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  • UK regulator prepares ‘comply or explain’ TCFD rules

    17 October 2019

    The UK’s financial conduct watchdog will consult on new rules to encourage disclosure of climate-related risks by financial firms in early 2020.

  • 2019 will be 'crucial' for sustainable finance, says Dombrovskis

    06 February 2019

    Multiple initiatives planned for 2019 make it "a crucial year for sustainable finance in Europe", said Valdis Dombrovskis, vice-president for financial services at the European Commission.

  • Private equity will struggle to implement TCFD, lawyer predicts

    19 October 2018

    Private equity firms will struggle to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) across their many portfolio companies, a lawyer has predicted.

  • Majority of world’s largest pension funds neglect climate risk, says AODP

    10 September 2018

    Nearly two thirds of the world’s largest pension funds have little or no disclosed strategy on climate change, potentially putting them at risk of breaching their fiduciary duty to savers, according to a study by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

  • 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.

  • One-third of PRI signatories submit TCFD-themed reporting

    13 August 2018

    About one third (30%) of Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories have voluntarily reported according to a Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-style framework.

  • Investors offered tool to model low-carbon transition risk

    08 June 2018

    A modelling tool to help investors and regulators assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will impact the financial performance of infrastructure investments, has been launched by the ClimateWise Insurance Advisory Council.

  • Impax closes NEF III private equity fund with €357m

    07 June 2018

    Impax Asset Management has announced the final close of its NEF III fund, which will make private equity investments in renewable energy infrastructure, having raised €357 million ($422 million).

  • M&G launches private debt impact fund

    16 April 2018

    UK asset manager M&G Investments has launched a fund focusing on private and illiquid debt that will deliver a positive social or environmental impact.

  • Banking on a changing climate?

    05 April 2018

    Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps