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  • Global Climate Action Summit - three key takeaways

    18 September 2018

    Last week's Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in California saw CEOs, investors, political leaders and celebrities step up global action on climate change. Paul Simpson looks at three of the hottest topics

  • 90% of Green Finance Summit participants vote for mandatory TCFD

    19 July 2018

    There was 90% support for making the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory within five years, according to a poll of the audience at the Green Finance Summit in London.

  • Cement companies need to ramp up their emissions reductions, CDP says

    09 April 2018

    Cement companies need to more than double their emissions reductions if they are to align with the Paris agreement, a report has claimed.

  • TCFD: A full disclosure

    20 March 2017

    Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali

  • CDP partners with business leaders to determine carbon price that aligns with 2°C scenario

    17 January 2017

    Environmental non-profit CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, has partnered with We Mean Business to launch an initiative designed to determine a carbon price that is consistent with a 2°C scenario.

  • TCFD Reaction: 'Turning point for climate disclosure'

    14 December 2016

    The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning to have climate considerations integrated into mainstream reporting.

  • $13trn of investors call on G20 to act on Paris agreement

    24 August 2016

    An investor coalition representing $13 trillion of assets has urged the G20 to ratify the Paris climate agreement this year and take action to ensure that its targets are met.

  • Climate disclosure task force urged to recommend 2°C stress test

    10 February 2016

    Fossil fuel companies should stress test their businesses for a future in which global warming is limited to 2°C and disclose the results to investors.

  • Deforestation attracts more concern from investors and corporates, says CDP

    10 November 2014

    This year has seen a 30% increase in the number of institutional investors requesting information about deforestation caused by the companies in which they invest, according to a new report.

  • Failure to report water risk 'a grave concern', says CDP

    05 November 2014

    The number of large companies reporting water risks has failed to increase in-line with investor demand, with the energy sector continuing to lag behind its peers, a new report has warned.