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London and Amsterdam top index of world’s green financial centres
28 March 2019European cities dominated an index of the world’s top green financial centres, with London and Amsterdam outperforming their peers.
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People Moves: Carbon Tracker, State Street Corporation, ANZ Bank New Zealand and MFS Investment Management
22 March 2019Anthony Hobley, chief executive officer of not-for-profit financial think-tank the Carbon Tracker Initiative, will step down and join the organisation's advisory board as co-chair from April.
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Oil & gas companies 'jeopardise shareholder returns by rewarding executives for chasing growth'
14 February 2019Shareholder returns are at risk from remuneration schemes that incentivise executives at oil and gas companies to chase volume growth, a report argues.
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People Moves: BNP Paribas, Boralex, ICG
14 December 2018BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Carbon Tracker Initiative head of research and managing director Mark Lewis.
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Stranded assets warning for $60bn of Asian coal plants
01 November 2018A projected drop in renewable energy costs will leave $60 billion of coal burning plants in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines 'stranded' within a decade, a report by NGO Carbon Tracker has warned.
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BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment
12 October 2018BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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Building on the legacy of Tessa Tennant
08 October 2018Some of the brightest minds in responsible investment will discuss how to build on the legacy created by environmental finance pioneer Tessa Tennant.
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Losing faith in fossil fuels
05 October 2018The Church of Sweden Pension Fund applies strict fossil fuel exclusion criteria to its investments and allows scope for a relatively large tracking error in its pursuit of sustainable returns. Carl Cederberg, the fund's CEO, explains why to Michael Hurley
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Peak demand for fossil fuels likely in five years, Carbon Tracker predicts
11 September 2018A likely peak in demand for fossil fuels in 2023 will put trillions of dollars of investments at risk of being stranded, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
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LGIM pressures international standards body to adopt TCFD
21 August 2018Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has thrown its weight behind calls for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to adopt harmonised climate risk reporting.