Investors offered tool to model low-carbon transition risk
A modelling tool to help investors and regulators assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will…
Investors,Policy
Results for Bank of England
A modelling tool to help investors and regulators assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will…
Investors,Policy
Asset owners and large companies based in the UK should be forced to report their exposure to climate-related…
Investors,Policy
The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate…
Investors
Montanaro Asset Management has set up an advisory committee for its Better World Fund, to be chaired…
People
It is important that the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)…
ESG,Policy
Cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, are notoriously energy-intensive. But the blockchain technology they rely on could give a boost to environmental markets, experts believe. Graham Cooper reports.
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat has set a goal for 500 companies…
Investors,Policy
A working group to advance the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)'s guidance on…
Investors,Policy
Insured losses arising from natural disasters soared to $138 billion last year, almost three-times as…
Investors,Policy,Water
The idea of raising capital requirements on assets with high sustainability risks, by means of a so-called…
Debt,ESG,Policy
Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps
Debt,Stranded Assets
An industry taskforce has urged the UK Government to boost the growth of green finance by enforcing the…
ESG,Green Bonds,Investors,Policy
Numerous developments are helping to drive improvements in corporate reporting of non-financial issues and to raise investor expectations, says Adams Koshy.
ESG,Policy
Developing an international market in asset-backed securities (ABS) based on Chinese green loans is one…
ESG,Green Bonds,Policy
Banks' attempts to adapt to the risks and the opportunities presented by climate change have been criticised…
Debt,Stranded Assets
A call to action was issued to the insurance sector to step up its efforts to deal with climate change,…
Investors,Policy,Stranded Assets
Many investors are turning out at COP23 in Bonn to explain to ministers and delegates the importance of financial disclosures in line with the TCFD recommendations, says Peter Damgaard Jensen
Investors,COP
Investors are increasingly focusing on how lenders are managing climate risks, says Alexander Erzini Vernoit
Debt
The TCFD has challenged companies to up their game on reporting climate-related risks. But how will the market respond, asks Peter Cripps
Carbon,ESG,Policy
The UK government has announced a taskforce of senior financiers to help accelerate the growth of green…
ESG,Investors,Policy
Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
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?