1.5C breach: We must lean further towards driving real world change
Investors react to Earth temperatures breaching 1.5C for the first time
Bank of England
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BoE bailout requires UK energy firms to have net-zero plans
Energy Markets Financing Scheme will also restrict shareholder payouts
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Earth Day: Climate crisis money trail leads to feet of investors
This year’s theme – investing in our planet – shows investment’s destruction of the planet thus far
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Crisis Talks with XR: ‘Ecocide law must trump enforced fossil fuel investment’
In the fourth video in this ESG Clarity series, climate activists including co-founder of XR and an ex-BP employee, look at how rules must be shaped to ensure a successful green transition
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How central banks are working towards green mandate
Fitch’s David Harper explores how central banks are handling their new roles in the climate transition
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ESG factors to make monetary policy predictions tougher
T. Rowe Price’s Quentin Fitzsimmons says to tackle climate change, central banks could make changes to bond-buying programmes
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Concerns around regulatory requirements for diversity data
Gresham House’s Rebecca Craddock-Taylor responds to regulators’ discussion paper on improving diversity in financial services
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UK regulators take action to boost diversity in financial sector
New paper suggests regulated reporting on diversity data, targets linked to remuneration and adjusted approaches to succession planning
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Fixed income outlook 2021: An expanding green market
2021 forecasts for green bonds, insurance and interest rates
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Social background report pans ‘dominant culture of middle classism’ in financial services
Report finds respondents from lower socio-economic backgrounds take 25% longer to progress despite no link between job performance
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Industry welcomes Chancellor’s UK green bond and mandatory TCFD
Rishi Sunak sets out three new measures to ‘ensure a positive and fair transition to net zero’ in the UK
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Carney: We need the whole economy to support transition to net-zero carbon
UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney says Covid-19 should remind corporates and investors about the importance of planning for a systemic risk