All fossil fuels articles
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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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NewsUK roundup: Mitchells & Butlers scheme in £1.2bn buy-in with Standard Life
Plus: LGIM launches fossil fuel exclusion strategy; Qantas Airways pension fund completes £40m buy-in with PIC
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NewsUK Court of Appeal dismisses case brought against USS directors
Claims against USS directors were ‘bound to fail’, according to Judge Sarah Asplin
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NewsPensioenfonds ING anticipates 20% benefits increase in new DC system
The fund’s board believes the reduced need for a buffer in DC will translate into higher pension benefits
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NewsFNV urges Dutch pension funds to divest from fossil fuels
The largest Dutch trade union believes engagement with oil and gas majors is ‘not credible’
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NewsUniversities Superannuation Scheme resumes fossil fuels court battle
The claim is one of the UK’s largest crowdfunded legal actions and has attracted significant grassroots support from other pension members
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NewsABP and PME demand end to fossil fuel subsidies
The two Dutch pension funds signed a letter authored by Fossil Free Netherlands
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NewsEnvironmental groups take European Commission to court over fossil gas in taxonomy
‘Climate protection through fraudulent labels is unacceptable,’ says BUND’s chair
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NewsPensioenfonds ING divests from fossil fuels
The fund is the first Dutch company pension scheme to announce its intention to divest from oil and gas firms
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NewsUK competition authority says fossil boycotts don’t contravene rules
The guidance outlines the kind of green agreements that are acceptable under current competition law
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NewsPFZW sells another 78 oil and gas firms
The move is part of the Dutch healthcare scheme’s engagement programme with fossil fuel companies
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Opinion PiecesAustralia: Super funds face the future of fossil fuels
After a year when fossil fuel stocks outperformed all other shares, Australian super funds face a conundrum – to buy, hold or sell?
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NewsIPE Conference: Declaring war on climate change – with new law on ‘carbon takeback’
ESG policies and renewables strategies not enough to get to net zero
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NewsPME adapts fossil fuel exclusion policy after TV report
The fund claimed last year it had sold all its investments in fossil fuels, but had used exclusion criteria that were not stringent enough, PME has admitted
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Net-zero-aligned investment in fossil fuels
Incentivising carbon capture would free institutional investors from having to make decisions about the climate
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NewsDanish teachers’ pension fund to shed €269m of fossil equities
Lærernes Pension tightens criteria for fossil fuel exclusions, after setting 2050 net-zero goal in June
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NewsNet zero strategies must include proxy voting commitments, verification, UN says
The guidance on credible net zero transition plans calls for the creation of a ‘global taskforce on net zero regulation’
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NewsThe future of net zero: banks rethink climate commitments
GFANZ is not the only body trying to calm down spooked investor
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NewsAl Gore says sustainability momentum must speed up
Generation Investment Management says in sixth annual report on sustainability trends that progress is fragile given stormy political, economic situation
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NewsGFANZ outlines phaseout of high-emitting assets as net-zero approach
… as UN-backed Race to Zero campaign ‘throws down the gaunlet’ on fossil fuel exit
