UN-backed Target Setting Protocol calls on top investors to halve portfolio emissions by 2030

James Murray
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UN-backed Target Setting Protocol calls on top investors to halve portfolio emissions by 2030

New edition of protocol binds companies in the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance to delivering rolling five year decarbonisation goals for their portfolio emissions

The UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAO) has today released the second edition of its Target Setting Protocol, which provides more detail on how the investment giants that are signed up to...

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