Banking COP26 Divestment Net Zero 
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
For the leaders of the divestment movement, which encourages institutional investors to sell off their shares in fossil fuel companies, winning isn’t everything. But after a decade of determined lobbying, the divest side is suddenly doing a lot of winning. That tally, they noted, is bigger than the combined GDP of the U.S.
Chris Hall
MAY 3, 2022
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) says asset owners need to take a multi-pronged approach to climate engagement to ensure investee companies are decarbonising in line with their net zero portfolio targets. How are investors responding to slow progress on climate engagement?
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Chris Hall
MAY 13, 2022
Drawing on history, the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance said a financial revolution had been needed to support the industrial one, as fractional reserve banking and the gold standard helped to drive cross-border flows of goods and capital by providing increased maturity transformation and financial leverage. “To
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Engagement ring.
Richard Matthews
JANUARY 4, 2022
The letter also seeks a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a 50 percent target for electric vehicle sales by 2030, and a renewed commitment to international climate finance. The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2
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