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Central banks should step up to face environmental breakdown risk in finance
21 August 2020Market-fixing approaches such as the nascent Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) are "unsuitable" for managing the risks posed by environmental breakdown, an academic paper has argued, instead proposing that central banks and financial regulators should introduce strict industry-wide exclusionary criteria.
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Investor climate pressure builds on US oil majors as BlackRock steps-up
28 May 2020US oil supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron experienced significant investor pressure over their climate policies at their annual general meetings, with major investor BlackRock stepping up support for some proposals.
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Oil majors accused of using CA100+ as 'fig leaf' to disguise inaction
11 May 2020Oil supermajors have been accused of using joint statements with investor initiative Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) as a means to disguise limited action on emissions reductions.
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Time is ripe for US asset managers to engage oil majors
11 May 2020Domestic asset managers have been largely absent from climate engagement with US oil majors, but the Church Commissioners for England tells Ahren Lester that this could finally be changing.
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Church investors toughen ESG shareholder voting policy
10 March 2020As annual general meeting (AGM) season approaches, the Church Investors Group (CIG) has announced a toughened stance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when considering shareholder voting decisions.
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Church of England backs fossil fuel resolution by Barclays' shareholders
13 January 2020The Church Commissioners for England has announced it plans to vote in favour of a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.
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People Moves: Newton, AMF, LuxSE, Church Commissioners
27 September 2019Newton Investment Management has hired Andrew Parry as head of sustainable investment, as part of the expansion of its responsible investment team.
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People moves: ING; Danske Bank; Columbia Threadneedle; GIZ; OPIC
06 September 2019Guo steps down as VP of sustainable finance at ING
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GIG acquires 40% of 714MW wind farm for £1.6bn
12 August 2019The Green Investment Group (GIG) has invested £1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in a 714MW wind farm in the UK, acquiring a 40% stake from Spanish utility Iberdrola.
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People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF
19 July 2019Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more