All emissions targets articles
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NewsIIGCC unveils new corporate climate target assessment tool
New metric aims to highlight any misalignment between company emissions pathway and the climate benchmark
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NewsEuropean pension funds turn to co-filing at Shell to up climate credibility
Co-ordinator Follow This hails escalation by 27 leading investors
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NewsAvon Pension Fund joins south-west partnership for renewables investment
New partnership will see Avon scheme and other Brunel Pension Partnership investors deploy over £300m into renewables and energy transition assets
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NewsEnergy company set to pay ‘largest ever step-up’ on sustainability-linked bonds
Think tank predicts that Italy’s Enel will miss its targets because of government policy
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NewsSmart Pension discloses 75% emissions reduction target by 2030
The scheme is now two years ahead of its target
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NewsShareAction issues guidance manuals for responsible investment best practice
The first paper recommends how asset managers can set interim net zero targets that are fit for purpose
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Opinion PiecesCarbon reduction: absolute goals, please
Dutch healthcare scheme PFZW last month reluctantly changed its 50% CO2 reduction target for 2030 from a relative to an absolute target, following in the footsteps of fellow Dutch pension funds ABP and PME. The fund cited the “negative sentiment” around relative targets as a reason for its change of heart.
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News‘World’s first’ nature targets unveiled in bumper week for natural capital developments
Guidance for entities wishing to start setting nature-related targets was launched by the Science Based Targets Network
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NewsPFZW adopts 50% absolute CO2 reduction target
The change of heart follows criticism of the Dutch health care scheme’s initial relative reduction goal
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NewsWhat the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance actually said about carbon offsets
‘This is a really important decade for dealing with climate change, so asset owners have to decarbonise the real economy,’ says NZAOA’s investment lead
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NewsNZAM initiative announces initial net zero targets
Approximately $21.8trn is now committed to be managed in line with achieving net zero by 2050 or sooner
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NewsTop UK pension providers fail to keep up with climate action
Top 20 UK DC schemes are lagging behind in multiple areas – from short-term targets to action on deforestation
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NewsESG roundup: NOW: Pensions publishes first TCFD report
Plus: Global economy is ’significantly behind schedule’ in 2050 net-zero targets; MSCI launches new climate action indices
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NewsAsset managers shy away from absolute carbon reduction targets
Achmea is rare among large European institutional managers to have set an absolute emissions reduction target
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News51% of Dutch financial institutions have carbon reduction plans
The plans are hard to compare as the signatories, which include 13 pension funds, use different methods to measure carbon emissions
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NewsDenmark’s IPD: Govt’s new climate roadmap needs concrete investment plans
Government says all decisions on Denmark’s path to 2030 70% emissions reduction goal will be made by 2025
