Net Zero - Finance
Agents of sustainable change: How investors expect companies to be socially aware
Our Global Investor Study 2020 reveals investor and consumer views on company responsibility for tackling climate change, writes Schroders' Vicki Owen
PwC: Less than a third of UK banks have net zero targets in place
Major new study from consultancy giant reveals UK banks are more engaged with climate risks than ever before, but decarbonisation plans remain underpowered
Net Zero Festival: The economic case for net zero
VIDEO: Chris Stark, CEO of the Committee on Climate Change, explains how rapid innovation is making the economic case for a net zero transition even more compelling every year
UK's first local government green bond raises £1m for West Berkshire District Council
New funds to help deliver solar arrays, LED traffic lights, cycleways, and nature protection projects
'Reinvest in Earth': New initiative aims to mobilise $10bn of climate funding
Global Returns Project calls on individuals to commit 0.25 per cent of their savings to support not-for-profit climate solutions
Net Zero Festival: The investment case for net zero
VIDEO: Abyd Karmali OBE, managing director for sustainable finance at Bank of America, sets out the three key reasons for companies to turbocharge their net zero efforts, and how investors can benefit
Net Zero Festival: Mobilising finance for a green recovery
VIDEO: Gavin Esler chats to Schroders' Andrew Howard, Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas from the Green Finance Institute, Scottish Widows' Maria Nazarova-Doyle, and Lord Barker from En+
Institutional investors managing $5tr pledge 2025 portfolio CO2 goals
BT Pension Fund, Church of England, and Allianz among group of major investors collectively pledging to set new five-year emission reduction targets
ESG considerations mount at fixed income asset managers, industry survey finds
Annual survey of asset managers by Russell Investments points to increasing focus and concern over climate risk
City of London eyes 800 green jobs as it maps path to net zero by 2040
Governing body of UK capital's financial district lays out detailed decarbonisation and green investment roadmap
Investors managing £10tr urge UK government to issue maiden green bond
BlackRock, NatWest, Barclays and Schroders among firms urging government to issue sovereign bond ring-fenced for green projects in wake of Covid-19 downturn
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority sets 2030 carbon neutral goal
Local authority pension fund members vote in favour of goal for investments to reach net zero emissions within the next decade
Green Finance Institute spearheads drive to scale up national green banks worldwide
UK's Green Finance Institute and US NGOs to develop Green Bank Design Platform in order to help governments set up financial vehicles to support climate and environmental solutions
Climate tech venture capital investment soars to record levels
But new PwC report warns 'rapid injection of capital, talent and public-private support' still required for climate tech to deliver on its massive promise
New PACTA tool to help banks finance journey to Paris Agreement
2C Investing Initiative launches new initaitive to support growing band of banks committed to bringing their investments into line with the Paris Agreement
'It is time for the rest to follow': Leading investors call on 161 top CEOs to target net zero
Climate action 100+ writes to CEOs of world's largest greenhouse gas emitting firms urging them to develop net zero-aligned business strategies
Bulk of UK banks lack convincing climate strategy, Ethical Consumer warns
Conclusion based on research conducted by the magazine, which asked how banks were measuring and evaluating the climate impacts of their investments
'Significant game-changer': How Transition Bonds could help heavy industries clean up their act
New report from Climate Bonds Initiative and Credit Suisse proposes new standards for emerging Transition Bonds category
Climate risk: Amazon, Allianz, Microsoft, and S&P Global join open data initiative
Linux Foundation spearheads new drive to harness AI and open source data to combat climate risk
Hundreds of UK pension schemes to fall under climate risk reporting rules
Pension schemes holding more than £1bn of assets will be required to publicly disclose climate risk in their portfolios by 2023 or face penalties
Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin
Current regulation and risk disclosure efforts are insufficient for tackling the varying and complex risks posed by nature loss and climate change, UCL research argues
'Renewable energy is here to stay': Investors swinging behind 'good energy', report finds
UK-listed clean energy and tech stocks grew by an average of 170 per cent over the past year, the report finds
UK tots up £6bn in climate finance for developing counties since 2011
International Climate Finance mobilised by UK has helped avoid an estimated 33 million tonnes of greenhouse gases, government estimates
Global green bond market rallies towards Covid-19 recovery
After tough start to 2020 due to pandemic global green bond issuance rallied in the second quarter of 2020, says Moody's
Why the Covid-19 recovery and climate crisis need a unified response
The EU's proposed Green Deal shows that the right policy initiatives could address the economic crisis and climate change simultaneously
What could a Biden presidency mean for climate change investing?
Joe Biden in the White House, and potentially Democrats in control of the Senate too, could turbo-charge climate change as an investment theme, argues Schroders' Simon Webber
'We could fix our world': Martin Freeman voices net zero pension campaign animation
Animation features a 'woolly man' voiced by Sherlock actor calling for pension investments to help protect against the 'ravages of climate change'
'Structural changes are needed': Schroders warns recovery likely to lead to resurgence in global emissions
Latest edition of investment giant's Climate Progress Dashboard warns coronavirus crisis could undermine efforts to put global economy on track for net zero emissions
BusinessGreen debuts Net Zero Investment Hub
Hosted in partnership with Schroders, the new Net Zero Investment Hub brings together cutting-edge insights and analysis on how the world of finance is embracing the net zero transition
Sustainability: Six ways the corporate world will have to change
As part of the all-new Net Zero Investment Hub, Schroders' Andrew Howard and Seema Suchak explore six key areas that point to a changing role of the corporate sector in society in the face of 'inescapable truths'
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