Net Zero Finance

Central Bank unveils climate scenarios for scaled-back 'exploratory exercise' to test financial system's readiness for physical and transitional risks

Addition of six new members brings total number of investors signed up to IIGCC-backed Paris Aligned Asset Owners group to 28

G7 finance ministers commit to 'multi-year effort to deliver the significant structural change needed to meet our net zero commitments'

Call comes as G7 finance minsters reportedly prepare to announce commitments to beef-up climate risk disclosures

Will the wide range of different ESG standards throw the investment industry's decarbonisation efforts off course?

L&G Group, Phoenix Group, BVK, Rothesay and Prudential join initiative, bringing total combined assets managed by members to $6.6tr

Research by insurance and risk management giant Willis Towers Watson reveals financial companies' net zero concerns

Cement, steel, chemicals, capital goods, tech, and consumer sectors are all set to face fresh scrutiny from a new think tank launched by leading figures from CDP, Carbon Tracker, and Planet Tracker

Green campaigners warn City of London would be ninth biggest emitter of CO2 in world if it was a country in fresh analysis of financial sector's environmental impact

New climatech team forms part of strategy to step up green investments