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  • UK pension funds managing £270bn in assets commit to net zero

    14 July 2021

    Fourteen chairs of pension schemes, which collectively manage £268 billion ($371 billion) of pensions assets...

  • London Stock Exchange launches Sustainable Bond Market and Green Economy Mark

    11 October 2019

    The London Stock Exchange has added a Sustainable Bond Market segment to its exchange, and has devised a label to help identify green equities.

  • Big four audit firms under spotlight on climate reporting

    19 September 2018

    The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’ climate risk reporting.

  • TCFD recommendations should remain voluntary, says UK regulator

    14 May 2018

    It is important that the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are not mandatory, according to a senior Bank of England official.

  • TCFD needs to become mandatory to prosper, expert tells UK parliament

    27 February 2018

    A compulsory approach to reporting in line with the recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is necessary for the initiative's long-term survival, according to an expert.

  • The dawn of a new age for reporting?

    22 September 2017

    The TCFD has challenged companies to up their game on reporting climate-related risks. But how will the market respond, asks Peter Cripps

  • Don't use legal risk as an excuse not to report under TCFD, says Picot

    15 September 2017

    Fear of legal action should not be used as an excuse for companies to refuse to report their climate risks, according to Russell Picot, a special advisor to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • BlackRock and Aviva Investors to speak at Green Equities 2017 conference

    25 August 2017

    Big hitters including Aviva Investors' Steve Waygood and John McKinley, director of the impact investing arm of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, have added their names to the stellar line-up of speakers at Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Equities 2017 conference.