COP blog: Words must now drive action
IIGCC
As a fortnight of crucial UN climate talks get underway in Marrakesh, IIGCC institutional investor members are optimistic about the political momentum that has accrued around the climate agenda over recent weeks
Investor groups launch campaign to engage utility sector on climate change
A group of investors representing $20 trillion has launched a campaign to engage with utility companies.
Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting
UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.
Climate disclosure task force urged to recommend 2°C stress test
Fossil fuel companies should stress test their businesses for a future in which global warming is limited to 2°C and disclose the results to investors.
Investors hope for ambitious Paris agreement this weekend
Investors were cautiously optimistic that the Paris climate summit would over the weekend yield a landmark agreement to tackle emissions.
COP Blog: What investors want from Paris
Leading global investors from Europe, the US and Australasia will turn out in force to attend the climate negotiations starting this week in Paris. Stephanie Pfeifer explains what they will be pressing for.
COP blog: investors raise their voices on climate change
With so much time and energy focused on COP21, stakeholders might be forgiven for thinking that Paris is the endgame.
IIGCC demands policymakers tighten emissions testing after VW losses
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has demanded that regulators to strengthen automotive emissions-testing standards after its members "lost significant investment value" in the aftermath of the Volkswagen scandal.
INDCs can limit global warming to 2.7°C, says UN's Figueres
Investors have welcomed research suggesting that the national pledges made ahead of the Paris climate summit have the potential to limit global warming to 2.7°C.
Can Paris deliver a meaningful climate deal?
Attempts to build a global agreement from a series of national pledges will help industry and financiers plan low-carbon investments beyond 2020, even if they don't restrict global warming to 2°C, says Graham Cooper