FCA mulls mandatory climate disclosure for financial firms
Financial services firms could be required to report how they manage climate risks, the UK’s Financial…
Policy
Results for Policy
Financial services firms could be required to report how they manage climate risks, the UK’s Financial…
Policy
The financial risks presented by climate change are “system-wide and potentially irreversible… and [these]…
Debt,Investors,Policy
The European Investment Bank (EIB), Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) and Germany’s KfW are joining…
ESG,Investors,Policy,Water
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) is set to include climate change and…
Investors,Policy,Stranded Assets,Insurance
Insurers and banks are to be expected to manage and report their climate-related risks, according to…
Debt,Investors,Policy,Insurance
This week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes grim reading, but hopefully it will provide a wake-up call to policymakers across the globe, says Peter Cripps.
Policy
The European Commission’s proposed sustainability taxonomy and green bond standard would help improve…
Green Bonds,Investors,Policy
A group of more than 200 stock exchanges, clearing houses and other market infrastructure organisations…
Debt,Equity,Investors,Markets,Policy
This week's outlook is bearish for the second week running, as auction volumes are high. However, trading…
Carbon,Policy
Unregulated utilities and power companies as well as coal mining and coal terminals—which have $517 billion…
Carbon,Debt,Policy
NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.
ESG,Investors,Policy
A total of 513 organisations have now expressed support for the recommendations of the Task Force on…
ESG,Investors,Policy
Standard Chartered has announced that it will stop financing any new coal-fired power projects, in any…
Carbon,Investors,Policy
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has selected two new indexes from S&P Dow Jones Indices…
Equity,Policy
A coalition of public and private sector stakeholders, including UK insurer Aviva, have launched the…
Corporate,Investors,Policy
Further volatility in the price of EU Allowances (EUAs) is to be expected for the rest of the year, says…
Carbon,Policy
To coincide with our Insurance & Climate Risk Americas conference, Environmental Finance conducted a Q&A interview with keynote speaker Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, at Aviva.
Investors,Policy,Insurance
The ‘big four’ audit firms have been challenged to explain their failure to flag deficiencies in companies’…
Policy,Stranded Assets
The International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) has set out ten principles that…
ESG,Policy
Last week's Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in California saw CEOs, investors, political leaders and celebrities step up global action on climate change. Paul Simpson looks at three of the hottest topics
Investors,Policy
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?
