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Investors 'increasingly' at risk from methane regulation

Companies and their investors are increasingly likely to be exposed to regulation changes as high emitters of methane become easier to identify because of improved data collection, UK think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative has said.

$2.7trn BlackRock proxy voting move 'game-changing' for industry

BlackRock will offer institutional clients expanded proxy voting options across its index business in the "first step" from the asset manager...

Exclusive investor reaction to IPCC report: No part of portfolio immune

A landmark report published today by leading climate scientists has been greeted by investors as a chastening warning of the potentially catastrophic impacts of current global emissions, but also an important signifier of the transition required.

Energy feedback loops will make 2020s 'decade of cascading change' - Carbon Tracker

A series of tipping points in energy will shape the 2020s as a "decade of cascading change", according to think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative.

CA100+ benchmark shows net zero ambitions still have long way to go

Almost all CA100+ power utilities at risk of stranded assets

Most of the world’s largest power utilities that have coal capacity are at risk of making the transition to a low-carbon transition in a disorderly manner, potentially compromising tens of billions of dollars in shareholder value, the Carbon Tracker Initiative has found.

ESG data files: part two - non-reported data

What are the uses of, and potential, for non-reported or alternative data sources, asks Peter Cripps

Carbon Tracker creates disclosure model for oil & gas

Carbon Tracker Initiative has set out what best-practice climate risk disclosure by upstream oil and gas companies should include, after the think-tank found that not one of these companies is providing close to the level of detail needed by investors.

People Moves: BNP Paribas, Boralex, ICG

BNP Paribas Asset Management has hired Carbon Tracker Initiative head of research and managing director Mark Lewis.

Losing faith in fossil fuels

The 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