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Edmond de Rothschild unveils plans for €26bn net-zero commitment

Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has explained how it plans to align €26 billion of its assets under management with the goal of attaining net-zero emissions by 2050.

NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol

The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released the fourth edition of the Target-Setting Protocol (TSP V4) which expands private asset classes coverage, requires a new round of targets and introduces the assessment of govvies' holdings.

Edmond de Rothschild's infra specialist holds €306m third close

Consultants chosen to develop avoided emissions standard

A group of asset managers has selected two consultants to develop a database that will 'standardise and give transparency' to the calculation of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.

People moves 10 November including USS, Nuveen, MUFG, Natixis IM, and more

NZAOA members 'split' on sovereign debt climate target-setting

The thorny issue of how to set decarbonisation targets for sovereign debt has split the signatories of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), leading to a "compromise" of a proposed scoring system.

LGIM pushes ExxonMobil to disclose energy transition impact information

€1.1trn investor coalition calls on TotalEnergies to cut Scope 3 emissions

A coalition of 17 investors, which represent around €1.1 trillion ($1.2 trillion) in assets under management, has urged TotalEnergies to align its Scope 3 emissions reductions targets with the Paris Agreement.

Bring climate and biodiversity COPs together, argues Edmond de Rothschild

The biodiversity COP should happen in the same region at the same time as climate COPs, an investor at Edmond de Rothschild has suggested.

Leadership does not equal GFANZ

There has been little evidence of leadership or reduction of fossil fuel financing in the giant coalition of investors and banks, argues Michael Northrop