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Zurich to drop oil and gas producers lacking credible transition plans by 2030

Zurich has unveiled its 2024 climate transition plan that sets interim targets and the strategy to achieve net-zero by 2050 across its insurance business, investments and operations.

Reform of international financial architecture gaining momentum before COP29, Aviva says

Calls to reform the international financial architecture to better support the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals are growing louder, as countries prepare for COP29 and their next round of climate targets, according to Aviva Investors.

COP29 to focus on finance - but Trump could poop on the party

Will the climate conference in the petrostate keep 1.5°C alive, or be a forum for oil and gas deals, asks Peter Cripps

Judging the credibility of transition plans, part one

Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

UK sovereign wealth fund aims to crowd-in £20bn of private capital

The UK government has confirmed plans to launch a sovereign wealth fund, with aims to attract £20 billion ($26 billion) of private funding towards green infrastructure.

Aviva calls for NDCs to become national transition plans

Countries preparing their next set of climate targets should use it as an opportunity to prepare comprehensive, national climate transition plans that can plug into those being used by financial institutions, Aviva has urged.

ISSB tie-up with TPT sees it join crowded field of transition planning guidance

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will provide guidance on climate transition planning following an agreement to "assume responsibility for" the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT)'s disclosure-specific materials.

CGF, Eurazeo, Aviva lead £6m in UK clean heat developer

Aviva lends £65m debt package to UK electric bus business

Client demand fuelling sustainability-focused fund launches, Aviva Investors finds

Greater appetite for climate change-themed strategies has led to more sustainability-focused fund launches over the past year, according to new research by Aviva Investors.