Genevieve Redgrave

Glencore shareholders demand more transparency on coal plan

Investors representing $2.2 trillion in assets have asked Glencore to provide more information on how the mining giant's ongoing thermal coal production aligns with its commitment to support the Paris agreement

Asia 'by far the most important region for the climate transition'

Asia has a key role to play in helping combat climate change, a webinar heard. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Environmental leaders recognised in New Year's Honours

The King's New Year's Honours List has recognised a number of environmental leaders for their work, including fund manager Beverley Gower-Jones and academic Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta.

8 oil companies make UBS top renewables players list

UK woodland carbon credit exchange launched

Investor groups lament UK delay to sustainability taxonomy

UK sustainability taxonomy regulations due by 1 January, 2023, will be delayed to an unspecified date, as the country's government decides "whether to change the UK's approach", the Treasury announced.

GFANZ targets $8bn in private finance support for Vietnam energy transition

GFANZ has established a working group to 'mobilise' up to about $8 billion in private capital towards Vietnam's energy transition.

HSBC pledges to stop financing new oil and gas

HSBC has announced it will not finance any new oil and gas fields, in a move a pressure group said sends a strong signal to other banks to follow.

EU taxonomy dominates in Asia-Pacific, survey reveals

Pension funds could lose €255bn in disorderly transition, first climate stress test reveals

European pension funds could lose up to €255 billion ($272 billion) of assets in a sudden, 'disorderly' transition to a net zero economy because of their exposure to carbon intensive industries, the first climate stress test of the sector has revealed.