Industry
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TNFD Momentum Gathers After COP15
February 14, 2023Final beta version to follow on heels of agreement on Target 15 in new Global Biodiversity Framework.
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VCM Middlemen Urged to Come Clean
February 13, 2023Buyers and sellers in VCMs can reduce intermediaries' margins and ensure credits finance climate action by establishing registries and disclosing financial information.
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Advance Targets Inequalities Retreat
February 6, 2023PRI’s stewardship initiative looks to stimulate investor collaboration on human rights and social issues.
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NGO Calls on CA100+ to Show “Willingness to Act”
February 3, 2023Planned guidance for wider engagement themes and tweaks to the Net Zero Company Benchmark, but inconsistent voting records limiting intended impact.
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PRI Seeks End to ‘Box-ticking’ Approach to Stewardship
January 31, 2023Project aims to tackle “pervasive” under-resourcing, but asset owners must show they value stewardship via manager selection.
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NZAOA Broadens Protocol Scope, Includes Just Transition
January 31, 2023Despite deepening requirements for members and clarifying its position on carbon removals, the alliance has been challenged to do better by utilising sector-specific, Scope 3 data.
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Mining Sector Needs “Social Compass”
January 26, 2023Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative.
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Investors Seek to Turn the Tide on Water Risk
January 25, 2023Asset owners are embarking on major engagement campaigns to drive action on water risk due to investee companies undervaluing nature’s precious resource.
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Institutions Failing to Address Agri-Methane Emissions
January 24, 2023Lenders and investors must evolve GHG emissions reduction policies beyond the energy sector to achieve net zero in their portfolios.
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Fossil Fuel Links Hamper Canadian Pension Funds’ Climate Plans
January 20, 2023New scorecard marks pension schemes down on exclusion and engagement policies, amid calls for increased regulation of climate plans.
