Toyota AGM: shareholders reject climate lobbying resolution
Investors remain concerned about the company’s political footprint.
Paris Alignment
Blueprints with fine prints: 2030 targets and renewables deployment
Many countries have adopted bold interim targets for the next decade. But do investment outcomes align with political ambition?
Bonn: five potential COP29 agenda items for investors to watch
The German city of Bonn hosts SB60, the 60th meeting of UN subsidiary bodies, which will set the agenda for the 2024 COP29 summit this week. Here are five key topics for investors to watch
Money talks: investors turn their focus to fossil fuel funders
With the AGM season drawing to a close, Net Zero Investor assesses how investors have switched their engagement focus from oil firms to banks
BNP Paribas ceases underwriting of coal and gas bonds
French lender BNP Paribas has effectively ceased to participate in the issuance of bonds by the oil and gas sector, the bank confirmed at its AGM this week, in one of the most drastic pushbacks to fossil fuel lending so far
Climate lobbying: an emerging proxy battleground
Corporate lobbying against climate policies has become a key agenda item this AGM season, with nearly half of all PACCAR investors demanding more transparency
Does Norway’s sovereign wealth fund have a coal secret?
New research from the Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance says the fund has $18 bn invested in coal
Asset owners call out Shell’s LNG expansion plans
Oil giant Shell is putting Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) at the heart of its expansion plans but ahead of its AGM, asset owners warn it is failing to meet Paris targets
CalPERS’ Cohen takes lead of Climate Action 100+ governing committee
Michael Cohen, chief operating investment officer of the at $462.8bn US pension fund CalPERS has been appointed as chair of the Steering Committee for the investor coalition Climate Action 100+
Carbon credits in the spotlight of SBTi row
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is embroiled in a row over carbon credits, with some staff calling on their CEO to resign
Research spotlight: how are major oil and gas firms scoring on transition planning?
Some of the world’s largest listed oil and gas firms have come under fire for insufficiently preparing for the energy transition. Research reveals significant divergence between firms, who are the leaders and laggards?
NZI with Nawar- the asset owner- manager relationship
Net Zero with Nawar - Nawar Al'Saadi and Atharva Deshmukh, head of Research at Net Zero Investor examine the changing relationship between asset owners and managers.