Rishi Sunak, TCFD, FCA, Announcement

FCA launches TCFD rule consultation


November 19, 2021

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published plans for climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies.

As announced by UK chancellor Rishi Sunak at the COP26 conference earlier this month, the rules will …

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COP26

Race to the finish at COP26


12 November, 2021


Minerva is launching a stakeholder survey for our clients and the wider investment community about their individual climate stewardship preferences. The survey is supported by Minerva’s latest Briefing – Climate Stewardship …

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COVID-19 Capital and Pay Response

UK launches ambitious net zero financial centre


12 November, 2021

The UK government has set a plan to become a leading global “net zero-aligned financial centre”, with aims to establish rules and financing for ambitious climate-related projects.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak …

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Deforestation

Biodiversity to the fore as billions pledged to fight deforestation


12 November, 2021

Financial institutions and world leaders pledged to curb deforestation as part of wider efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change announced at the COP26 conference …

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COP26

COP 26: the biggest investment shift, ever


November 5, 2021

This week at COP 26 saw a flurry of landmark achievements for greening the finance sector. The UK has delivered on its promise to make finance one of the core …

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UK to turn TCFD reporting into law


October 19, 2021

The UK government has announced plans to make climate reporting a legal requirement for more than 1,300 publicly traded companies ahead of COP 26.

The government announced last week that …

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Wind farm, climate, assets, green, investing, gobal

Half of global assets now back climate action


October 29, 2021

Investors with more than $52 trillion in assets under management have signed a statement to governments calling for urgent measures to end fossil fuel subsidies, phase out thermal coal-based …

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Sustainable securities lending: A letter to asset owners

The Global Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending (Global PSSL) Founder and CEO, Radek Stech, calls on asset owners to consider the impact of their securities lending practices and introduces what it means

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Science Based Targets Initiative launches net-zero standard for corporates

AstraZeneca joins the growing number of companies to have emissions targets certified


The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has launched a corporate standard for assessing and achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

The …

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Board Gender Diversity in Europe

October 22, 2021

In the next article in Minerva’s Australia peak season preview series, we look at the issue of board diversity. 

The fourth edition of the Australian Stock Exchange’s Corporate Governance Principles strengthened its recommendations around board diversity. 

An …

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