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Actiam excludes coal mining companies
03 May 2017Dutch asset manager Actiam will exclude companies that earn more than 15% of revenues from coal
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Comment: Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action
28 April 2017Could Axa's decision this week to stop underwriting coal projects be copied by the rest of the insurance sector, asks Peter Bosshard
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Axa's investment arm follows insurer in coal divestment
25 April 2017Axa 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.
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Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards
12 April 2017Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.
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Trump executive order takes 'sledgehammer' to US climate action
29 March 2017US 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".
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Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's
22 March 2017Insurance 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.
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Comment: Stranded assets: it's time to stop forecasting and start scenario planning
02 March 2017There are five potential strategies oil and gas companies can adopt to the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Ingrid Holmes
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NEST to battle climate change with default strategy
24 February 2017The 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.
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CDP and French Government to assess low-carbon transition readiness
22 February 2017CDP – 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.
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Task Force issues specific guidance for the financial sector
14 December 2016A 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."