Archive

  • Lloyds targets halving emissions from loan book by 2030

    22 January 2020

  • UK’s Climate Financial Risk Forum to produce guidance on climate risk

    12 March 2019

    The Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) – a new UK body comprising insurers, banks and asset managers – aims to produce practical guidance to address climate-related financial risks.

  • ClimateWise launches practical guides to scenario analysis

    22 February 2019

    New and updated tools have been launched to help Investors use scenario analysis to understand how climate risks could affect their investment portfolios.

  • CISL to launch open-source tool to assess infrastructure transition risk

    04 December 2018

    The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is preparing to launch a modelling tool to assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will impact the financial performance of infrastructure investments.

  • ShareAction publishes recommendations for banking engagement

    27 September 2018

    NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.

  • Private sector lagging on climate disclosure, report claims

    17 August 2018

    Private sector asset owners tend to be less prepared than their public sector counterparts to make voluntary public statements and disclosures related to climate change, a report has claimed.

  • Lloyds Bank to stop financing new coal plants

    03 August 2018

    Lloyds Banking Group will not fund new coal-fired power stations or thermal coal mines, or bank new clients which derive most of their revenue from such operations, it has said.

  • London launches £500m public/private energy efficiency fund

    09 July 2018

    A £500 million ($667 million) fund, backed by public and private capital, has been launched to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings and small businesses in London.

  • New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks

    01 June 2018

    The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).