All Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) articles – Page 3
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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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Pension funds’ climate goals hindered by private markets data gaps
Lack of data to manage climate risks may impact funds’ ability to meet TFCD reporting obligations
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: New UK government taskforce signals importance of ESG
There has been substantial progress in climate-related and governance issues, but social factors, have not always received as much attention.
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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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UK court blesses charity trustees’ Paris-aligned strategies
Judge decides trustees ‘adequately balanced’ envrionmental goal with financial detriment
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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
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‘Milestone’ reached as SEC proposes climate-related disclosure rule
Proposed US rule passed 3-1 by Commissioners and will be subject to 60-day comment period
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TELA says 96% of Finnish occupational pension assets invested responsibly
Analysis shows nearly all the system’s €255bn assets invested in line with UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment
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Joint effort delivers template for pension funds’ TCFD duties
New template an example of necessary collaboration across the investment chain
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Qualified support for DWP portfolio alignment metric plan
ACA, UKSIF recommend guidance to avoid use of metrics driving specific investment decisions