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NZAOA aims to halve emissions by 2030
25 January 2022Members of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA), representing $10 trillion of assets, have pledged to target reducing their absolute or intensity portfolio emissions by at least half by 2030.
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3 years after Brumadinho, "next dam collapse is only a matter of time"
25 January 2022On the third anniversary of the Brumadinho mining disaster, which killed 270 people, investors have named and shamed almost 200 companies that have not committed to new dam safety standards.
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TNFD partners with leading science and industry bodies
25 January 2022The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has announced today that it has partnered with a group of leading science and industry bodies.
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EU banks handed toughened ESG disclosure rules
25 January 2022New disclosure rules will require EU banks for the first time to report the amount of 'environmentally sustainable' assets they hold as a share of their overall portfolio.
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Q&A with Dow Jones on their ESG tool
25 January 2022Joe Cappitelli explains why he feels the news-based tool is a unique addition to the ESG data space
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Aviva to target companies on biodiversity and human rights
24 January 2022Aviva Investors will begin to judge companies on biodiversity and human rights as much as climate, its chief executive announced today,..
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USS 'tilts' £5bn of assets towards climate
24 January 2022The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has announced today that it will invest some £5 billion ($6.7 billion) of its assets in funds...
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BMO to engage with chemicals companies
24 January 2022The European arm of BMO Global Asset Management will make the chemicals industry a key area of focus for sustainability-related engagements in the coming year.
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Commission risks undermining taxonomy regulation, warns EU Platform
24 January 2022European Commission proposals that would allow some nuclear and natural gas to be labelled as sustainable risk undermining fundamental precepts of the EU taxonomy regulation and should be reworked into an entirely new framework, an expert group appointed by the EU has warned.
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Blackstone launches renewables private credit strategy
24 January 2022Private equity firm Blackstone has launched a renewables private credit platform as it plans to invest $100 billion in energy transition projects over the next ten years.