Archive

  • Framework for SDG disclosures unveiled by accounting bodies

    17 January 2020

    Broad recommendations for disclosures based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been billed as "a new approach to address sustainable development issues".

  • Carney: Financial sector moving too slowly on climate

    30 December 2019

    The global financial sector is moving too slowly to curb the negative impacts of climate change, the governor of the Bank of England has said.

  • One fifth of CalPERS portfolio is highly exposed to climate risk

    27 December 2019

    The largest public pension fund in the US has reported that a fifth of its portfolio is among those sectors most exposed to climate change risks.

  • Policy response to climate change to 'wipe $2trn off companies' value'

    10 December 2019

    An abrupt and disruptive policy response to the risks presented by climate change is forecast to permanently wipe about $2 trillion off the valuation of companies in the MSCI All Countries World, index (ACWI) according to analysis backed by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • IASB clarifies climate expectations as Big Four face investor scrutiny

    29 November 2019

    The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has clarified its expectations on disclosure of climate-related risks, as it emerged that a group of investors had pressured the Big Four accounting firms to focus more on climate.

  • PRI to study ‘fundamental legal questions’ on impact investing

    28 November 2019

    ‘Fundamental legal questions’ surrounding impact investing will be the subject of a far-reaching study commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • FRR, Axa, Aviva, CNP join Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    27 November 2019

    Pension fund FRR and insurers Axa, Aviva and CNP have committed to make their investment portfolios carbon neutral by 2050.

  • Different paths lead to sustainable investing

    21 October 2019

    Fiona Reynolds outlines her thoughts on the differences and similarities between ESG and impact approaches to investing

  • $35trn investors urge governments to step up climate change action

    20 September 2019

    Institutional investors with $35 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have urged the world's governments to do more to tackle climate change ahead of next week's UN climate action summit.

  • Don’t rely on easy climate gains in land-use sector, PRI report warns

    13 September 2019

    Existing climate scenarios lean too heavily on the expectation of major cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the land use sector and investors are therefore underestimating the amount of reductions that will need to happen in other sectors, according to a report commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).