Key takeaways from Climate Investment Summit: Global carbon pricing, offsetting and de-risking
Copenhagen conference brought together speakers from policy, industry, pensions and investments
Climate Change
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Deutsche Bank: $500bn by 2050 needed to counter rising sea levels
CIO says consider threats to investments and economy posed by increased sea levels and adapt portfolio strategies
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‘Focusing solely on reducing CO2 emissions is not enough’
Rize ETF co-founder digs into pollution, water and the loss of natural habitats for solutions to the world’s issues
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Best European banks for coal phase-out
ShareAction report names Crédit Agricole and Crédit Mutuel as outperformers but finds sector still lagging
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AGM trends: ‘Companies need to consider climate to avoid adverse publicity’
Greater scrutiny across all ESG factors as online meetings double over past year
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Green Dream with Los Angeles Capital’s Laina Draeger: Clients are asking us to decarbonise
Senior portfolio manager discusses quant models, client interest and the need for progress on social investment
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Most ESG and climate funds not Paris-aligned
InfluenceMap report findings will concern investors expecting outperformance on climate criteria
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Governments must incentivise the transition
Newton IM’s Parry says individuals and companies can’t achieve enough change alone
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Report prompts investment into $1.5m humanitarian project
Improved disclosures could help humanitarian projects move from grant-based to private sector funding
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Auditors must commit to calling out companies on climate
‘It is hard to think of a situation where a robustly independent audit is more vital to society than the climate crisis’
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Auditors must commit to calling out companies on climate
“It is hard to think of a situation where a robustly independent audit is more vital to society than the climate crisis.”
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Portfolios must play their part in reaching climate goals
EdenTree’s Patel says investors need to challenge their asset managers to report whether their portfolios are invested to meet the 1.5 degree target.