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Impact: areas to watch in 2022

Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes

COP26 outcome suggests private finance left to pick up climate slack

The final text of the climate agreement by countries at the UN climate summit in Glasgow represents only incremental progress on previous conferences and leaves considerable slack for private finance to pick up on the path to net zero, according to commentators.

People Moves 5 November: Mike Bloomberg, PRI and more...

Michael Bloomberg joins Mark Carney as Co-Chair for GFANZ

Canada's six largest banks join Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Six of Canada's largest banks have joined the global Net-Zero Banking Alliance...

TCFD-based guidance targets overhaul of 'opaque' portfolio alignment models

Best practice guidance for the financial sector to assess future alignment of investment and lending with the goals of the Paris Agreement

GFANZ calls on G20 to restructure financial system

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has called on the G20 to green the global financial system

Carney criticised for 'greenwashing' net-zero financial firm alliance

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has been criticised by more than 90 non-governmental organisations that the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) that he chairs provides a means for banks to 'greenwash' their activities.

The 'zero' challenge: offsetting

Despite the weaknesses of carbon offsets, they remain a necessary tool for some investors as they plan for net zero emissions, write Chris Varco and Simon Hallett

Giant $12bn impact haul led by Carney, Paulson funds

Climate-themed impact funds by private equity giant TPG and alternatives asset manager Brookfield have raised a combined total of $12.4 billion to invest in areas including renewable energy, transport and agriculture.