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To Meet Net Zero, Prioritize ESG Laggards

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: On the heels of COP26, investors are not only thinking about the climate-related risks of companies within their portfolios, but they are also considering whether to make new investments or maintain existing investments in high-emitting companies or countries going forward. Engaging for Net Zero.

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. The sense of optimism at COP26 turned out to be short lived. “We Beast from the east.

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ICYMI, This is no Time to Hit the Brakes

Chris Hall

Events this week underlined calls for acceleration by GFANZ Co-chair Carney. To finance the sustainable revolution, we need to bring a faster net zero transition and reduced carbon leverage to the heart of our system,” he observed. Does this mean polluters’ net zero plans are now on the right track?

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Managers Promise Firm Engagement Across ESG Spectrum

Chris Hall

Aviva Investors expressly referred to divestment as a potential strategy to achieve these goals. But he said Blackrock would not pursue a divestment policy from fossil fuels, although the firm would allow clients to do so.

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Many of the communities dealing with this recent flooding have already had to deal with a range of cascading climate events in recent years. What are Australia’s stated net zero goals? Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

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