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NBIM Divestments Driven by Social, Governance Risks

Chris Hall

More than half of divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) last year were the result of unacceptable social and governance-related risks. This can escalate action to voting, and, when necessary, resort to risk-based divestment. trillion in assets under management (AUM). trillion in assets under management (AUM).

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Investor Guidance Offers Steer on Uyghur Forced Labour

Chris Hall

The Investor Alliance for Human Rights (IAHR), together with Anti-Slavery International and Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, has released investor guidance on how to address Uyghur-linked human rights risks in the green technology supply chain.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

A decade of pressure on companies to report on and reduce their contribution to climate change has created something of a blueprint for investors to demand the same in terms of the separate but interconnected biodiversity crisis. Still, these particular investors weren’t satisfied. .

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Empowering Young Leaders to Solve the World’s Energy Challenges: Insights From Nine Business Case Studies Highlight Paths to a Sustainable Future

James Militzer

These young people have grown up under the shadow of climate change, and they rightly view it as a threat to their future. Tesla’s Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern (Published 4.22.2022) In its 2020 impact report , Tesla said, “None of our scrapped lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) go to landfills and 100% are recycled.”

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Fast-Food Firms Need to Manage Emissions, Water

Chris Hall

Supply-chain failings undermine progress on CO2 emissions and water, despite science-based targets. . Investors warn this lack of transparency in the animal-agriculture supply chain could undermine the efforts of food brands to tackle climate risk. . Widespread pressure on fast-food firms .

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The ESG Interview: Learn from the Past, Look to the Future

Chris Hall

McMurdo says it is critical that large institutional investors unite if they are to realise change. He says: “It’s harder to find [climate] transition plans that are aligned with Paris than it is to find ones that aren’t. Disputing divestment. And McMurdo’s caution about divestment is not limited to the energy sectors.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. For example, they can engage with their portfolio companies to support emission reduction targets in line with climate science.

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