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Study: More than $1tr of corporate value at risk from socio-economic climate upheaval

Risk

Study: More than $1tr of corporate value at risk from socio-economic climate upheaval

Second-order climate risks such as economic and political instability, worsening poverty, migration, and food insecurity could have huge impacts by 2050, Verisk Maplecroft warns

clock 01 May 2025 • 5 min read
'Inaction is not an option': EY warns only fraction of FTSE 100 firms have 'credible' net zero strategies in place

Management

'Inaction is not an option': EY warns only fraction of FTSE 100 firms have 'credible' net zero strategies in place

Over 95 per cent of large UK firms have yet to disclose detailed net zero transition plans despite looming regulations that are set to make such strategies mandatory

clock 03 April 2023 • 4 min read
COP26: Over half of FTSE100 now have net zero targets in place

Management

COP26: Over half of FTSE100 now have net zero targets in place

Government says the number of large companies committing to reach net zero by 2050 at the latest has tripled in the past year

clock 04 November 2021 • 4 min read
'We cannot rely on voluntary measures': WWF calls for net zero mandate for large UK firms

Management

'We cannot rely on voluntary measures': WWF calls for net zero mandate for large UK firms

UK should pass climate legislation ordering large companies to establish robust and science-based climate action plans, according to WWF

clock 08 October 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

'Dramatic ambition gap': No major G7 stock index aligned with Paris Agreement climate goals

Companies in the leading stock indexes of the G7 economies are on average planning for almost 3C of warming, despite growing numbers of net zero emission pledges

clock 10 June 2021 • 3 min read

Management

Race to Zero: Third of UK's biggest companies now committed to net zero targets

AstraZeneca, BT Group, Sainsbury’s, and Unilever are among the British corporate giants who have signed up to the UN's flagship Race to Zero campaign

clock 30 March 2021 • 2 min read

Management

Green bonuses: How ESG criteria are increasingly informing executive pay

Nearly half of FTSE 100 companies currently have an ESG measure in either annual bonus targets or long-term incentive plans, research from PwC has found

clock 18 March 2021 • 2 min read

Investment

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

clock 04 February 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

FTSE 100 firms failing to develop adequate climate strategies, research shows

Around 85 per cent of the top companies in the UK do not yet have adequate climate strategies in place to keep the planet within safe global warming limits, EcoAct report shows

clock 26 September 2019 • 5 min read