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US House Judiciary demands data from CA100+ members

August 9th, 2024


The Republican heads of the US Judiciary Committee have written to over 130 companies demanding information on their Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) membership.

The letters, which described the …

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Transition Plan Taskforce publishes final set of resources

April 11th, 2024


The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has launched its final sector guidance to help companies and financial institutions to develop their transition plans.

The resources include sector-specific transition plan guidance …

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Climate change

SEC delays climate disclosure rules 

December 12th, 2023


The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed the expected adoption of its final climate disclosure rules until April 2024.

The US regulator released its Fall 2023 Reg Flex Agenda, which …

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UK government threatened with legal action after weakening net zero policy 

September 29th, 2023


The Good Law Project (GLP) has threatened to legally challenge the UK government over backsliding on net zero policies.

The organisation’s warning follows the announcement …

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US Treasury release net-zero principles for financial institutions

September 22nd, 2023


The US Treasury has published a set of voluntary principles for net-zero financing and investment, highlighting the best practices for financial institutions.

Its nine principles highlight the importance of …

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UN calls for accelerated action in implementing the Paris Agreement 

September 15th, 2023


Ambition and implementation of the Paris Agreement must accelerate rapidly, according to the UN’s five-yearly global stocktake designed to assess the global response to the climate …

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CalSTRS votes against 2,035 boards for inadequate climate risk disclosures 

August 18th, 2023


The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) escalated its efforts to hold global companies to account after they did not provide sufficient climate risk disclosures to …

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Adani pays the price for financing fossil fuels 

February 22, 2023


More investors sell their shares in Adani Group as the firm continues to use green money to finance one of the world’s largest coal mines. 

On February 10, …

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COP27: EU doubles down on climate ambitions


November 18, 2022

The European Union has told world leaders at the COP27 summit it plans to update its already ambitious emissions-cutting target over the coming year.

The 27-country bloc’s upgraded mission statement …

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Norway’s oil fund needs to “catch up” with ethical norms

ShareAction: Banks financing oil & gas production despite net-zero pledges


February 18, 2022

European banks are continuing to finance the expansion of oil & gas production despite making net-zero commitments, according to sustainability campaign group ShareAction.

Its data shows that …

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