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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2 Globally, managers with more than US$50 trillion have made net zero commitments via the Net Zero Asset Managers’ initiative. Climate change was also the most important ESG issue for asset managers, addressed across US$3.4

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Take Five: Immediately and Gradually

Chris Hall

As Europe heads for an uncertain winter , the fossil fuel sector is piling it on black, with coal firms planning to increase thermal coal production by a third, OPEC+ hiking oil prices with a new production cut and the UK putting its net zero targets in jeopardy by offering new oil and gas licences.

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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

Every company and every industry will be transformed by the transition to a net zero world.”. More than 1,000 companies have now committed to a net-zero-emission target in line with a 1.5°C To date, financial firms have pledged that more than US$130 trillion of assets will be net-zero by 2050. Source: CK) 1.

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