Climate change – Page 7
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: European investors plough ahead
Plus: DEI and net zero goals amid growing trans-Atlantic divide
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NewsIFRS joins forces with TNFD to improve nature-related financial disclosures
The agreement aims to create better guidelines for companies to report on how their activities affect nature
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NewsAllianz halves emissions from corporate portfolio
Update comes as Günther Thallinger warns ‘capitalism will cease to be viable’ in 3°C world
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NewsLPFA allocates £250m to pool’s new environmental solutions fund
The investment will go into a newly launched private markets fund focused on decarbonisation
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NewsManagers launch platform to harmonise assessment of climate solutions’ impact
Platform calculates avoided emission factors for 65 climate solutions across eight sectors
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Australia: super funds sanguine on US-led ESG pullback
Despite US backpedalling on climate change initiatives, Australia’s superannuation funds are taking a long-term approach to ‘green’ opportunities
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Indonesia’s sustainable finance energy is encouraging
Olga Hancock, head of responsible investment at the UK’s Church Commissioners, reports back from an investor trip to Jakarta
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NewsAsset owner coalition challenges UK retailers over ‘poverty wages’
‘The UK’s biggest retailers are failing to support their workers with a real living wage,’ says ShareAction’s Catherine Howarth
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NewsShell doubles down on LNG plans ahead of shareholder resolution
Investors argue that Shell’s LNG growth plan contradicts the oil major’s climate targets
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NewsStronger focus on transition alignment among UK pension schemes
Consultancy also finds that credibility of net zero targets has improved
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NewsUK launches nature finance-standards to prevent greenwashing
New nature finance-standard is hoped to build confidence among businesses that nature-investments are making a real difference
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NewsSSGA loses more pensions business as AkademikerPension severs link
Danish pension fund says its asset managers ‘must align with our fundamental approach and way we see the world’
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AnalysisAre shareholders finding it harder to make their voices heard?
A showdown at BP and changes at the SEC suggest companies are feeling empowered to snub investor requests
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AnalysisAGM 2025 predictions: DEI battles amid a stewardship ‘recession’
PRI, ShareAction, Morningstar and climate experts share their AGM 2025 predictions and what it means for the future of shareholder engagement
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NewsShareholder engagement succeeding in improving corporate lobbying practices
Investors have met with firms nearly 250,000 times as SEC moves to temper their influence
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NewsUK pension funds could face £15.2bn loss from stranded fossil fuel assets
According to a new UKSIF report, the UK financial system is disproportionately exposed to stranding risk
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NewsFrance’s FRR awards Japanese equity mandates worth €400m
The fund appointed FIL GESTION, Nomura Asset Management Europe, and Lombard Odier Funds for a five-year contract
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NewsISSB mulls biodiversity reporting approach, balances investor needs
Emmanuel Faber, ISSB chair, is calling for consistent methodology that mirrors the ISSB’s approach to climate reporting alongside a pragmatic approach
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NewsIIGCC launches climate resilience framework consultation
The framework aims to help investors mitigate potential financial losses from climate impacts while leveraging sustainability and resilience opportunities
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NewsPension investors welcome PCAF proposal for green bond carbon accounting
Currently, there are no set rules to calculate carbon emissions emanating from green bonds
