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DNB reveals extent of Dutch financial institutions' carbon emissions
11 January 2022Dutch financial institutions are estimated to have financed carbon emissions of at least 82 megatonnes (Mt) in 2019, according to analysis by the country's central bank.
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US financial regulators urged to address climate risk
07 January 2022US financial regulators have been urged to make 2022 a year of action on climate change.
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Underestimating exponential growth as it relates to climate change
03 January 2022Adél Drew explores whether climate risk scenarios truly reflect the trends we are seeing - and the consequences of getting it wrong
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Inflation will benefit green stocks, says fund manager
24 December 2021Investors in green companies have nothing to fear from the bout of inflation roiling stock markets, a leading sustainable fund manager has argued.
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Coal: the beginning of the end
14 December 2021The era of coal is ending - and finance can end it, argues Jacqueline Tao
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EIOPA: ESG tops risk list for insurers and pensions
14 December 2021Environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks are expected to have the greatest increase in materiality for both the insurance and pensions sector, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has said.
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Indonesian paper firm expansion 'litmus test' for 'net-zero' banks
14 December 2021The substantial financing being sought by two Indonesian paper and pulp firms to support their expansion plans has been described by environmental groups as a "litmus test"...
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Amundi to exclude oil and gas companies
09 December 2021Europe's largest asset manager Amundi will expand its exclusion policy to encompass companies extracting oil and gas from next year.
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Banking on net zero ... by 2050
08 December 2021The Net Zero Banking Alliance has attracted some of the world's biggest lenders. What has been achieved so far, asks Thomas Cox
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Tokio Marine plans ¥100bn of divestments
30 November 2021Japanese insurer Tokio Marine will divest at least ¥100 billion ($884 million) of equities, including in fossil fuel firms, by its 2023 reporting year as part of its commitment to sustainability.