All Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) 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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NewsEU watchdog spells out rules for ‘transition’-labelled funds
Guidelines will be formally published next year
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NewsEU mulls taxonomy-based climate benchmark label
The EU has launched a consultation today on a new type of climate benchmark for investors
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NewsTNO scheme switches to Paris-Aligned Benchmark for developed equities
The fund is one of two seed investors in the new BlackRock Developed World Paris-Aligned Climate Index Fund
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NewsParis Aligned Benchmark can lead to ‘climate tunnel vision’, warns Cardano
Investors that opt for climate benchmark risk neglecting other ESG issues, according to the Anglo-Dutch asset manager
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AnalysisAnalysis: German states realign €30bn pension fund assets to stricter ESG standards
Four German states have recently revised their sustainable investment strategies, sticking to stricter ESG rules
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NewsBVI slams ESMA’s draft guidelines on ESG, sustainability labels
EFAMA highlights concerns about proposed numerical threshold approach
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NewsEU standards for ESG benchmarks could give funds ‘automatic’ pass under SFDR
Index providers will often direct clients to third-party data houses if they want more details about ESG
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NewsAsset owners say climate leadership becoming ‘competitive necessity’ for managers
NZAOA also preparing call to action for General Partners in a bid to encourage private equity managers ‘to start immediately working towards full carbon transparency’
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NewsWorld’s first ‘1.5°C carbon budget benchmarks’ launched
S&P has launched five indices covering developed and emerging markets, all based on mainstream parent indices
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Are Paris-aligned benchmarks a climate gamechanger?
Inflexible annual carbon reduction targets and weak data can lead to flawed decision-making
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NewsMigros Pensionskasse cuts CO2 footprint to reach 2030 target
The scheme adopted a Paris Aligned Benchmark to its foreign equity portfolio
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NewsPostNL scheme introduces Paris Aligned Benchmark for CO2 reduction
The fund has already reduced its carbon footprint below a 1.5°C path, but remains invested in fossil fuels for now
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NewsMigros aligns foreign equity portfolio to MSCI Climate Paris index
The fund has set a low ceiling of 1% of revenues generated from coal mining as a criteria to exclude such companies from its portfolio
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NewsBrunel Pension Partnership moves £3bn of passive funds to PAB
Wiltshire Pension Fund announces pathway towards the goal of net-zero investments by 2050
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NewsAvon shifts £780m into Paris-Aligned Benchmark, cuts EM
Local authority pension fund aiming to reduce absolute emissions in equity portfolios by 43% by 2025
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NewsResearchers float 50% threshold for ‘genuine climate strategy’
EDHEC-Scientific Beta study diagnoses greenwashing in portfolio construction underlying asset management and climate index offerings
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NewsLondon scheme invests £520m in LGIM Paris-aligned equity index fund
Plus: GAM launches climate bond strategy targeting issuance from ‘pivotal’ banking sector
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NewsIn depth: UWV fund to introduce Paris-aligned Benchmark
The pension fund will sell its investments in oil and gas companies, utilities with coal-fired power plants and miners with coal mining activities
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NewsBrunel, FTSE Russell announce co-developed Paris-aligned benchmarks
LGPS asset pool calls on investors to quickly make use of new indices
