ESG Today

JANUARY 22, 2024

In a letter from the organization to ING Group Chair Steven van Rijswijk, Friends of the Earth argued that under Dutch law, companies have a “duty of care” obligation to not create dangers that can cause avoidable damage to people or property, which it says applies to climate change.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Supporting resilience and just transition are as important as climate mitigation, says Lihuan Zhou, Associate at the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Finance Center. Sustainable investing is a key part of curbing climate change, and the sector is showing some signs of progress. trillion from 2010-2019.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. These leaders understood the direct linkage between climate change and financial risk. On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

food sector have disclosed their climate transition strategies nor concrete actions to achieve them, despite increasing investor pressures and the growing threats of climate change. The Investor Guide to Climate Transition Plans in the U.S. None have published a climate transition plan.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 25, 2023

“By knocking down barriers that stand in the way of investment, we can spread the economic and health benefits of clean energy and gain ground in the battle against climate change.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

The initiative has emerged as one of the key organizations focused on aligning corporate environmental sustainability action with the global goals of addressing and limiting climate change. Last year, the initiative appointed its first CEO , Luiz Amaral.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Julie Segal, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, outlines the c hallenges and opportunities of the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c). Aligning investments with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, as required under Article 2.1(c)

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Ahead of COP28, over 125 businesses from across industries and regions call on national governments to address the primary cause of climate change: burning fossil fuels. I urge other companies to sign and show governments and heads of government going to COP28 that they support immediate and decisive climate action.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

—the world is not on track to meet its climate goals. The frequency of catastrophic heatwaves, flooding and droughts continues to have an increasingly deadly and devastating impact on all parts of society—including the global economy. The latest National Climate Assessment found the U.S.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Scott Tew, VP Sustainability: With the call to triple renewables deployment and transition energy systems away from fossil fuels, Dubai may be the most significant COP since the Paris Agreement in 2015. Is the agreement perfect? We are living through the fastest and most systemic overhaul of the global economy in human history.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

As global momentum builds behind transition planning, Mark Manning, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, makes the case for a systemic response to the challenges of climate change. Arguably, we need to be thinking about transition planning as a system response to the challenges of climate change.”

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

COP28 represents a critical, and perhaps the last opportunity for Parties and non-state actors to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5°C Consequently, investment portfolios may remain exposed to sustainability risks from climate change.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

“A call to transition energy systems away from fossil fuels—the first time oil and gas had been included in a COP agreement—won over those demanding strong action; but oil producers and developing countries were reassured by assertions that countries are free to follow their own paths to net zero,” Bloomberg News reports.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2022

It is heartening to see most corporate net-zero pledges clearly stating they don’t want to be left hanging, with words to the effect of “My organization makes this commitment with the expectation that governments will follow through on their own net-zero commitments to ensure that the goals of the Paris Agreement are met.”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 31, 2023

Creon Butler, Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme at think tank Chatham House, made a similar warning of a “probable sharp adjustment” this month , saying that “financial markets did not yet reflect climate risk” despite the clear severe economic and financial consequences of climate change.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2024

A growing body of research warns that the financial sector is underestimating the risks of Earth’s system tipping points – how should it respond? The gap between the science of climate change and the emerging tools aimed at helping the financial sector manage concomitant risks is the subject of intensifying debate.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 20, 2020

It's as if the penny hasn't dropped for the financial services industry that climate change is not only an increasingly disruptive environmental phenomenon, but a grave risk to the stability of the global economy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. Climate Change. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy. Sustainable Shipping. BusinessGreen.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

Ben McEwen, C limate A nalyst at Sarasin & Partners , outlines how capital markets continue to misprice climate -related risks due to the uncertainty involved in climate change analysis. Governments are increasingly waking up to what is at stake, making policy responses that force change a near inevitability.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Between the news media and the protests, it would have been easy to get the impression that this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, was all talk and no action. The conference brought forth a slew of good news and formal agreements to implement bolder climate action. on climate action.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 7, 2023

C objective of the Paris Agreement and supported the accelerated phase-out of fossil fuels , coupled with a rapid scaling up of clean energy. It’s clear that clean energy is the growth industry to invest in now to attract investors and talent, cut costs and build resilience in the global economy. C pathways.

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We Mean Business Coalition

MAY 19, 2023

The cost of climate change is rising at an alarming pace, with ripple effects being felt across communities and the global economy. Yet in the face of one of humanity’s greatest challenges – tackling and adapting to climate change – there is tremendous opportunity to be seized.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand , Head of ESG at AP7, explains how universal owner s can exert collaborative pressure to drive sustainable outcomes in the global economy. This, says Sydstrand, creates a “ripple effect” in the global economy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . Businesses around the world have set ambitious science-based targets , and are investing in climate solutions and disclosing progress toward reducing emissions. These measures are supported by 778 businesses representing US$2.7

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

The scientific community holds strongly recommends that the average global temperature increase must be limited to increase be limited to 1.5 °C C - 2° C compared to the pre-industrial era, to prevent the damaging effects of climate change. C to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

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Chris Hall

JULY 21, 2023

Supercharged weather – Global warming is “ supercharging ” extreme weather events, according to scientists, leading to a rise in their frequency and severity. Climate retreat – This week, HSBC Asset Management was called the “ only true steward of the global economy ” by Follow This (Founder?

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) successfully brought together climate experts, NGOs, and high-level government delegates to operationalize the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The development of the standard was led by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and IIGCC following an initial investor and company roundtable in November 2021 and took 18 months to develop, including a final consultation in May this year.

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2022

These are just a few of the nightmare scenarios evoked by UN Secretary General António Guterres following the publication in April of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate science. We’re on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5°C

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8

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Chris Hall

MAY 6, 2022

In addition, it now holds investments in “climate solutions/green revenues” worth 12 times that of its residual oil and gas exposure, amounting to almost £119 million across public and private markets. It excluded 467 companies from its portfolio, including 28 new exclusions based on climate change criteria.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We cannot separate the nature and climate crises. Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation are accelerated by climate change but also, in turn, exacerbate its impact. To delay action means deliberately ignoring our responsibility to limit global temperature rise and protect the planet’s fragile ecosystems.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

With the global economy heavily reliant on ocean health, a sustainable future is paramount. Changes in the ocean drive weather systems that influence both land and marine ecosystems. We can learn from the Paris Agreement process and move fast on ocean plastics.

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Sphera

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are taking hold. .

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Stewardship is widely considered one of the most effective tools in an asset owner’s toolbox to ensure companies are prioritising ESG-related issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change. . “ Plotting a path to Paris .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

As negotiations unfolded at the Bonn Climate Change Conference earlier this month, the politicisation of an existential and global threat was clear to see. What made negotiators’ incremental progress even more frustrating was that the squabbling was underpinned by the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

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