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Snam secures inaugural Moody's net-zero plan score
12 February 2024Snam has been awarded the inaugural Moody's 'Net Zero Assessment' (NZA) score, with the Italian energy infrastructure firm praised for its "clear" Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plan but was warned of challenging Scope 3 "hurdles".
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Investors to challenge sovereign SLB issuers using ASCOR, investor says
12 February 2024Investors plan to use a tool for assessing countries' climate progress to challenge issuers of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) on the strength of their targets, an investor has said.
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PAI looks to embed carbon pricing throughout its portfolio
12 February 2024PAI Partners is to encourage its portfolio companies this year to use internal carbon pricing, in a bid to better manage transition risks within its funds.
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Investors urge Exxon to drop 'silencing' climate action lawsuit
09 February 2024Investors have urged ExxonMobil to drop a lawsuit against shareholders who filed a resolution calling on the oil major to set more ambitious emissions reductions targets.
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'Sleeping' sustainability-linked leveraged loans 'need to be stamped out'
09 February 2024The unwelcome resurgence of 'sleeping sustainability-linked' leveraged loans - which are signed before key sustainability provisions are finalised - needs to be "stamped out" in 2024, according to Fitch Solutions-owned Covenant Review.
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PFZW divests from Shell, BP and Total, blaming slow transition
09 February 2024Dutch pension fund PFZW has divested from 310 oil and gas companies - leaving just seven in its portfolio, as it refocuses on companies "improving the climate and the energy transition".
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'Ground-breaking' FMLC report classifies fiduciary duty for pension funds
07 February 2024The Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) has issued a report intended to provided clarity on how climate and sustainability considerations can be integrated by pension fund fiduciaries.
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NBIM creates net zero target tracker to bolster climate engagement
07 February 2024The manager of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has said it will step up scrutiny of companies' net zero plans and push them to meet climate targets, as it revealed new ways it will track net zero targets and the impact of its own climate engagement.
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EU agrees ESG ratings regulation text, plans to consider extending it to ESG data
06 February 2024The EU has agreed the text for regulating providers of ESG ratings and said it will in future review whether to extend the regulation to cover providers of ESG data products.
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ESG fund launches in 2023 'down but not out', says Barclays
06 February 2024The number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund launches fell sharply in 2023, with passively managed funds bearing the brunt of the slowdown.