Archive

  • Actiam excludes coal mining companies

    03 May 2017

    Dutch asset manager Actiam will exclude companies that earn more than 15% of revenues from coal

  • Comment: Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action

    28 April 2017

    Could Axa's decision this week to stop underwriting coal projects be copied by the rest of the insurance sector, asks Peter Bosshard

  • Axa's investment arm follows insurer in coal divestment

    25 April 2017

    Axa Investment Managers (IM) has followed in the footsteps of its insurance arm by committing to divest its holdings in companies that derive 50% or more of their revenues from coal.

  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    12 April 2017

    Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Trump executive order takes 'sledgehammer' to US climate action

    29 March 2017

    US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cancelling the Clean Power Plan (CPP) – the flagship climate policy of his predecessor – in a move described "taking a sledgehammer to US climate action".

  • Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's

    22 March 2017

    Insurance companies have been warned again about the risk of their assets becoming 'stranded' in the transition to a low-carbon economy, this time by Lloyd's of London.

  • Comment: Stranded assets: it's time to stop forecasting and start scenario planning

    02 March 2017

    There are five potential strategies oil and gas companies can adopt to the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Ingrid Holmes

  • NEST to battle climate change with default strategy

    24 February 2017

    The UK's national workplace pension provider the National Employee Saving Trust (NEST), will shift part of its default strategy into a newly created "climate-aligned" fund.

  • CDP and French Government to assess low-carbon transition readiness

    22 February 2017

    CDP – formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project – and the French government have partnered in a new initiative to assess company readiness for the transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • Task Force issues specific guidance for the financial sector

    14 December 2016

    A key aim of the FSB Task Force is to encourage disclosures that "would enable stakeholders to understand better the concentrations of carbon-related assets in the financial sector and the financial system's exposures to climate-related risks."