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NGFS targets wider use of scenarios after release of third iteration
07 September 2022Climate scenarios for central banks and supervisors have been updated to include national 'net zero' commitments at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, ahead of a move to broaden the potential application of the scenarios to private financial institutions.
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Australia needs policy change to tackle 'critical risks to natural capital', says Pollination
06 September 2022Significant changes in government policy and business practice are required to address Australia's "critical" natural capital risks, Pollination has said.
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HESTA warns four energy firms of potential climate-related divestment
06 September 2022HESTA has warned four energy firms they face heightened scrutiny and potential divestment due to their lacklustre decarbonisation strategies, as the Australian pension fund announced a strengthened 2030 decarbonisation target.
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G7 companies heading for 2.7°C of warming, says CDP
06 September 2022Companies based in the G7 are collectively aligned with a scenario that would see 2.7°C of global warming, according to analysis of their emissions reduction targets by CDP.
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Nature risks 'neglected' in insurer underwriting
06 September 2022Nature-related risks are being neglected in the insurance sector's underwriting activities due to a lack of awareness and understanding, a report has said.
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GIIN impact benchmark gives 'competitive edge', says DWM
05 September 2022Developing World Markets (DWM) credits an investor comparison tool with giving it a 'competitive edge' after using it to scale up capital in different regions.
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NBIM urges Japan to adopt global human rights disclosure standards
05 September 2022The manager of the NOK11.9 trillion ($1.2 trillion) Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has urged Japanese policymakers to encourage companies to provide human rights disclosures...
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US natural capital strategy will 'ease' corporate de-risking, reporting
05 September 2022Investors have been urged by Jefferies to watch US national natural capital accounting developments closely, with the recently published US government strategy set to 'ease' ...
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Biodiversity credits 'could be bigger than voluntary carbon'
02 September 2022Biodiversity credits have the potential to follow the growth of the voluntary carbon markets, and could become a mass market in two or three years, a fund manager has claimed.
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HSBC: COP15 will see more green bonds focus on biodiversity
02 September 2022Green bonds will increasingly focus on biodiversity as a result of the forthcoming biodiversity COP, HSBC Global Research has predicted.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- EU sustainability 'omnibus' regulations 'like a bad omelette'