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Chinese banks not shifting away from coal, says Sustainable Fitch
04 April 2023Despite a movement into 'cleaner' assets, Chinese banks have yet to shift away from coal, which risks leaving many with stranded assets, Sustainable Fitch has said.
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Climate Action 100+ updates net-zero benchmark
30 March 2023Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has updated its benchmark tool for helping investors to assess the decarbonisation action of companies.
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Japan's transition finance agenda is derailing decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
29 March 2023Japan treats transition finance as a way to support industrial companies that are locked into thermal power technologies, argues Kurt Metzger
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Insurers' 'failed' climate engagement strategy draws new demands from campaigners
28 March 2023Insurers' climate engagement strategies are failing as major oil and gas producers show no sign of adopting credible net-zero pathways, according to climate campaigners.
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The ISO's Net Zero Guidelines
24 March 2023The guidelines can provide a common global basis for sound and credible net zero action, providing investors with a robust reference point to form their strategy, writes Emily Faint
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Phoenix estimates 20% of equity and credit assets exposed to high transition risks
15 March 2023Some 20% of Phoenix's listed equity and credit portfolios are exposed to sectors at high risk in the transition to a net-zero economy, such as energy, utilities, industrials and materials.
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Aviva completes divestment of £2.5bn in fossil fuel companies
14 March 2023Aviva has divested almost all its £2.5 billion ($3 billion) exposure to fossil fuel companies on its "Stoplist" of firms with weak ambitions to reduce their climate impact.
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Measuring the financial consequences of climate transition
13 March 2023Joseph Noss looks at why backward-looking emissions reporting provides no guarantee of reducing exposure to transition risk
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Zurich excludes five fossil-fuel companies with non-credible transition plans
13 March 2023Zurich has excluded five companies from its investment and underwriting activities as it no longer considered their "progress against transition plans to be credible".
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'Capex must be a focus of energy transition engagement', investors told
08 March 2023Asset managers grappling with the energy transition have been urged to prioritise engaging on companies' capital expenditure (capex) plans.