All energy transition articles
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News
Pension funds commit to first AllianzGI’s cross-asset private markets strategy
Going forward, the main priorities are infrastructure and the energy transition, says the firm
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Features
Fossil fuel divestment is back in fashion
More and more asset owners are exiting oil and gas. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to some about why, and how, they’re selling out of the sector
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News
UK’s new oil and gas licences send wrong signal to investors
No new oil and gas projects should be funded in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, industry warns
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: 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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News
USS aims to be ‘more rigorous’ in its stewardship
New approach ‘may see us vote against reappointment of responsible directors,’ says USS chair
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News
Europe needs €302bn annual infrastructure investments to reach net zero, study finds
A 41% increase in money deployed for infrastructure is necessary for the green energy transition in the first half of this decade
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IPE Conference: Positive mega-trends
The level of conflict in the world is also lower than in the past, says Erik Solheim
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News
‘Many companies’ Swiss BVK holds are not in line with climate goals
BVK will use the PACTA test with other climate indicators to further refine measures to achieve its net zero and decarbonisation goals
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UK pension funds join forces in EM climate transition initiative
The group of pension funds is aiming to be in a position to outline next steps by COP27 in Egypt later this year
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Analysis
Analysis: German schemes' investment path to renewables
The German government has proposed that by 2030 at least 80% of the gross domestic electricity consumption should come from renewable sources
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News
Dutch institutional investors require oil and gas firms to decarbonise
The group, which includes PGGM and MN, calls on other international investors to endorse statement
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News
Denmark urgently needs an energy independence plan, says pensions lobby
‘Even before the war in Ukraine, we were faced with an urgent task in the green transition,’ says IPD CEO
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News
Even early climate transition would cost financial sector $2.2trn
New study claims first in estimating potential costs to financial sector of delayed action by firms
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WTW, Qontigo launch ‘bottom-up’ climate transition risk indices
WTW DB, DC delegated assets to drive more than $1bn into ‘major market innovation’
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News
European pension players turn to Asia to drive climate ‘breakthroughs’
Aviva, BMO, Fidelity, LAPFF, LGIM, and PGGM are founding members of new engagement platform
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Dump fossil fuels?
It is unrealistic to expect energy to become cheaper in the months to come
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News
PME dumps fossil fuel investments
The pension fund for the metals sector and the technological industry is the first large Dutch scheme to divest entirely from fossil fuels
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News
UK government urged to consult LGPS pools for domestic infra boost bid
‘Onus on government to invite leading UK pension funds to the consultation table,’ says Brunel CIO
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News
Major investors join Inevitable Policy Response as strategic partners
BlackRock, GSAM, Nuveen and others to support IPR financially and provide input on substance
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News
Strathclyde announces fossil fuel divestment policy adoption plan
Agreement a response to a call from Glasgow City Council, follows divestment campaigns