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Singapore Central Bank Guides Investors, Banks to Avoid Divestment Approach to Net Zero

ESG Today

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the central bank and financial regulator of Singapore, announced today the issuance of a set of consultation papers with proposed guidelines on net zero transition planning for financial institutions, including banks, insurers and asset managers.

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Is one of Canada’s largest pension funds quietly divesting from fossil fuels?

Corporate Knights

The sale marks the third time in the last year that OMERS has divested a major fossil fuel asset. . As pension plan members, we’ve been asking OMERS to either demonstrate how its fossil fuel assets have credible decarbonization pathways or divest them. And OMERS might finally be listening. . appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

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 They can also divest from high-emitting industries such as thermal coal production. trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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GFANZ Launches Consultation on Transition Finance Strategies and Measuring the Impact on Emissions

3BL Media

Originally posted on GFANZ on September 19, 2023 The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Secretariat today launched a consultation on its work to further refine the definitions of its transition finance strategies and support financial institutions to forecast the impact of these strategies on reducing emissions.

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NZAOA Calls on Politicians to Accelerate Climate Policy Reform

Chris Hall

The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has called on governments to swiftly implement and intensify climate-related policy that facilitates capital flow towards the net zero transition. C no/low overshoot scenarios to set the ambition level for sub-portfolio and sector targets. At the global level, IPCC 1.5°C

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The “Ripple Effect” of Universal Ownership

Chris Hall

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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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

Despite the precariousness of the pathway to net zero, COP26 generated a renewed sense of urgency and optimism as to how to support emerging markets and deal with heavy greenhouse gas emitters. That does not mean divesting to ensure the portfolio looks good in the quarterly report.

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