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US takes lead on carbon capture
Investors are taking advantage of the US’s enabling policy environment to fund the emerging technology
Net Zero with Nawar - data driven investing
Monica Woodley and Nawar Alsaadi take stock of the deluge of climate data - what are the pieces of information that are financially material?
Morningstar’s Bioy: “Investors increasingly understand the need to finance transition companies”
Hortense Bioy, global director of Sustainability Research at Morningstar sat down with NZI editor Mona Dohle to examine why investors are turning from low carbon to energy transition funds and if the US elections could become a stumbling block on the road to net zero
NZI with Mona - Hortense Bioy
Hortense Bioy, global director of Sustainability Research at Morningstar sat down with NZI editor Mona Dohle to examine why investors are turning from low carbon to energy transition funds
Exxon’s case against activist shareholders highlights new stewardship challenges
Oil giant Exxon Mobil is taking its shareholders to court over their climate activist resolution for this year’s AGM. What are the implications for climate stewardship?
World on track to miss COP28 2030 renewables target
Renewable energy capacity needs to expand by a factor of three by 2030 but current policies might only take us to 2.5 research shows
Why we urgently need to reform investor compensation rules to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels
Anatole Boute, professor at the Chinese University Hong Kong specialising in Energy Law argues that current investor compensation rules do not yet accurately value the cost of the energy transition
CalPERS’ CEO pushes back on fossil fuel divestment calls
Marcie Frost highlights that CalPERS would be abandoning its fiduciary duty if it were to dispose of its fossil fuel holdings
Can Trump ruin Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act?
The possible re-election of Donald Trump is making investors think very carefully about their Inflation-Reduction-Act-related investments
‘Arms race’ for clean energy allocations intensifies as Biden’s IRA pulls ahead
In the race for investors' renewables capital, the EU, China and the U.S. have rolled out ambitious clean energy investment programs. Despite the various initiatives, industry insiders agree Biden's IRA is "a tough offering to match"
Exclusive - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli: ‘we cannot divest our way to net zero’
Thomas DiNapoli has been New York State Comptroller for more than 15 years, as the man in charge of a $258bn investment portfolio opens up to NZI about the pension fund's net zero investment strategy
Best of Net Zero Investor: 2023 interview highlights
As 2023 is drawing to a close, this end-of-year special takes a look at some of the conversations NZI had this year with net zero investment movers & shakers around the world
Nuclear renaissance: net-zero solution or dangerous gamble?
An increasing number of countries and investors warm to the idea of more nuclear power but uncertainty around its role in meeting net-zero targets has reinforced old divisions