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IIGCC Offers Ratios to Track Portfolios’ Climate Impact

Chris Hall

New report provides guidance to asset owners on closing net zero investment gap. . Asset owners should track their contributions to climate change mitigation by calculating the green investment ratio of portfolios and assets, according to a recent report by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). .

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More than a Third of Public Companies Now Reporting Scope 3 Emissions: MSCI

ESG Today

For the report, the latest edition of the MSCI Net-Zero Tracker, MSCI assessed the climate change progress of companies within the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index (ACWI IMI), and included data from its “Implied Temperature Rise” metric. Click here to access the MSCI report.

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Japan Launches Inaugural $11 Billion Climate Transition Bond Offering

ESG Today

Japan has committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, with an interim 2030 goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030. billion) in climate transition bonds planned to be issued in the fiscal year starting April 2024. The government aims to issue the second tranche of the bonds on February 27, with JPY 1.4

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Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility

Envirotec Magazine

The trial will run for at least 12 months and will apparently be operational from July 2024. “The pilot builds on enfinium’s broader ambitions to lead an investment of up to £800 million in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) at its Ferrybridge 1 & 2 facilities, which together would capture over 1.2

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Delays Stoke Doubt Over UK Green Finance Policies

Chris Hall

There remains, however, much uncertainty about the new administration’s plans to bolster green investment flows and support the development of low-carbon power sources and energy efficiency initiatives. Structural reforms to energy market.

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UK Must “Harness the Power” of its Green Taxonomy – GTAG

Chris Hall

Levick also noted that the taxonomy could be employed via initiatives such as a net zero test, which the UK might apply to all its public investment decisions, utilising the taxonomy to evaluate whether investments align with the its definition of ‘green’.

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More Than a Pipe Dream?

Chris Hall

Green hydrogen has huge potential and multiple use cases, but cost concerns and operational risks linger. The world’s net zero future depends on introducing and upscaling clean technologies to neutralise and/or replace the hardest-to-abate CO2 emissions produced by carbon-intensive industries. achieve net zero by 2050.