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Carbon budgets dataset wins investor support

The publication of a massive dataset outlining carbon budgets for companies across 12 sectors has the potential to boost the credibility of investor climate-related target-setting, and support regulation on reporting, observers have said.

Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

$7trn of investors tell governments to adopt carbon 'price corridor'

The Net-zero Asset Owner Alliance has proposed a 'price corridor' for carbon-pricing mechanisms, arguing that current carbon prices need to almost treble by 2030...

News round-up: Impax, NZAOA, Credit Suisse and Aviva

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance adds five members

Investors urged to join sovereign climate performance assessment project

Investors have been urged to get involved in a project to develop an assessment framework for the carbon performance of sovereigns, currently backed by groups including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

$8trn investors back IIGCC 'Net Zero Investment Framework' launch

News Round Up: Tabula, Aviva, Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, and more

News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets

$5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit

Science Based Targets initiative launches financial sector framework

Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched its "breakthrough" pilot framework for financial institutions to set science-based climate targets, but campaigners were "disappointed" and "disturbed" by what they perceive to be shortcomings.