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  • Rio Tinto presents 'Scope 3 targets', will give 'say on climate' at 2022 AGM

    17 February 2021

    Mining company Rio Tinto said it has set Scope 3 emissions reduction goals and announced that it intends to give investors a say on its climate-related disclosures from next year.

  • Oil companies beginning to act on climate change, says report

    15 May 2017

    Some of the largest global oil and gas companies such as Statoil, Eni and Total are beginning to act on climate change. However, laggards like ExxonMobil are considerably behind these companies, according to a report from major investors.

  • TCFD: A full disclosure

    20 March 2017

    Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali

  • TCFD Reaction: 'Turning point for climate disclosure'

    14 December 2016

    The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning to have climate considerations integrated into mainstream reporting.

  • Organisations should use existing climate scenario analysis or develop their own, says TCFD

    14 December 2016

    Companies should use a range of existing, publicly-available climate-related scenario analysis or develop their own in order to assess the risks posed to their business by climate change, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Leading the charge

    05 April 2016

    The historic Paris climate change agreement has underlined what is arguably the biggest challenge faced by financial markets in a generation, says Peter Cripps

  • People moves

    24 September 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at HSBC, CDP, RobecoSAM, Impax, MSCI and the World Bank.

  • Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM

    15 May 2015

    Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.

  • Shell shareholder resolution on carbon gets go-ahead from investors, BP set to follow

    16 December 2014

    A shareholder resolution demanding that Shell report on its climate change strategy has attracted the 100 signatories it needs in order to be filed at the company's AGM, while a similar action against BP is on course to reach the same milestone.