Net Zero - Finance
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Sarasin & Partners' Natasha Landell-Mills
VIDEO: Head of stewardship at the asset manager joins James Murray for a chat ahead of BusinessGreen's Net Zero Finance summit
New Citi CEO commits bank to net zero financed emissions target on first day in role
Firm joins Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase in pledging to reduce its operations and activity in line with global climate goals
Aviva Investors unveils wave of fossil fuel exclusion policies and net zero pledge
Insurance giant confirms it will divest from major coal producers without accredited climate plans by the end of next year
Mark Carney responds to mounting criticism of 'net zero' claims
Carney concedes avoided emissions do not count toward science-based net zero targets, despite previously claiming asset manager Brookfield is 'net zero today' due to its investments in renewables
'Worrying': Carney and Brookfield row throws spotlight on 'net zero' confusion
COP26 finance advisor is under fire for claiming his investment firm Brookfield is 'net zero' despite its billions of investments in fossil fuels
Zoom in on Net Zero - with ShareAction's Catherine Howarth
VIDEO: Chief executive of the responsible investment charity chats to BusinessGreen's James Murray about the rise of shareholder activism in driving climate action
Net Zero Finance: Full speaker line-up confirmed
Hiro Mizuno, Sony Kapoor, and Catherine Howarth form part of stellar line up for the first net Zero Festival event of the year
Jupiter commits to net zero by 2050 across £56bn investment portfolio
Asset manager promises to set interim 2030 emissions reduction targets by the end of this year as it works to achieve net zero by mid-century
HSBC, Barclays, NatWest join Prince of Wales' net zero banking task force
Executives from likes of Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Macquarie, Lloyds, and Citi also join effort to develop credible pathway to deliver a net zero banking sector
As BlackRock calls for full CO2 footprint disclosure, is investor pressure starting to take its toll on polluters?
World's biggest asset manager urges firms to set rigorous decarbonisation goals or risk being voted against at board meetings as it sets out shareholder expectations for 2021
Shareholder advisor ISS embeds climate risk into global voting guidelines
World’s largest proxy advising firm has updated its guidelines for fund managers to vote against board members who fail to account for climate risk
UK science and finance working together to green global finance
Dr Ben Caldecott, director of the new UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI), explains why good climate and environmental data is crucial for greening global finance
'Unlocking innovation': National green finance research hubs set for London and Leeds
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) aims to overcome patchy and unreliable climate data in financial sector and support fast-expanding market for ESG investments
The inside story of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance
The move to bring together many of the world's top investors in support of the net zero transition has quickly emerged as a 'gold standard' for how to drive climate action, but how did it come about and what will it do next?
National Infrastructure Bank: Business leaders urge government to guarantee long-term survival of green bank
Bank dubbed 'Green Investment Bank 2.0' by Business Secretary should be given legal mandate to tackle regional inequalities, help achieve net zero, and reverse decline of nature, according to green finance and business leaders
Scottish Widows targets net zero across £170bn pension fund range by 2050
UK pension provider becomes the latest in the sector to commit to both 2030 and 2050 portfolio decarbonisation targets
Moody's forecasts one in 10 bonds issued in 2021 could carry green, sustainable, or social labels
Sustainability-linked bonds singled out as major growth engine in sustainable debt market by the US credit ratings agency and European bank SEB
BusinessGreen ramps up new Finance Hub in support of expanded Net Zero Festival
Inaugural Net Zero Finance event to take place on 16th March, as part of year-long Net Zero Festival
Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?
Investors managing portfolios worth trillions of dollars are now backing net zero ahead of COP26 - could 2021 prove a transformative year for financial markets?
Smart Pension sets sights on net zero portfolio before 2050
Workplace pension provider becomes latest to join the Make My Money Matter campaign which is pushing pensions industry to set 2050 net zero goals
'A positive start': Government unveils climate risk rules for UK pensions sector
DWP consultation confirms Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-aligned disclosures will be mandatory across the board by 2025
'No issue ranks higher than climate change': BlackRock CEO presses firms to pursue net zero emissions
Larry Fink, CEO of world's largest asset manager, urges firms to publicly disclose credible strategies for achieving net zero by 2050
Podcast: How mobilising capital markets could drive decarbonisation of heavy industry
Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney and Decarb Connect founder Alex Cameron discuss the growing role for transition bonds in unlocking investment for tackling carbon-intensive sectors of the economy
Has Covid-19 changed the conversation around sustainable investing?
Schroders investment experts explain what impact the pandemic has had on sustainable investing and what it means for the future
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Tracker's Mark Campanale
VIDEO: joins BusinessGreen editor James Murray to discuss the carbon bubble, divestment and net zero investing
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024
Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024
Net Zero Investment: What role do investors play?
VIDEO: Catch up on panel discussion with Carbon Tracker's Mark Campanale, Scottish Widows' Shipra Gupta, and Schroders' Hannah Simons - available on demand here
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