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CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement
26 October 2020Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.
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Macquarie and BT Pension push TPI support past $20trn
16 October 2020Membership of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has surged past the $20 trillion milestone, just over three years after it was launched.
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$5trn of investors set 'unprecedented' 1.5°C emissions target
13 October 2020Some of the world's largest investors, with a combined $5 trillion in assets, have pledged to implement deep greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in their portfolios over the next five years, putting them on course to help limit global warming to 1.5°C.
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UN calls for investor action in coronavirus response
08 April 2020The UN has called for some of the world's largest investors to join efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, to respond to what it says is the greatest test since the organisation was founded, and to help "rebirth society as we know it".
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CalSTRS reveals 'carbon budget' data as part of climate-risk report
03 January 2020A major US pension provider has announced its investment portfolio has used over two-thirds of its allowed 'carbon budget' to contain global temperature rises to 2°C by the end of the century.
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One fifth of CalPERS portfolio is highly exposed to climate risk
27 December 2019The largest public pension fund in the US has reported that a fifth of its portfolio is among those sectors most exposed to climate change risks.
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Pension funds and insurers commit to carbon-neutral investments by 2050
25 September 2019The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments
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Wellington and CalPERS help companies disclose physical climate risks
17 September 2019US investment firm Wellington Management and the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) have jointly developed guidance to help companies disclose the physical risks they face due to climate change.
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Equator Principles revision under fire from investors and NGOs
28 August 2019A proposed revision of the Equator Principles does not go far enough in respecting the rights of indigenous peoples affected by major investment projects, according to more than 50 institutional investors.
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$1.8trn investor group urges US utilities to set net-zero carbon deadline
01 March 2019Investors representing a combined $1.8 trillion in assets have demanded that the 20 largest publicly traded electricity utilities in the US commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions.