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
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
'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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
'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
'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
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
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
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
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux
The real message from the parable of the boy who cried wolf is that there was a wolf
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
'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
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
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
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
'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
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
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