5 March, 2018
Pension fund trustees could be forced to publish climate policy
The British government could introduce regulations requiring pension funds to have special investment policies on climate change or corporate governance. The news came in a letter to a committee of...
2 March, 2018
Core strengths: Katharina Latif, Allianz
A team of “crazy experts” preoccupied with what was once deemed an “ivory tower topic,” the climate and sustainability unit at German insurance giant All...
19 February, 2018
Heavy industry in EU faces steeper cuts to CO2 emissions
The European Parliament has passed a law to accelerate cuts in CO2 emissions by industries that are subject to the trading bloc’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). Under the scheme, European compan...
12 February, 2018
Investors to focus on boardroom skills and experience in 2018
Boardroom skills and experience will be the key issue for investors in 2018, according to new research. Morrow Sodali, the corporate governance consultants, found that 59% of investors consider s...
8 February, 2018
Investors’ fiduciary duty should ‘require’ attention to climate change
The UK's investment regulation should be reformed so that fiduciary duties for investors include a consideration of climate change and ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues. The call co...
5 February, 2018
EU lawmakers back plans for greater CO2 cuts in key sectors
The European Parliament’s environment committee has backed laws proposed by the European Commission for drastic CO2 emission cuts in the transport, farming, building and waste sectors. Emissions ...
15 January, 2018
MPs ask if voluntary climate-risk reporting recommendations are enough
An influential committee of MPs will this week begin an inquiry which will include whether climate-change-risk disclosure recommendations made by an international task force should be mandatory. Th...
12 December, 2017
Exxon bows to shareholder demands and agrees climate change report
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8 December, 2017
French investors tackle reporting on ESG with Article 173
Almost a third of French investors required to report on how environmental, social and governance issues are integrated into their portfolios have so far failed to do so. Research by
28 November, 2017
