News today that 2016 has been the hottest year on record has underlined the importance of climate risks in Britain. Commenting on the publication of the...
The FSB’s Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures today published their recommendations for how companies and financial institutions should disclose information about climate risks, reacting to the...
Crisis of accountability as 1000 pension and retirement funds ignore member letters on AGM vote. Many of the world’s biggest investors breached their responsible investment commitments...
Proposals launched to ensure transparency, support climate policy and aid investors. Hot on the heels of a historic climate deal in Paris the Carbon Tracker Initiative and...
Nestlé-owned coffee brand Nespresso has announced it wants to invest CHF500 million (£330m) over the next six years into a programme to create “significant benefits for...
The impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and floods, are increasingly threatening the operations of the US’s biggest companies, a...
Fifty institutional investors from the Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have written to the Bank of America, urging it to disclose its climate risks and...
Global investment in renewable energy fell for the second year in a row in 2013, with green investment in Europe down by 41%, new figures have...
FirstEnergy, one of the largest investor-owned electricity suppliers in the US, has agreed to assess its carbon emissions, after shareholders asked the company to become more...
Christiana Figueres has said that global investment in renewables and energy efficiency needs to rise from $300 billion a year to $1 trillion by 2030, in...
A new study has accused investment funds of failing to manage climate risks properly, subsequently exposing investors to potentially huge losses in the future. The Global...
Pension funds need to go further in avoiding the financial risks posed by climate change which directly affect their savers and investors, according to a major...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose huge risks to investors, so mitigation strategies are necessary to avoid future losses, according to a report by a...