PAAO progress report highlights value of commitment over quick fixes
Prolonged engagement activities must run parallel to decisive action, inaugural progress report from asset owner body urges.
Tom Higgins
Steering the future of ESG data coherence
Making sense of the data on net zero is crucial to achieving long-term goals, but investors have to overcome the challenge of how to create uniformity and accessibility.
Incentivise investment with robust carbon trading regulation, IIGCC says
Talks are ongoing on how best to implement the EU’s tandem Emissions Trading System and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Factoring in the net-zero consumer
HSBC’s rebuke by the UK’s advertising regulator highlights how the relationship between consumers and asset managers must change.
Attorneys general issue ‘anti-ESG’ demands to big six US banks
The banks have been ordered to disclose UN climate initiative membership details amid growing Republican attacks on ESG investing.
New Zealand’s farming emissions levy can bring a ‘win-win’ to economy and environment
Investors are already baking in the upcoming emissions pricing policy into acquisition deals.
Renewable energy revenue cap fails to win over industry or investors
UK government proposal has left energy providers ‘deeply worried’ and investors looking to Europe.
Climate progress undermined by lack of action plans, warns CA100+
The investor engagement initiative said companies are lacking credible strategies to achieve net-zero goals.
Norway’s $1.19trn fund issues three-year climate action plan
Sovereign pension fund executives say they need to see tangible evidence at company level of action being taken.
Carney: carbon-intensive sectors at risk of searching ‘the shadows’ for capital
The UN special envoy said the move from voluntary to mandatory reporting was well underway.
COP27: A chance to overcome the shortcomings of Glasgow?
Environmental and investor attention turns to Egypt, but the failures of last year’s COP26 still linger.
Princeton endowment to divest from fossil fuel companies
The university’s $37.7bn endowment fund seeks to reduce the impact of fossil fuels on its investment strategy.
Deforestation and its role in net zero
As the business risks of deforestation become more apparent, policymakers are tightening demands on both companies and investors.
California signs sweeping climate policy package
Governor Gavin Newsom’s measures include a target to achieve carbon neutrality as a state by 2045.
Gas infrastructure spending in Asia risks net zero and investors alike
Markets in Asia are maintaining spending on gas infrastructure, cementing the fossil fuel’s place in domestic power grids for decades to come.
US oil states face trillion-dollar bill over ARO delay
‘Very few’ oil and gas companies are doing enough to meet fossil fuel asset retirement obligations.
The net-zero approach to steel making
Going green is essential for the steel industry’s decarbonisation efforts.
Is water a risk for net-zero investors?
With water-related catastrophes grabbing global headlines, the role investors can play in water infrastructure products is rising in prominence.
Profile: In conversation with Federated Hermes’ head of infrastructure
Perry Noble, lawyer turned infrastructure investor, says the drive towards net zero is as much about transitioning behaviours and conversations as it is about finding the latest investment opportunity.
Could Asia become the CCS capital of the world?
Carbon capture and storage is a key tool in helping countries meet their net-zero commitments, and the range of opportunities in Asia could draw interest from institutional investors.