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Aegon AM Appoints Anne Scott as Global Climate Solutions Lead

ESG Today

In her new role, Scott will join Aegon’s global fixed income team, supporting its efforts in climate solutions, promoting the firm’s climate transition approach, and helping ensure the consistency and delivery of its’ climate research process.

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CDP to Integrate IFRS’ Climate Disclosure Standard

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation announced today that CDP will incorporate the IFRS’ new climate-related disclosure standard into its environmental disclosure platform.

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Guest Post: Climate Risks To Financial Performance Are Hugely Under-estimated

ESG Today

Despite growing corporate concern about climate change, firms do not have access to the information and skills needed to understand and act on climate risk. Firms underestimate climate risks Climate change impacts are already noticeable throughout the global economy.

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

3BL Media

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015) where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into this year’s landmark developments and future prospects.

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CDP Adds Reporting on Plastic-Related Impact and Risks to Disclosure System

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the launch of the ability for companies to report on plastic-related impacts, following demand from investors for more information on companies’ plastic-related risk and exposure.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

Our goal is to take this 'whole-of-government' approach and turn it into a 'whole-of-economy' approach. Delivering those contributions will require bold and urgent action — nothing less than transforming important sectors of the global economy, especially when it comes to how we generate power and move people and goods.