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LGIM, Aviva join call for UK to mandate transition plans

Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) are among organisations calling on the UK government to require large, listed companies to prepare and disclose 'transition' plans to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Carney criticised for 'greenwashing' net-zero financial firm alliance

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been criticised by more than 90 non-governmental organisations that the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) that he chairs provides a means for banks to 'greenwash' their activities.

How NDC Investment Plans can bring public and private sector together

Investors ask 1,600 companies asked to set science-based targets

Blockchain-backed carbon credit launched to 'resolve' double-counting headache

Cyberdyne Tech Exchange (CTX) has launched an asset-backed blockchain carbon offset credit which it claims "resolves" the challenge of avoiding 'double-counting' of credits, with a Hong Kong private equity firm buying the first tranche of credits.

COP26: Self-interest to help settle critical climate ambition and 'who pays' questions

A rising global realisation that it is in the self-interest of each country to deliver climate action could help settle the thorny questions at the UN COP26 climate summit in November of ambitious targets and who funds transition investment in developing nations.

Investors must prepare for 'inevitable' carbon pricing, says Barclays

Barclays expects major governments to implement various carbon pricing mechanisms over the medium-to-long term..

A view to COP26: Targets and timeframes

More investors must set net-zero targets ahead of the climate summit, says Jack Balsdon

UN report shows NDCs on track for 2.7°C temperature increase

The UNFCCC has published a report on countries' latest climate action plans that has found that despite "some progress", they may lead to a temperature rise of about 2.7°C by the end of the century.

Investors worth $46trn call for stronger policies ahead of COP26

587 investors with $46 trillion in assets under management are urging governments to implement five policy actions...