did not believe their own climate promises could be kept in time
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NewsCERN pension fund on path to integrate climate risks in investment portfolio
The scheme completed a climate impact analysis in addition to a carbon footprint and transition pathway study to gauge climate risks
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NewsPRI’s Fabian urges rethink of theories behind sustainable finance
‘When it comes to engaging on policy, the truth is, we are losing,’ says PRI’s Nathan Fabian
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NewsAP4 wins back almost half last year’s loss by end of June
Swedish buffer fund says strong stock market performance boosted returns in first half of 2023
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NewsSovereign investors reshape portfolios after year of negative returns
Sovereign investors are now more resolute than ever in their ambitions to fund the energy transition
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NewsClimate scenario analysis ‘makes fiduciary duty arguments harder’ for net zero investors
IFoA paper says the underwhelming results of climate analysis come from the narrowness of the scenarios being tested
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NewsPPF expands sustainability drive with new strategy
Plus: Church Commissioners’ sustainability report shows farmland to be highest carbon emitter
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NewsCarbon offsetting debate shouldn’t distract from compliance markets, say investors
Many investors are still pinning their hopes on carbon trading in the compliance markets, not the voluntary markets, to accelerate decarbonisation
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NewsEthos lays out new net zero transition metric to engage with CO₂ emitters
The foundation plans to set up a new engagement campaign centered on the highest emitters
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NewsBlackRock CEO blacklists ‘the word ESG’
Larry Fink’s statement is likely to cause some upheaval as the US asset management giant still runs hundreds of investment funds with an explicit ESG strategy
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NewsISSB releases ‘robust’ inaugural sustainability reporting standards
The standards ‘have been designed to help companies tell their sustainability story in a robust, comparable and verifiable manner,’ says ISSB chair
