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Mark Carney responds to mounting criticism of 'net zero' claims
Mark Carney responds to mounting criticism of 'net zero' claims

Carney concedes avoided emissions do not count toward science-based net zero targets, despite previously claiming asset manager Brookfield is 'net zero today' due to its investments in renewables

  • Investment
  • 26 February 2021
'Worrying': Carney and Brookfield row throws spotlight on 'net zero' confusion
'Worrying': Carney and Brookfield row throws spotlight on 'net zero' confusion

COP26 finance advisor is under fire for claiming his investment firm Brookfield is 'net zero' despite its billions of investments in fossil fuels

  • Net Zero Now
  • 26 February 2021
TCFD ASAP: Inside the fast-evolving world of TCFD reporting
TCFD ASAP: Inside the fast-evolving world of TCFD reporting

  • Investment
  • 19 February 2021
Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?
Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?

Investors managing portfolios worth trillions of dollars are now backing net zero ahead of COP26 - could 2021 prove a transformative year for financial markets?

  • Investment
  • 04 February 2021
'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?
'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed

  • Offsets
  • 28 January 2021
Mark Carney's carbon market plan puts polluters above the planet
Mark Carney's carbon market plan puts polluters above the planet

Former Bank of England Governor's plan to establish a $100bn-a-year global market for CO2 offsets contains three major flaws that urgently need addressing, argues Greenpeace UK's John Sauven

  • Offsets
  • 25 January 2021
Why the Carney Taskforce on carbon offsetting misses the mark
Why the Carney Taskforce on carbon offsetting misses the mark

The drive led by the former Bank of England Governor to establish a global carbon offset market lacks emphasis on how offset quality will be defined, argues Eli Mitchell-Larson of the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School

  • Offsets
  • 10 December 2020
'A trillion-dollar problem': Major survey highlights dearth of green skills at companies worldwide
'A trillion-dollar problem': Major survey highlights dearth of green skills at companies worldwide

Poll of 500 executives also points to growing dissatisfaction of corporate climate efforts among company staff

  • Skills
  • 16 November 2020
'Enormous investment opportunity': Mark Carney task force unveils global carbon market blueprint
'Enormous investment opportunity': Mark Carney task force unveils global carbon market blueprint

Voluntary carbon market must grow 15-fold between 2019 and 2030 to deliver emissions sequestration and removal required to steer a 1.5C future, report warns

  • Carbon Trading
  • 10 November 2020
Mark Carney: Net zero transition represents 'greatest commercial opportunity of our time'
Mark Carney: Net zero transition represents 'greatest commercial opportunity of our time'

Former Bank of England governor to speak at Green Horizon Summit, which brings together CEOs, policymakers, and government officials to drive forward the financial sector's role in the net zero transition

  • Investment
  • 09 November 2020
Reports: Mark Carney aiming to set up global CO2 offsets market in early 2021
Reports: Mark Carney aiming to set up global CO2 offsets market in early 2021

Former Bank of England Governor recently set up a Taskforce to accelerate the development of a voluntary market for carbon offsets

  • Carbon Trading
  • 19 October 2020
Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds
Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds

Analysis of FTSE 100 companies finds just 16 per cent have realistic decarbonisation strategies in place, yet 45 per cent are targeting net zero emissions

  • BusinessGreen
  • 23 September 2020
'What's your strategy for net zero?': Mark Carney ushers in new era for MP environment group
'What's your strategy for net zero?': Mark Carney ushers in new era for MP environment group

Former Bank of England Governor addresses relaunch of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Environment, for which Green Alliance is to be secretariat

  • Politics
  • 17 September 2020
Mark Carney launches drive to develop global market for CO2 offsets
Mark Carney launches drive to develop global market for CO2 offsets

Figures from BP, Shell, Unilever, Nestlé and BlackRock among members of new Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets

  • Offsets
  • 03 September 2020
Hundreds of UK pension schemes to fall under climate risk reporting rules
Hundreds of UK pension schemes to fall under climate risk reporting rules

Pension schemes holding more than £1bn of assets will be required to publicly disclose climate risk in their portfolios by 2023 or face penalties

  • Investment
  • 26 August 2020
'Time to pull the plug': Is pressure on coal-investing banks starting to deliver results?
'Time to pull the plug': Is pressure on coal-investing banks starting to deliver results?

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

  • Investment
  • 02 March 2020
'World first': Government moves to force pension funds to disclose climate risk
'World first': Government moves to force pension funds to disclose climate risk

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

  • Investment
  • 12 February 2020
Climate risk: 1,000 global firms give backing to corporate disclosure guidelines
Climate risk: 1,000 global firms give backing to corporate disclosure guidelines

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

  • Risk
  • 12 February 2020
Maddie's farewell: The best of times, the worst of times
Maddie's farewell: The best of times, the worst of times

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

  • Policy
  • 31 January 2020
Mark Carney handed COP26 climate finance role
Mark Carney handed COP26 climate finance role

Outgoing Bank of England Governor to advise Prime Minister on greening the global financial system as UK steps up preparation to co-host crucial UN summit

  • Investment
  • 16 January 2020
'Pioneering exercise': New Bank of England Governor to oversee climate stress-test
'Pioneering exercise': New Bank of England Governor to oversee climate stress-test

Andrew Bailey will take over at helm of UK's central bank in March, replacing Mark Carney who has been instrumental in pushing for climate risk transparency

  • Policy
  • 20 December 2019
COP25: UN Secretary General warns world is 'hurtling' towards 'point of no return' in climate crisis
COP25: UN Secretary General warns world is 'hurtling' towards 'point of no return' in climate crisis

Antonio Guterres issues stark warning as latest talks in Madrid get underway with news Mark Carney is to take up key climate role

  • Climate change
  • 02 December 2019
Come clean on climate risk or face mandatory disclosure rules, Carney tells business
Come clean on climate risk or face mandatory disclosure rules, Carney tells business

Bank of England governor warns firms have two years to improve their reporting on climate risk or regulators will impose rules

  • Investment
  • 09 October 2019
Capitalism is part of solution to climate crisis, says Mark Carney
Capitalism is part of solution to climate crisis, says Mark Carney

Bank of England governor says firms that ignore crisis 'will go bankrupt without question'

  • Risk
  • 01 August 2019
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