Climate Action 100+: Can investors really convince the world's biggest emitters to decarbonise?

Michael Holder
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More than 600 financial firms are now members of the investor initiative, but few of the firms they are targeting have credible net zero strategies in place

The world's biggest corporate carbon emitters have shown limited signs of progress in disclosing their climate targets, targets, and risk exposures over the past year, with only a handful of companies...

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