Eight major super funds have been criticised for voting against the majority of shareholder proposals on climate change at recent annual general meetings despite being
Year: 2020
ECB Seeks to Identify Polluters in Push for Green Finance System
The European Union should identify companies that harm the environment so that banks and asset managers can better handle the risks stemming from climate change,
Sustainable finance in fixed income markets – from niche to mainstream – Nordea
“Sustainable finance” has fast become a stable feature of the financial markets. What started out initially as a simply a discussion around “green bonds” has
‘Everyone was watching’: BlackRock is showing its hand on coal
It has now been almost six months since BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, made headlines announcing that it would put climate change at the
SWISS SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT MARKET STUDY 2020
For the third consecutive year, Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) andthe Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at theUniversity of Zurich have teamed up
Creating an impact management framework – KPMG
Amid growing public interest, the emergence of social and environmental investment risks has not gone unnoticed by regulators. Asset managers and financial services businesses across
Decline and Fall: The Size & Vulnerability of the Fossil Fuel System – Report
The energy transition is disrupting the entire fossil fuel system, with profound consequences for financial markets and geopolitics. In this report we calculate the size
Inside Microsoft’s Mission to Go Carbon Negative – Bloomberg
Over the past four years, Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Corp.’s 37-year-old chief environmental officer, has dislocated and broken one shoulder, separated the other one, broken his
Banks told by EU to take Climate Change into account in lending – Bloomberg
European authorities have told banks for the first time to take account of environmental risks in lending decisions, ramping up pressure on the financial industry
The Other Fossils in the Boardroom – Bloomberg
The world’s largest banks have issued billions in loans to sustainable businesses and taken some steps to restrict funding for some of world’s worst polluters.