Archive

  • Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing

    13 September 2018

    Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.

  • Banks report on TCFD-linked pilot study into physical risks

    17 July 2018

    A scenario-based approach to help banks estimate the climate-related physical risks in their loan portfolios has been published in response to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Investors press politicians to facilitate more low-carbon investment

    04 June 2018

    Leading institutional investors have called on national governments to act more urgently to spur private sector capital into low-carbon investments.

  • New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks

    01 June 2018

    The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.

  • Sustainable banking principles to be launched in November

    01 June 2018

    Banks from five different continents have joined forces to redefine the sector's purpose, in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

  • People moves: Montanaro Asset Management, UNEP Finance Initiative, Beyond Ratings and Lekela

    18 May 2018

    Montanaro Asset Management has set up an advisory committee for its Better World Fund, to be chaired by Michael Sheren, senior advisor within the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority.

  • Major investor initiative to tackle climate change on four fronts announced

    01 February 2018

    A landmark initiative to spur investors to attack climate change on the four fronts of engagement, disclosure, low-carbon investing and policy advocacy has been launched.

  • The role of ESG in fiduciary duty needs clarity

    27 December 2017

    Investors should endorse the European Commission's mission to clarify how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors form a central part of their fiduciary duty, Nathan Fabian says

  • Positive impact principles needed to bridge SDG financing gap, UNEP FI says

    27 September 2017

    Increased focus on the impacts of investments in emerging markets is required to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and bridge a sizable financing gap, according to the UNEP Finance Initiative (FI).

  • DNB joins project to implement TCFD recommendations

    02 August 2017

    DNB, Norway's largest financial services group, has joined a UN-sponsored project to develop practical ways to improve disclosure and reporting of the impacts of climate change.