All climate change articles – Page 10
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NewsNordea Life & Pension Sweden makes €2.1bn sustainable investment shift
Swedish pension provider says move halved the portfolio’s carbon footprint
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Largest Dutch pension schemes commit to national climate agreement
Joining accord said to mean ‘broadening of current emission reduction goals’
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Co-op scheme adopts ESG fund for DC default
Scheme will switch £290m to the multi-asset fund in Legal & General Investment Management’s Future World fund range
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Research on corporate climate action an ‘urgent challenge to investors’
Research conducted for asset owner network finds that seven in eight companies not cutting carbon emissions at the rate required to keep global warming below 2°C
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UK minister ups the ante on pension funds and climate change
Guy Opperman tells London Climate Action Week gathering that pension funds ‘must play a massive role’ in getting the UK to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
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Interview: Rhian-Mari Thomas, Green Finance Institute
As part of London Climate Action Week the UK government has launched the Green Finance Institute, led by Barclays’ former green banking chief Rhian-Mari Thomas
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UK to explore mandatory climate reporting for pension funds, companies
Government green finance strategy welcomed, but investors emphasise it must only be seen as a first step
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UK pension fund figures sign climate impact pledge
Signatories pledge to push asset managers to engage with investee companies about their impact on climate and plans to transition to a low-carbon future
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PenSam blacklists 26 oil firms but sticks with Shell, BP
Danish pension fund divests more than €17m worth of shares in its latest equity portfolio exclusions move in support of the Paris Agreement on climate change
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UK regulator sets out climate change investment guidance for DC schemes
TPR also urges trustees to consider the liquidity requirements of their members as spotlight falls on daily dealing investment funds
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Schroders flags tipping point for action on climate change
Cost-benefit equation seen as increasingly in favour of policy action to support move away from fossil fuels
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€28bn nuclear decommissioning fund adopts new MSCI climate indices
Energy giant EDF says it believes in ‘enabling transition to a low carbon economy’ and plans to allocate to assets benchmarked to MSCI’s third range of climate-related indices
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LGIM sees results from ‘engagement with consequences’ over climate
UK’s largest asset manager reports improvements at companies in sectors that are pivotal to low carbon transition, but has axed companies including ExxonMobil and MetLife
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Expert group releases climate taxonomy proposal
EC publishes guidelines for corporate reporting of climate-related information alongside three expert group reports on big day for the Commission’s sustainable finance plan
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ESG roundup: Alphabet ‘should lead on responsible use of AI’, says Hermes
Also: Investors back carbon pricing accord at Vatican summit; CDP leads calls for better environmental reporting at 700 companies
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AXA IM calls for ‘transition bonds’ to help companies go green
New type of debt could help investors overcome challenge of financing companies aiming to become more environmentally-friendly
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Ex-CEOs of major European pension funds back new climate endowment
Mats Anderson, formerly of AP4, and Philippe Desfossés, ex-CEO of ERAFP, named as supporters of fund targeting €20-40bn in assets
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Corporate climate-related financial information ‘still insufficient’: TCFD
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures uses artificial intelligence to analyse effectiveness of disclosures on climate-related issues
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German, Swiss and Austrian investors report spike in ESG investments
Sustainable investments volume increased by 50% across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, says FNG
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Joseph Mariathasan: Climate change and Asia
The effects of global warming and rising sea levels are being felt most keenly in countries in Asia
