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Stranded assets report names companies with dirtiest coal stations
13 March 2015The power companies that own the dirtiest coal-burning power stations have been named in a report designed to help investors identify potential 'stranded assets'.
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Smith School launches stranded coal assets research initiative
15 September 2014The University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment has launched a research initiative into stranded coal assets after winning backing from a US-based environmental foundation.
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Increasing evidence that environmental risks are 'material'
15 July 2014Evidence is mounting that environmental risks are becoming material to business and the economy as a whole, a report commissioned by the UN Environment Programme has warned.
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European utilities urged to stress-test investments to avoid stranded assets
17 January 2014Utilities in the EU should stress-test existing and planned investments to avoid stranded asset risk, a report has urged after some €6 billion ($8 billion) of gas-fired power was shuttered in the region last year.
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Coal assets to suffer most from fossil fuel 'divestment stigma'
08 October 2013Coal stocks are more vulnerable than oil and natural gas to the fossil fuel divestment movement, according to a new study which has called on investors to evaluate the "poorly understood and regularly mispriced" environmental risks in their portfolios.
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Agriculture assets at 'significant risk' of becoming devalued – report
09 August 2013Climate change could cause assets in the agriculture sector to become 'stranded', a report has claimed, warning that an extreme loss of natural capital could result in $11.2 trillion being wiped off the value of agriculture assets in one year.