climate risk

Financial Conduct Authority proposals would see 480 large UK companies having to disclose risks posed by climate change and the net zero transition - or to explain why they are failing to do so

More than two-thirds of the $36tr of assets held by some of the world's largest asset managers are being managed by responsible investment 'laggards' and poor performers, while the industry currently has no stand-out leaders, damning new research shows....

High street banks such as Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered are facing growing pressure from activists, shareholders and potentially regulators over their links to to coal and potential stranded asset risk

Accountants will play a key role in reshaping economic policy and market mechanisms for the net zero transition, sector bodies argue

Study of land registry data reveals thousands of new homes have been built in flood prone areas, and could also be denied insurance

There have been repeated warnings about the UK's vulnerability to flooding - now the PM must put climate resilience at the centre of his 'levelling-up' agenda

But pensions trade body warns of 'unprecedented' government interference in climate strategies

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures secures backing from organisations worth combined $12tr in market capitalisation

The World Economic Forum cited extreme weather, climate change and natural disasters as the top risks facing the world in 2020, while CEOs cited trade wars, over regulation, and uncertain growth

In her final column, Maddie Cuff charts the course of the business revolution that provides the main source of hope for the climate crisis