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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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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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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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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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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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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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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October 22, 2021
Left unabated, the global costs of climate inaction are equivalent to losing between 5 and 20% of global gross domestic product each year, now and forever. Achieving the goals of the …
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October 22, 2021
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a consultation covering UK pension schemes’ climate change reporting and stewardship duties.
In it, the DWP lays out rules and guidance for schemes …
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October 22, 2021
A group of US manufacturers are taking legal action in an effort to force the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to enact a Trump-era rule designed to restrict the influence …
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