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Largest 200 clean energy companies best fossil fuel benchmark by 16%
19 February 2018The world's 200 largest publicly listed companies by total clean energy revenues outperformed their industry benchmark by 16.4% over the last 18 months, according to the latest Carbon Clean 200 list.
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Danish pension fund PKA engaging with 64 oil and gas giants on climate
09 February 2018Danish pension fund PKA has said divestment is a possibility for 64 oil and gas companies with which it is currently engaging on climate-related issues.
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Partners Group 'trebles its money' as it exits Japan Solar
29 January 2018Asset manager Partners Group has cashed out from its investment in Japan Solar, by selling its stake to a consortium led by private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
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Scenario analysis: creating memories of the future
12 January 2018The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps
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New York City files to sue five oil majors, plans $5bn pension fossil fuel divestment
11 January 2018New York City has filed a lawsuit against five oil majors for damages caused by climate change, and the city's pension funds intend to divest $5 billion from fossil fuel companies, as its mayor launched a blistering attack on the firms.
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Partners Group makes largest offshore wind investment
08 January 2018Partners Group has become the largest shareholder in wind farm Borssele III/IV, after buying half of the equity stakes owned by Shell, Mitsubishi's Diamond Generating Europe (DGE) and Eneco Group.
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Trillion-dollar wealth fund to consider dropping oil and gas investment
20 November 2017Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is to consider divesting its holdings in oil and gas because of the risk fossil fuels pose to its portfolio.
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"Non-breakthrough" COP23 to make progress on Paris rulebook
03 November 2017The main achievement expected at the Bonn climate conference starting on Monday is progress on preparing a 'rulebook' that will lay out how to implement the Paris Agreement.
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UK pension scheme NEST divests £27.2m from high carbon companies
11 September 2017The UK's national workplace pension provider has divested £27.2 million from companies that it deems are not adequately adapting to a low-carbon economy, including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, it has said.
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Link remuneration to climate risk, says TCFD
29 June 2017A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a call to link climate-related risks and disclosure play in remunerations.