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German insurers are risking their climate credibility
12 May 2021By continuing to do coal business on the side and insuring new oil and gas projects, German insurers are putting their climate credibility at risk, warn Peter Bosshard and Regine Richter
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Union Investment working on 'transition' scores for companies
06 May 2021The German asset manager is preparing to increase its scrutiny of companies' transition strategies, Henrik Pontzen tells Peter Cripps
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Tackling the plastic problem
03 May 2021Opportunities to invest in companies that provide solutions to the plastic problem are growing, say Lucy Mortimer and Justin Guest
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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund on impact
20 April 2021The $1.4 billion endowment wants to set an example for transparency as it looks to invest up to a fifth of its portfolio for positive impact, Stephen Heintz tells Michael Hurley
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Stranded assets are a long-term risk for major fossil fuel exporters
03 March 2021The transition to a low-carbon economy could be a similar shock to oil revenue as occurred in 2013-2016 and again in 2018-2020, when two oil exporters defaulted, says Ed Parker.
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Five principles for building effective green taxonomies
09 February 2021Ian Simm shares some of his learnings from 20 years' experience of creating taxonomies.
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Financial analysts applaud insurers' coal exit
02 February 2021In exiting coal, scientific, moral and financial interests align, argues Peter Bosshard
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In conversation with Insure our Future's Peter Bosshard
11 January 2021The coordinator of the campaign group Insure our Future (formerly Unfriend Coal), Peter Bosshard, looks at progress made in 2020 and highlights the roadmap for 2021. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Coal, Covid-19 and the rise of renewables
18 December 2020The pandemic has given a boost to the energy transition, and it is unlikely that this trend will drop off as we move to a recovery, amid the realisation that renewables are much cheaper than 'dirty' energy sources, says Paul Flood
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The importance of investor engagement to tackle corporate climate lobbying
21 October 2020Investors should work together to tackle the biggest block on climate action - the fossil fuel lobby - in time for COP26, argues Hamish Stewart