Helping to cement a sustainable future
Cutting down cement emissions not only makes environmental sense, but it is also a compelling financial opportunity, writes Eric Pedersen
Emissions
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Northern Trust announces carbon credits blockchain platform
Institutional buyers have started to buy carbon credits for retirement portfolios
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SBTi’s failure to endorse carbon credits to address Scope 3 emissions ‘a missed opportunity’
The trend of companies leaving SBTi could ‘accelerate’ in the next 12 months
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Is AI a climate champion, challenge or culprit?
Matter’s Fuglsang highlights the increasing trade-offs between sustainability and tech investments
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Less than 10% of top oil and gas companies report Scope 3 emissions from their investments
Leads to discrepancies in investment portfolio carbon footprinting
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Over 75% of investors predict ‘disorderly’ transition
As Robeco found that investors allocate less funds to transitioning companies
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Aegon urges shareholders to take action over Shell’s ‘weakened’ sustainability plans
Hilkka Komulainen has called on fund managers to vote against climate transition plans at Shell’s AGM
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UK government’s ‘humiliating embarrassment’ after High Court ruling
High Court ruled the government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan ‘not credible’
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Four key ESG viewpoints for H2 2024
From re-thinking net zero to the re-emergence of a steady investment environment, managers share their outlooks for the second half of the year
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Green Dream with Castlefield’s McMahon: We have been exercising our right to vote against sustainability committees
Ita McMahon discusses engagement progress, training for the anti-greenwashing rule and more sophisticated conversations with clients
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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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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