Tackling the growing pressure to meet decarbonisation goals in private markets
Fund managers in various private market sectors share how the asset classes are approaching decarbonisation
Decarbonisation
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‘We need to accept pragmatic solutions’: Warning emergency climate action could be ‘uniquely destabilising’
Professor Myles Allen argued that climate has become a wedge political issue but ‘climate is too important to pick fights over’
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NZAOA expands asset class coverage and reaffirms 2030 targets
Net-Zero Asset Owner alliance launches ‘the most comprehensive’ Target-Setting Protocol yet
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Robeco to launch range of transition investing strategies
Asian Bond fund will change into a transition investing-ready vehicle
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Slow progress on companies’ net-zero trajectories despite narrowing disclosure gap
MSCI estimated companies are on track to burn through their global carbon budget for limiting temperature increases to 1.5C by July 2026
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Transition Plan Taskforce publishes final sector guidance
Transition planning seen as a ‘key tool’ to increase momentum for transition finance
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Green skills and energy bills: Hitting the UK’s net-zero emissions target starts at home
UKSIF’s CEO, James Alexander, says prioritising energy efficiency at home could unlock a greener future
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Time for asset managers to hold banks accountable for inconsistency in net-zero targets
Comes as HSBC publishes targets covering only 33% of facilitated emissions
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NewSpace Capital Q&A: Space infrastructure ‘is helping to solve every major challenge we face as a species’
CEO Bogdan Gogulan says there has been ‘a historic lack of growth capital’ in infrastructure projects set in space
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Number of FTSE 100 firms referencing Scope 3 jumps almost 30%
A study of ESG terminology mentioned in annual reports
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Red flags to look out for in corporate transition plans
There is currently no standardisation or enforcement and therefore a high risk of greenwashing, according to Reclaim Finance report
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Stafford Capital Q&A: We need to get to a point where companies pay for producing emissions
Chief executive says a mindset shift is occurring when it comes to sustainable investment