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  • Soros Fund Management sets divestment plan in climate strategy

    20 April 2022

    The family office managing the assets of billionaire philanthropist George Soros' foundations has published its inaugural 'climate action strategy,' which includes intermediate targets on the path to reducing the emissions of its portfolio to net zero by 2040.

  • Ricardo Lara reveals California's fossil fuel investors

    20 April 2022

    Green bond holders also unearthed in annual study

  • Showing leadership in sustainable finance through climate transparency

    12 April 2022

    The development of widely-recognised climate scores would allow investors to identify companies and portfolios that are becoming green in the most credible way, says Patrick Odier

  • UK energy security plan 'should have gone further'

    07 April 2022

    Investors have warned the UK government's energy security plan does not go far enough in transitioning the power supply to greener sources.

  • EACOP must stop!

    06 April 2022

    How is it possible that a project like the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) could be under serious consideration in 2022, asks Michael Northrop

  • Investor, corporate action essential after IPCC 'now or never' climate warning

    05 April 2022

    Urgent action is needed from investors and corporates to recognise climate risks and deliver on net-zero transition plans, as scientists warn it is "now or never" for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.

  • $7trn investor group warns 17 companies over climate reporting

    05 April 2022

    34 members of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), representing over $7.1 trillion in assets, have demanded 17 companies meet their climate-related disclosure expectations.

  • €1.5trn Dutch investor group sets 2024 oil firm transition expectations

    01 April 2022

    A group of seven Dutch asset managers with a combined €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets has published three core climate transition expectations for oil and gas firms to accelerate...

  • What to expect on climate during this year's AGM season

    23 March 2022

    Transition plans and climate expertise on company boards will top investor requests, writes Lucy Hamnett

  • Russian invasion "puts fracking investment back on the agenda"

    22 March 2022

    The Russian invasion will "set us back" on decarbonisation and has put fracking investment back on the agenda, policy experts have warned.