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  • Unison joins the fossil fuel divestment campaign

    10 January 2018

    UK public services trade union Unison is campaigning for local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds to divest from fossil fuel companies.

  • Academics launch principles to help align investments with climate targets

    05 January 2018

    A set of three simple principles has been proposed to help investors align their portfolios with a low-carbon economy.

  • Three institutional investors join $800bn Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition

    15 December 2017

    Three institutional investors managing about $376 billion in combined assets have joined the UN's Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition (PDC).

  • TCFD garners support from wide range of corporates and investors

    13 December 2017

    Support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) from companies, and investors has grown strongly since the group published its final recommendations in June, its chairman Michael Bloomberg said.

  • Shareholder action forces oil giant Exxon to increase climate disclosures

    12 December 2017

    ExxonMobil is to start publishing reports on how policies to reduce global warming affect its profits, a move which marks a major victory for shareholder action on climate change, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

  • Global Coal Exit List: How investors can bolster coal divestment

    08 December 2017

    In recent months, more banks and investors have committed to reduce their coal exposure. While this is a laudable step, research finds that the new coal policies have important shortcomings, argues Christina Beberdick

  • UK pension funds advised to adopt TCFD reporting and engage on climate

    07 December 2017

    The UK's Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has warned of the "severe" short-term risks to pension fund investments posed by climate change, as it releases a framework to help them mitigate climate risk and exploit opportunity.

  • Lloyd's issues call to arms to insurers on climate change

    23 November 2017

    A call to action was issued to the insurance sector to step up its efforts to deal with climate change, as it comes to terms with what is expected to be the most costly year on record for natural disasters.

  • Trillion-dollar wealth fund to consider dropping oil and gas investment

    20 November 2017

    Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is to consider divesting its holdings in oil and gas because of the risk fossil fuels pose to its portfolio.

  • Axa calls for TCFD to be made mandatory

    20 November 2017

    Financial disclosures on climate risk should become mandatory – as they are in France, according to an executive from insurance giant Axa.