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Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Carney: institutions to be asked 'are you in or out of GFANZ' pre-COP26

Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing

Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) climate finance platform it said could reduce greenwashing by encouraging investment in emerging markets.

Nature-based solutions carbon credit market Climate Impact X launched

Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance', and in doing so pledged to "align operational and attributable emissions from their portfolios with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner".

Brookfield raising $7.5bn net-zero impact fund, says Carney

Brookfield Asset Management plans to raise as much as $7.5 billion for a 'net zero impact fund' that will aim to drive reductions in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the companies and assets in which it invests, Mark Carney has said.

Cautiously optimistic response to voluntary carbon blueprint

A blueprint for scaling the voluntary carbon market was today cautiously welcomed as a development that will help boost confidence in carbon offsetting.

CME to launch voluntary carbon offsets futures contract

How to scale the carbon offset market

The Taskforce on scaling voluntary carbon markets will next week publish its final recommendations. Annabelle Palmer spoke with market participants to hear their thoughts on the proposals outlined so far

Creating a clear path for mandatory reporting

The UK government's climate disclosures roadmap is welcome because it is clear about why this move to mandatory must happen, says Yen Pei Chen