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Banque de France calls for 'brown penalising factor'
09 April 2018The idea of raising capital requirements on assets with high sustainability risks, by means of a so-called 'brown penalising factor', has won support from François Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Banque de France.
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Banking on a changing climate?
05 April 2018Climate 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
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Climate-related disclosure: a new dawn
21 March 2018Numerous developments are helping to drive improvements in corporate reporting of non-financial issues and to raise investor expectations, says Adams Koshy.
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TCFD garners support from wide range of corporates and investors
13 December 2017Support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) from companies, and investors has grown strongly since the group published its final recommendations in June, its chairman Michael Bloomberg said.
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COP blog: Transparency high on the agenda for investors
13 November 2017Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen
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The dawn of a new age for reporting?
22 September 2017The TCFD has challenged companies to up their game on reporting climate-related risks. But how will the market respond, asks Peter Cripps
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Comment: There is no 'Trump dump' for environmental finance
10 July 2017President Donald Trump reaffirmed his decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement at this weekend's G20 meeting in Hamburg.
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Mark Carney: It doesn't matter whether the G20 supports the TCFD
29 June 2017The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will gain traction even if they are not officially backed by the G20, Mark Carney has claimed.
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Link remuneration to climate risk, says TCFD
29 June 2017A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a call to link climate-related risks and disclosure play in remunerations.
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Final TCFD report supported by investors with $25trn
29 June 2017The Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has released its final report, with the public support of investors with roughly $25 trillion in assets under management. Other businesses with a combined market capitalisation of approximately $3.5 trillion have also supported the recommendations.