Environmental factors top list of investor priorities

One of the largest fund managers in Europe is pressing all companies in which it invests to employ the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework to help boost their climate risk efforts.

The move is being seen as a …

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coal, Industrial companies largely ignoring climate risks

Industrial companies largely ignoring climate risks

The world’s largest industrial companies have been warned they have been “too slow” in curbing their carbon emissions.

The warning comes as a major report reveals less than a fifth of these high-emitting corporations

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Nearly nine in 10 investment professionals doubt that climate risks are being correctly priced into company valuations, a major poll reveals.

The survey, conducted by the prominent Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), found an overwhelming 87% of respondents do not …

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Stewardship moves beyond box ticking

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a new UK Stewardship Code which is due to come into effect on 1 January 2020.

The revised Code has set a higher standard for how money is …

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FCA

The UK’s financial regulator has published its long-awaited proposals to tackle inadequate climate change disclosures by firms.

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals follow feedback from stakeholders to its October 2018 discussion paper on climate change and green finance.

Its …

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Environmental groups take aim at US corporates

Eleven of the world’s leading environmental groups have written an impassioned open letter imploring America’s big corporates to step up their climate change efforts.

The letter, published in the New York Times, urged …

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Fed claims climate risks

Fed claims climate risks are outside of current scope

The warnings have been coming thick and fast. From the world’s central banks, to leading academics and regulators – many believe the global financial system faces a serious and potentially catastrophic

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BlackRock ups the pressure on Exxon Mobil

Prosecutors allege Exxon pressured witnesses in climate case

US prosecutors have accused Exxon Mobil of harassing investors and intermediaries in the lead up to a forthcoming court battle over whether the energy giant deliberately misled people on the cost of …

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