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  • Agriculture assets at 'significant risk' of becoming devalued – report

    09 August 2013

    Climate change could cause assets in the agriculture sector to become 'stranded', a report has claimed, warning that an extreme loss of natural capital could result in $11.2 trillion being wiped off the value of agriculture assets in one year.

  • More investors divest or avoid investment on climate change concerns – survey

    05 August 2013

    The proportion of investors that divested or chose to avoid investment based on concerns related to climate change grew rapidly last year, a survey has suggested.

  • Investment manager hires head of sustainable investing

    31 July 2013

    A leading university's investment management arm has appointed a vice-president for sustainable investing, amid mounting calls for universities to divest from fossil fuel holdings.

  • Global benchmark performs better without fossil fuel stocks, claims asset manager

    11 July 2013

    Eliminating the fossil fuel stocks from a global benchmark index and replacing them with environmentally friendly alternatives would have had a positive effect on return over the past seven years, an asset manager has claimed.

  • IEA adds to warnings on 'stranded' energy assets

    10 June 2013

    The International Energy Agency has added its voice to warnings that action to combat climate change threatens to leave energy companies with 'stranded assets'.

  • Stern: Climate action could see oil and gas companies' valuations drop 60%

    19 April 2013

    The valuations of mining and oil and gas companies need to be rethought to account for the threat action on climate change poses to their business models, said Nick Stern yesterday.

  • Citi warns of climate change impact on equity values

    11 April 2013

    Citi has added its voice to those warning of the risk of "stranded assets" in fossil fuel-based companies, as a result of climate change policies.

  • IEA to explore stranded assets, climate risks

    15 March 2013

    The International Energy Agency (IEA) is to launch a special report on climate change in June focusing on clean energy measures that will not harm economic growth, and the danger that fossil fuel assets are set to become 'stranded'.

  • Investors' role in climate action seen increasing – HSBC

    11 March 2013

    Climate change "will start to climb back up the business and political agenda this year", and the capital markets will play a critical role in preventing global warming exceeding 2C, HSBC analysts say.

  • New study to help guard against 'stranded assets'

    11 February 2013

    A research programme has been launched to identify high-carbon sectors and assets in danger of becoming devalued or written off amid the shift towards a greener economy.