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AP2 divests from 20 'seriously risky' fossil-fuel companies
20 October 2014The SEK265 billion fund is moving its money out of 20 firms – 12 in coal and eight in oil and gas production – following what it called a "comprehensive risk analysis" of its holdings.
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MSCI launches indexes that reduce 'stranded asset' risk
16 October 2014MSCI has added to its growing range of environmental indexes with two benchmarks that exclude companies with fossil-fuel reserves.
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Mark Carney says climate risks could make most oil reserves 'unburnable'
14 October 2014Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned that "the vast majority of oil reserves are unburnable" if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.
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Regulators urged to demand better disclosure of climate risks [UPDATED]
14 October 2014Securities regulators should demand that oil, gas and coal companies stress-test the potential impact of climate-related risks on their business, says the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).
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Low-carbon transition to benefit finance system – report
09 October 2014Governments, not private investors, will bear the majority of stranded asset costs caused by efforts to meet climate targets, while a transition to low-carbon energy may boost the finance sector's investment capacity, says research.
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Divestment campaigns 'won't cause fossil fuel share price collapse - yet'
03 October 2014Divestment campaigns will fail to bring about a rapid collapse in the value of fossil fuel companies, but they demonstrate a strong will to embrace renewables that will revolutionise the energy sector, analysts have forecast.
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Hypocrisy index to shame 'green-washing' asset owners
02 October 2014Asset owners that make bold pledges on climate change but fail to take demonstrable action will be named and shamed in a new hypocrisy index.
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ERAFP to reduce carbon in €750m portfolio
30 September 2014French public service pension scheme, ERAFP, is to reduce by 40% the carbon intensity of a €750 million ($951.4 million) portfolio managed by Amundi.
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MSCI adds to low-carbon indexes after just a week
23 September 2014MSCI has added more indexes to the Low Carbon series it launched last week – this time enabling investors to invest across the whole universe.
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Rockefeller's $860m fund to quit fossil fuel investments
22 September 2014The $860 million Rockefeller Brothers Fund is to divest from fossil fuel investments, starting with coal and tar sands, two of "the most intensive sources of carbon emissions," fund president Stephen Heintz said.