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This Week’s People Moves: BTPS Creates New Roles to Deliver 2035 Net Zero Strategy

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including BT Pension Scheme, Global Impact Investing Network, Fulcrum Asset Management, S&P Global Sustainable1 and JLL. Terence Nahar joins as Head of Investment Research and Emma Douglas as Senior Stewardship Analyst.

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The nuclear option

Corporate Knights

In a 2023 report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that to meet net-zero goals, electricity’s share of total energy demand needs to double between now and 2030 to accommodate the electrification of transportation, building heat, industrial processes, agriculture and information technology.

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BCG-Backed Venture Investor B Capital Announces Senior Appointments to Lead Climate Platform

ESG Today

The firm’s climate platform invests in and supports growth businesses working to achieve net zero targets. Recent climate tech investments include carbon credit market-focused startup Patch , and real estate decarbonization solutions provider Accacia. based sustainable investing team.

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Meet the women warrior accountants pushing the envelope on climate action

Corporate Knights

After receiving her designation as a chartered professional accountant (CPA) in 2013, Keyes entered the profession with one part trepidation, nine parts determination. We are one piece of a big puzzle,” she says, estimating that two-thirds of the investment required to achieve net-zero by 2050 will come from the private sector.

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

She co-chairs the firm’s working groups on net zero and biodiversity and has managed firmwide initiatives on climate scenario analysis, carbon offsets, and ESG education and training. He joined the Emerging Markets research team in 2013 after working as a credit analyst covering US high-yield energy credits at AB.

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Mandatory Disclosure Needed to Address “Persistent” GHG Reporting Gap

Chris Hall

Emissions reporting standards and frameworks, such as the sustainability disclosure platform CDP and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), are increasingly widely used to communicate corporates’ CO2 output, as well as investor-backed assessments such as the Net Zero Company Benchmark, conducted by Climate Action 100+.

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Starting to Adapt 

Chris Hall

Climate adaptation finance is also important for risk management of net zero assets, according to the UK’s Green Finance Institute.

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