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BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment
12 October 2018BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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ShareAction publishes recommendations for banking engagement
27 September 2018NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.
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TCFD exceeds target of 500 supporters
26 September 2018A total of 513 organisations have now expressed support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), beating the secretariat's target of 500 by the end of this year.
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Q&A with Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on Insurance and Climate Risk
24 September 2018To coincide with our Insurance & Climate Risk Americas conference, Environmental Finance conducted a Q&A interview with keynote speaker Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, at Aviva.
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Big four audit firms under spotlight on climate reporting
19 September 2018The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’ climate risk reporting.
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Mandatory US climate disclosure law proposed by leading Democrat
17 September 2018Every publicly listed company in the US could be forced to make climate-related disclosures, under new legislation introduced by a senior Democratic Party senator.
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Follow the money, drive the change
13 September 2018Climate-risk assessments are the next frontier in future-proofing investments – and the agriculture sector should not be overlooked, says John Davis of South Pole.
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Only one in ten investors aware of TCFD, says HSBC
13 September 2018Only 10% of institutional investors and even fewer corporates (8%) are aware of the pioneering recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), according to research commissioned by HSBC.
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Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing
13 September 2018Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.
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UK, Chinese finance groups reveal plans to boost environmental disclosures
12 September 2018Details have been released of three-year action plans to improve disclosure of environmental information by a group of Chinese and UK financial institutions.