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Asset managers pressurise Brazil to ban Amazon fires
14 July 2020Work by asset managers sets 120-day ban following 34% increase in Amazonian deforestation this year
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Investor support for Mizuho Financial climate resolution grows
23 June 2020Mizuho Financial faces growing pressure as more investors back a shareholder resolution calling on the bank to disclose its climate risks and publish a plan to align investments to the Paris Agreement.
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Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019
16 March 2020After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.
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Investors up pressure on IEA to tighten climate scenarios
19 November 2019A group that includes Nordea, Zurich Insurance, Folksam, Alecta and Storebrand has pressured the International Energy Agency (IEA) to provide a “better analysis” of what it takes to restrict global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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Pension funds and insurers commit to carbon-neutral investments by 2050
25 September 2019The newly launched alliance is responsible for $2.4trn in investments
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UNEP FI and investors release study on climate risk reporting
10 May 2019A major study has been issued looking at the different ways that investors can measure and report climate risks.
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Equinor bows to investor pressure of Climate Action 100+
25 April 2019Equinor has become the latest oil and gas company to bow to investor pressure to strengthen its climate targets.
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Storebrand makes 2026 pledge to ‘exit death spiral of coal’
30 November 2018Storebrand Asset Management has revealed a path to full divestment from coal in eight years’ time, in a strategy it says is in line with the goal to restrict climate change to a maximum of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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Major insurers to cooperate on climate risk tools
14 November 2018The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has announced a partnership with 16 of the world largest insurers to develop a new generation of climate risk assessment tools.
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Investors agree with BP - scenario analysis can be confusing!
17 October 2018Climate scenario analysis - as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) - can be "infinitely confusing", Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference heard.