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The Pensions Regulator touts net zero plans as it urges schemes to 'act now' on climate risk
The Pensions Regulator touts net zero plans as it urges schemes to 'act now' on climate risk

UK workplace pension schemes watchdog plans to issue guidance to help industry meet stricter climate risk disclosure rules coming into force later this year

  • Investment
  • 08 April 2021
G20 central banks failing to turn climate advocacy into action, research finds
G20 central banks failing to turn climate advocacy into action, research finds

Despite growing focus on risk disclosure and green investing, few central banks have taken concrete actions to cut off support for fossil fuels, Positive Money claims

  • Risk
  • 31 March 2021
'Critical step': Government plots mandatory climate risk rules for 1,600 UK firms
'Critical step': Government plots mandatory climate risk rules for 1,600 UK firms

Government sets out proposals to make TCFD disclosures mandatory for large publicly quoted companies, large private companies, and LLPs

  • Investment
  • 24 March 2021
Net Zero Finance: TCFD ASAP
Net Zero Finance: TCFD ASAP

VIDEO: CDP's Paul Simpson, Eversheds Sutherland's Michelle T Davies, PCAF's Giel Linthorst and WRI's Nate Aden explore some of the best practice for assessing and disclosing climate risk for investors and businesses

  • Investment
  • 23 March 2021
McKinsey looks to boost climate expertise with Vivid Economics and Planetrics acquisitions
McKinsey looks to boost climate expertise with Vivid Economics and Planetrics acquisitions

Consulting giant snaps up leading climate-focused advisors as it moves to beef up its climate risk and net zero transition expertise

  • Venture Capital
  • 05 March 2021
Public ownership of private companies and net zero: What should governments do?
Public ownership of private companies and net zero: What should governments do?

State ownership is likely to increase during a recession - the UK government should ensure state-owned firms adhere to climate risk and responsible investment principles, argue ClientEarth's James Thornton and the University of Oxford's Ben Caldecott...

  • Investment
  • 05 March 2021
As BlackRock calls for full CO2 footprint disclosure, is investor pressure starting to take its toll on polluters?
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

  • Investment
  • 17 February 2021
Shareholder advisor ISS embeds climate risk into global voting guidelines
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

  • Investment
  • 15 February 2021
CDP: Companies facing $120bn in environmental supply chain risks by 2026
CDP: Companies facing $120bn in environmental supply chain risks by 2026

Analysis of data from 8,000 firms disclosing to CDP reveals huge and growing costs of inaction to address climate and environmental threats to corporate supply chains

  • Supply chain
  • 09 February 2021
Top UK firms 'woefully' failing on climate risk disclosure, study warns
Top UK firms 'woefully' failing on climate risk disclosure, study warns

ClientEarth warns many large UK firms could be breaking the law by failing to adequately report on the risks posed to their business by climate change and the net zero transition

  • Investment
  • 04 February 2021
'A positive start': Government unveils climate risk rules for UK pensions sector
'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

  • Investment
  • 27 January 2021
'No issue ranks higher than climate change': BlackRock CEO presses firms to pursue net zero emissions
'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

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2021
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy

A pair of new reports on global economic risks and water shortages highlight the urgent need for coordinated action to tackle interlinked and worsening threats to global stability

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio
Barclays' UK retirement fund to screen for climate risk in £1.3bn growth portfolio

Climate risk and ESG factors to be integrated into £1.3bn diversified growth portfolio used for Barclays UKRF defined contribution pension scheme

  • Investment
  • 14 January 2021
Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates
Natural disaster damages hit $210bn worldwide in 2020, Munich Re estimates

Insurance giant warns 'it is time to act' in order to curb growing costs of climate change

  • Risk
  • 08 January 2021
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux

The real message from the parable of the boy who cried wolf is that there was a wolf

  • 07 January 2021
Exxon for the first time reveals CO2 impact of oil and gas products
Exxon for the first time reveals CO2 impact of oil and gas products

US oil major insists it has 'a well-established and rigorous' climate risk oversight process in place

  • Energy
  • 07 January 2021
'Climate change's fingerprints': Report highlights growing link between climate change and weather extremes
'Climate change's fingerprints': Report highlights growing link between climate change and weather extremes

New analysis summarising latest thinking on climate attribution, reveals increasingly clear evidence climate change is leading to increased extreme weather risks

  • Climate change
  • 11 December 2020
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021
Watchdog orders UK firms to improve climate accounting in 2021

Companies are routinely 'not meeting investor needs' on climate and environmental data in annual reports, Financial Reporting Council warns

  • Investment
  • 13 November 2020
CDP: Almost 10,000 companies worldwide disclosed environmental data in 2020
CDP: Almost 10,000 companies worldwide disclosed environmental data in 2020

Non-profit hails record year for climate, deforestation, and water risk reporting, as investor-backed group eyes plans to cover land and ocean data

  • Risk
  • 10 November 2020
Rishi Sunak: UK to issue first green bond and require firms to disclose climate risk
Rishi Sunak: UK to issue first green bond and require firms to disclose climate risk

Chancellor unveils raft of green finance plans, including green taxonomy proposals and mandatory climate risk disclosure rules for listed companies

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
'Significant momentum': Support for climate risk reporting surges, but action remains thin
'Significant momentum': Support for climate risk reporting surges, but action remains thin

Asset managers continue to provide an incomplete picture to investors about the risk posed to their investments by climate change, TCFD report warns

  • Investment
  • 29 October 2020
Met Office warns UK to prepare for more weather extremes
Met Office warns UK to prepare for more weather extremes

New projections point to record breaking heat and rainfall in the coming years posing costly challenges for health and infrastructure

  • Climate change
  • 22 October 2020
PwC: Less than a third of UK banks have net zero targets in place
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

  • Investment
  • 21 October 2020
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