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Investor failure to vote for near-term climate targets would be hypocrisy, Hohn says
23 April 2021Investors who do not support shareholder resolutions that aim to force major polluters to set near-term emissions reduction targets in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement have been warned that they would be guilty of "absolute greenwashing and hypocrisy".
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Total commits to issuing only sustainability-linked bonds
15 February 2021French oil supermajor Total has committed to all its new bond issues being 'sustainability-linked', in another boost for the nascent market.
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S&P warns of oil & gas downgrades amid 'transition risks'
27 January 2021Ratings agency S&P has warned 13 oil and gas companies that they face a credit downgrade within weeks, citing risks associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy and competition from renewables.
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Oil and gas majors release joint transition principles
17 December 2020Eight energy companies - BP, Eni, Equinor, Galp, Occidental, Repsol, Royal Dutch Shell and Total - have jointly developed a set of energy transition principles.
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News round-up: Europex welcomes ETS review, Snam climate targets, India renewables investment
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Macquarie and BT Pension push TPI support past $20trn
16 October 2020Membership of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has surged past the $20 trillion milestone, just over three years after it was launched.
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ESG news round-up: Calvert joins Morgan Stanley; CofE drops ExxonMobil; HSBC in net-zero pledge
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GIG and Total to develop 2.3GW of offshore wind projects in S. Korea
01 September 2020Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) and French oil and gas company Total are to co-develop an initial 2.3GW portfolio of floating offshore wind projects in South Korea.
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Third of investor votes back Mizuho Financial climate resolution
25 June 2020More than a third of Mizuho Financial investors backed a ground-breaking shareholder resolution urging the Japanese bank to disclose its climate risks and publish a plan to align investments with the Paris Agreement.
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Fossil fuel reserve profits 'could fall by two-thirds'
08 June 2020Falling demand and rising investment risk is forecast to slash profits from fossil fuel reserves, research by Carbon Tracker reported, estimating they could collapse by almost two-thirds.