S&P: Water scarcity will be 'greatest climate threat' to assets by 2050

Water stress will be the greatest climate-related hazard to corporate physical assets by 2050

Stranded Assets

ECB warns banks face severe impact from run-away warming

Runaway climate change would increase by 30% the risk that the most exposed banks would default by 2050...

Policy,Stranded Assets

$3.2trn investor group to 'step-up' chemical sector emissions engagement

An investor working group has been formed to "step-up" engagement with major chemical firms around their…

Carbon,Corporate,Debt,ESG,Equity,Investment,Stranded Assets

Issuing sustainability-linked bonds 'won't allow Philip Morris to bypass exclusions'

Issuing sustainability-linked bonds will not provide tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI)…

Green Bonds,Investment,Stranded Assets

Oil firms facing increased cost of capital as ESG pressure grows, says Aegon

Rising pressure on investors and banks to take a more stringent stance on environmental, social and governance…

Carbon,Debt,ESG,Investment,Stranded Assets

HSBC, Standard Chartered and Barclays provide $12bn in fossil fuel financing in 2021

HSBC, Standard Chartered and Barclays have supported a combined $12 billion in fossil fuel financing…

Carbon,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets

BHP could benefit from ESG boost as the miner mulls oil and gas exit

Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has announced it is considering exiting its oil and gas business, in…

Carbon,Equity,Investment,Stranded Assets

Housing market lacks climate risk integration, finds UNEP FI

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said that real estate valuers may lack…

Investment,Stranded Assets

New York State pension fund targets shale firms amid further coal investment exits

The $255 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund is evaluating whether to restrict investment in…

Carbon,Debt,Equity,Investment,Stranded Assets

Energy feedback loops will make 2020s 'decade of cascading change' - Carbon Tracker

A series of tipping points in energy will shape the 2020s as a "decade of cascading change", according…

Carbon,Stranded Assets

EDF and LGIM partner on science based corporate engagement

Partnership hopes to convert aspirational pledges into concrete plans

Insurance,Stranded Assets

Nitrogen fertiliser makers to be hit by tighter emissions policies, warns Fitch

Nitrogen producers will be the most exposed players in the fertiliser sector to tighter emission regulations,…

Debt,Stranded Assets

Moody's reveals 15 European electricity companies at risk of stranded assets

15 European energy companies have "poor" usage of their power plants, putting them at risk of closures…

Stranded Assets

Oil and gas sector making woeful progress on 1.5°C, finds report

Stranded Assets

SBTi tightens corporate climate target requirement from 2022

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said that companies looking to validate their climate goals…

Carbon,ESG,ESG Data,Policy,Stranded Assets

EU green asset ratio rules will improve bank comparability despite flaws, says Fitch

Debt,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets

Carney: institutions to be asked 'are you in or out of GFANZ' pre-COP26

COP,Policy,Stranded Assets

NBIM: Norwegian oil fund 'should not move to climate index'

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) should not replace its stock index with a climate…

Equity,Stranded Assets

Axa's current investments overshoot Paris Agreement targets by 1.2°C

Axa Group has published its 2021 Climate Report detailing the impact of climate change on the value of…

Insurance,Stranded Assets

Record-breaking ESG resolution season in 2021 as majority votes abound

The "unprecedented" level of majority shareholder votes in favour of environmental, social and governance…

Equity,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets