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Credible climate claims: five key steps for companies
04 July 2024Credible claims can set a company apart as a leader in sustainability, writes Sheri Hickok
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CPP says lack of interim net zero target helps it make transition investments
02 July 2024CPP Investments has committed to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050, but has declined to set an interim target, arguing this allows it to invest in high-emitting companies to help them transition.
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Methane: the financial sector's blind spot
01 July 2024The financial sector must step up and play a more active role in addressing methane emissions, including those from agriculture, write Alma Castrejon-Davila and Peter Elwin
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TransitionArc launched to 'supercharge' transition plan analysis
27 June 2024CDP, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have collaborated with Climate Arc to launch a "one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions" that a senior executive said would "supercharge" such analysis.
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LGIM to partially divest from Glencore over coal plans
26 June 2024Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has said it will divest from Glencore over the mining company's plans to expand its production of thermal coal.
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Barclays' Hanna: We need to agree rules of the road on transition
29 May 2024Barclays sees defining transition finance and boosting funding for climate tech as key challenges, Daniel Hanna tells Peter Cripps
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'Greenflation' likely in near-term, says Pictet-IIF research
14 May 2024"Considerable economic disruption" from policies to support the transition to net zero is likely, feeding inflation in the near term and raising the risk of stranded assets and asset bubbles, according to research by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
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Green bond emissions accounting could 'significantly boost' market
30 April 2024Accounting exclusively for project emissions financed through green bonds could "significantly boost" demand for the instrument as well as encourage greater green bond supply from 'transition' issuers, according to Barclays.
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'Unprecedented': Woodside Energy climate plan rejected by investors
24 April 2024Australian oil and gas firm Woodside Energy had its climate transition plan rejected by a majority of shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM), with investor groups arguing this record-breaking opposition showed its plans remained "insufficient".
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Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM
22 April 2024A dedicated 'transition bond' label for corporate issuers "distracts" from the forward-looking, long-term focus that transition finance requires, according to MetLife Investment Management (MetLIfe IM).