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S&P warns coal miners of stranded assets risk
23 July 2014Coal mining companies "may experience stranded assets as a result of carbon constraints," ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) warns in a new report.
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Will there be blood?
16 July 2014The stranded carbon assets debate has gathered steam in the wake of a new report on the oil sector and after fossil fuel giants addressed the issue for the first time. What are the implications for investors, asks Peter Cripps.
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Shell underestimates 'stranded assets' risk, says Carbon Tracker
09 July 2014Royal Dutch Shell is underestimating the risk that some of its oil and gas reserves could become 'stranded assets' as a result of action to combat climate change, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI), a financial sector think tank.
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Shell considers 'stranded assets' risk when screening projects
29 May 2014The possibility that certain oil and gas assets may become 'stranded' as a result of government regulations to combat climate change is included in contingency plans when Royal Dutch Shell assesses potential new projects, a company spokesman said.
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Shell rubbishes 'stranded assets' theory
19 May 2014Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has dismissed concerns around 'stranded assets', claiming the idea is "alarmist", in a letter to shareholders.
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Free fund managers from 'tyranny of benchmarks', says former Schroders CIO
08 May 2014Asset managers must be freed from the "tyranny" of being measured against benchmark indexes to help them address the risk of stranded carbon assets in their portfolios, a former chief investment officer at Schroders has claimed.
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$1.1trn of oil investment faces stranded asset risk, warns report
08 May 2014Most of the oil reserves at risk of becoming 'stranded' as a result of action to curb climate change are held by private companies, warns a report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).
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Exxon disappoints investors with response to 'stranded assets' risk
01 April 2014ExxonMobil has rejected the suggestion from several investor groups that much of its fossil-fuel reserves will be rendered 'unburnable', as a result of global efforts to combat climate change.
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Polman, Campanale nominated for Sustainable Business Leader award
31 March 2014Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever and Mark Campanale, founder and executive director of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, have been named by the UK's Guardian newspaper as among the top four business leaders "who have shown dedication and bravery in progressing the sustainable business agenda".
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Where will the trail lead next for Carbon Tracker?
28 February 2014In little more than two years since the publication of its pioneering research, the Carbon Tracker Initiative has got the financial world talking about 'unburnable carbon' and 'stranded assets'. Its new CEO Anthony Hobley reveals what's next from the influential think-tank