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  • ISSB tie-up with TPT sees it join crowded field of transition planning guidance

    24 June 2024

    The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will provide guidance on climate transition planning following an agreement to "assume responsibility for" the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT)'s disclosure-specific materials.

  • COP28: 'Milestone' NZDPU climate open data tool gets initial launch

    04 December 2023

    The Net Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) has launched an initial "proof-of-concept" of its climate transition data tool which is set to provide the first global private sector centralised and open data source.

  • GFANZ to launch Latin America network

    10 October 2023

  • UBS, Swiss Life among investors to trial free net zero data platform

    26 June 2023

    Swiss financial institutions LGT Bank, Lombard Odier, Pictet, Swiss Life Asset Managers and UBS are among a small group selected to test a proposed free-to-use climate data platform ahead of its full launch at COP28.

  • COP27: ISSB hails 'milestone' CDP, NZDPU tie-ups

    08 November 2022

    The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) hailed "key milestone" agreements with the CDP and Net Zero Data Public Utility (NZDPU) it said will boost implementation of its standards.

  • GFANZ publishes net-zero transition plan guidance

    01 November 2022

    The Mark Carney-backed Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has published voluntary guidance on net-zero transition plans (NZTPs) for achieving net-zero by 2050 focused on Scope 3 emissions.

  • GFANZ issues transition plan recommendations & 'ambition' tracker

    15 June 2022

    The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) has issued 10 recommendations for financial institutions to adopt in their net-zero transition plans, including metrics to track portfolio 'ambition', sector-specific pathways and pan-sector strategies to avoid 'paper decarbonisation'.

  • UK taskforce to develop transition plan 'gold standard'

    25 April 2022

    The UK treasury has created a 'transition plan taskforce' to develop what it says will be "the gold standard" for climate transition plans by UK financial institutions and listed companies, in a move that is believed to be the first of its kind.

  • Global climate disclosure standards prototype gets COP26 launch

    03 November 2021

  • Support for TCFD has sky rocketed, says Schapiro

    14 October 2021

    The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) has seen the "greatest progress to date on TCFD adoption".