Archive

  • IIGCC publishes climate scenario analysis guide

    22 November 2018

    Investors who use scenario analysis will be better equipped to respond to early warning signs, such as a rising carbon price, and take more informed investment decisions as the low-carbon transition evolves.

  • IIGCC urges pension funds to improve climate risk management

    17 October 2018

    Pension funds have been urged to improve their management of climate-related risks and opportunities by a group of investors with more than €21 trillion ($24.3 trillion) in combined assets.

  • Investors press politicians to facilitate more low-carbon investment

    04 June 2018

    Leading institutional investors have called on national governments to act more urgently to spur private sector capital into low-carbon investments.

  • UK's Brunel Pension Partnership joins IIGCC

    01 December 2017

    The Brunel Pension Partnership has become the first of the UK's eight pooled local government pension schemes to join the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • IIGCC urges EU to vote for "appropriate" clean energy framework

    27 November 2017

    Investors managing assets worth more than €21 trillion ($25 trillion) have called on European leaders to introduce "an appropriate policy framework" on the continent's long-term decarbonisation plan.

  • COP 23: What success means for investors

    06 October 2017

    This year's UN climate change conference in Bonn (COP23), while a far cry from the highs of the Paris talks of 2015, is crucial for the implementation of the new agreement. Katie Kouchakji talks to some finance sector leaders about their criteria for its success

  • Experts call for reform of financial regulation to promote sustainability

    14 July 2017

    Regulations governing banks, insurers and asset managers should be reformed "to facilitate green and sustainable investment", according to a group of experts appointed by the European Commission.

  • Final TCFD report supported by investors with $25trn

    29 June 2017

    The 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.

  • EU must legislate to boost clean energy investment, says IIGCC

    30 May 2017

    Investors managing more than €18 trillion ($20 trillion) called on EU leaders to set a bold long-term decarbonisation plan to secure the continent's low-carbon transition.

  • People Moves: LSEG, IIGCC, AWEA, HSBC

    26 May 2017

    Kevin Bourne has stepped down as managing director and global head of database services at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to focus on another role at a company he founded called LCE Risk.