All Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures articles
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Climate-related scenario analysis – part of the problem or part of the solution?
‘I’ve yet to see a board of trustees that has made significant changes to its asset allocation as a result of scenario analysis,’ says Julis Pursaill at Cushon
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ISSB to finalise sustainability rules in February, tackles confidentiality concerns
The board is ‘very close to the objective of having made all substantive decisions’ about standards S1 and S2, says chair
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UK roundup: Standard Life completes £15bn DC transition into sustainable solutions
Plus: Legal & General Mastertrust issues first TCFD report; Aon wins fiduciary advice contract for Russell & Bromley scheme
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TISA launches TCFD guide to help improve price of climate-related risks
UK government to ensure the country becomes first in the world to make TCFD-aligned disclosures mandatory across whole economy by 2025
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ISSB targets climate-related scenario analysis, to consult on work plan in H1
Delaying the consultation from the end of this year as originally planned would ‘allow the ISSB to first reach decisions on key areas’
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ESG 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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Switzerland raises CHF766m with first green bonds issuance
The Swiss green bond framework is aligned with the Green Bond Principles set by ICMA
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ISSB chair highlights pressures on new board, staff report positive response to draft standards
Respondents ‘strongly welcomed’ the push to consolidate multiple sustainability reporting standards and frameworks
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ISSB mulls decision to start sustainability standards projects without consultation discussion
The ultimate goal is to make the guidelines internationally valid
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MSCI net zero guide for asset owners recommends ‘good understanding of climate science’
Guide aims to provide roadmap by referencing both climate science and frameworks designed to enable asset owners to put climate ambition into practice
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Trustees should treat biodiversity as important as carbon emissions
Biodiversity loss carries the same level of existential threat as carbon emissions
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Migros Pensionskasse cuts CO2 footprint to reach 2030 target
The scheme adopted a Paris Aligned Benchmark to its foreign equity portfolio
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West Yorkshire Pension Fund to use derivatives ESG risk framework
Framework will be used to build an ESG-aware derivatives overlay as fund gradually builds its portfolio of illiquid, alternative assets
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UK confirms portfolio alignment metric requirement for pension funds
DWP to proceed with adding portfolio alignment metric requirement to TCFD reporting for in-scope schemes
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LGPS climate reporting rules expected in autumn
Chair of the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board expresses disappointment at delay to TCFD-aligned reporting
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SASB investor advisors endorse ISSB draft sustainability standards
SASB Investor Advisory Group praises ‘responsiveness to meeting investor needs’, industry-based approach
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G7, central bankers lend support to ISSB global baseline push
G7 finance ministers welcome ISSB inauguration and progress
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NEST, CEPB on board as UK transition plan taskforce launches
Taskforce to develop ‘the gold standard’ for climate transition plans as net-zero commitments abound
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ISSB launches public consultation on draft sustainability standards
The first of the two standards deals with general sustainability-related disclosure requirements while the second addresses climate-related disclosures
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Climate roundup: Active managers don’t use climate indices, says pensions group
Plus: WTW’s marketplace launches climate reporting hub