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News round-up: US exits Paris Agreement, Willis Towers Watson, PACTA and Generali

News round-up: Japan's net zero goal, Willis Towers Watson, Rockefeller Foundation ... and more

$35trn investors urge governments to step up climate change action

Institutional investors with $35 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have urged the world's governments to do more to tackle climate change ahead of next week's UN climate action summit.

Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative launched with Singapore focus

An initiative to increase the supply of sustainable finance from Asian financial institutions will use Singapore as a hub to catalyse regional development.

Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing

Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.

Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.

Major investor initiative to tackle climate change on four fronts announced

A landmark initiative to spur investors to attack climate change on the four fronts of engagement, disclosure, low-carbon investing and policy advocacy has been launched.

Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement

Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.

Investors develop guidance on meeting TCFD recommendations

Advice on how institutional investors should disclose the impact of climate change on their portfolios has been issued by a group of asset owners and managers from Asia and Australia.

Investors spell out climate change expectations of auto sector

A wish list of measures that investors want automotive companies to take in response to climate change has been published by a group of leading institutions representing assets of more than $24 trillion.