'On top of providing green finance, the finance sector must become green': Why the world's financiers must sharpen their climate reporting

Cecilia Keating
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First ever analysis of financed emissions of global asset managers, owners, insurers and banks from CDP reveals financial players are systematically underestimating their exposure to climate risk

The finance sector may have enthusiastically embraced the concept of net zero emissions over the last 12 months, but the reporting frameworks and assumptions that underline these headline targets are incomplete...

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