All Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) articles
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NewsManagers’ net-zero commitments ‘not relevant’, says chair of asset owner climate alliance
Net zero is very much an asset owner story, believes Gunther Thallinger, in latest sign that expectations for managers are shifting
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NewsDenmark’s PKA quits Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Pension fund manager says it decided to focus on IIGCC instead, ‘maximising the impact of our resources and efforts’ on climate and biodiversity
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NewsPhoenix starts £160bn shift to climate strategies with FTSE index
The decarbonisation trajectory built into the methodology of its new index is consistent with getting to net zero by 2050
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NewsAsset owners launch pilot for sovereign climate engagement
NZAOA also expands work on private markets in new target-setting rules
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NewsKenfo to step up focus on managers’ climate credentials
Aegon and Phoenix among those calling for voting and engagement to have closer link with investment decisions
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NewsOxford says carbon offsets are not helping net zero as it updates guidance
‘Trust in the concept of ‘offsetting’ has been so badly damaged that some organisations are moving away from using the term at all,’ says University
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NewsAsset owners warn managers to take climate pledges seriously
Net zero ‘cannot be achieved by stewardship teams’, says NZAOA
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NewsKENFO excludes infrastructure assets in oil and gas sector
The fund will not provide new financing for these assets unless they comply with net zero targets set by NZAOA
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NewsInvestors develop performance attribution model for decarbonisation
Investors have developed a way to explain what is driving carbon reductions in a portfolio
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NewsNet zero asset owners get direction on policy advocacy, transition plans
‘Impossible’ for asset owners to meet net zero goals without an enabling policy environment
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NewsNet Zero engagement: asset owners publish rules for managers
The NZAOA asks investors to get engagement programmes assured and to focus on outcomes
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NewsGFANZ names investors planning for climate transition in bid to ‘generate inspiration’
Railpen, Phoenix Group, Allianz and BlackRock are among a list of investors highlighted for their climate transition plans
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InterviewsLabels proposal about ‘lowering expectations where they were too high’, says PRI’s Fabian
‘Everyone in the sustainable finance industry knows there’s a problem with not being clear enough’: Fabian on updating the PRI’s member expectations
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NewsLGPS Central reaffirms net zero commitments with strategy launch
The strategy outlines the rationale for its belief in creating a ‘realistic pathway for achieving net zero’
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NewsAldi Suisse Pensionskasse invests equity holdings through ESG funds
66% of second pillar members’ money still finances the fossil fuel industry, according to Climate Alliance
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NewsChurch of England exits Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
‘Given the size of the organisation, a clear focus on one initiative was needed,’ says CEPB’s director of climate and environment
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NewsNet zero collaboration groups: what does the future hold?
After the mass departure from the Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) in recent weeks, questions have resurfaced about the future of these climate groups and their parent, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). Last month, Attorneys General from 20 US states wrote to members of NZIA to raise ...
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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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NewsNZAOA, BTPS, Church of England back climate performance tool
‘There is no rating or ranking or investment advice, just free, comparable data points for investors to use as they wish,’ says Barron
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NewsNet-Zero Asset Owner Alliance updates target setting protocol
The protocol formulates the methodology for direct private equity investments and requires members to set targets in 2023 and cover all new private equity assets by 2025
