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WEBNZI with Mona - COP29: focus on climate lobbying. Ahead of the COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan, NZI editor Mona Dohle sits down with Ed Collins director of the Lobby Map programme at the thinktank InfluenceMap and Adam Gillet, climate lead at Railpen and a member of NZI’s editorial steering committee to discuss how asset owners approach climate lobbying.
NZIF 2.0: new asset classes, focus on real world impact
WEBJun 24, 2024 · NZIF 2.0 consolidates best practices from three years of implementation into over 40 potential actions for investors, making risk and return considerations more accessible and coherent. Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of IIGCC, remarked, "Based on three years of practical experience, NZIF 2.0 incorporates the …
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WEB3 days ago · CETP countries cut fossil finance, but clean energy funding gaps persist. Countries that have signed the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) have made significant progress in cutting their funding for fossil fuels, but they are still falling short on green energy investments, new research shows
Aggressive decarbonisation key to preventing stock market write …
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Using methods that jointly estimate effects of both transition and physical risks, they find that the aggressiveness of abatement, is a key determinant of valuation shocks. “If we abate little, physical damages are, naturally, much larger, and dominate the transition costs. So, ‘when it really matters’, physical damages are more important ...
NZAOA members commit to setting climate targets for private …
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Under the latest protocol, all NZAOA members are required to set the next round of five-year targets, which will cover the period 2025-2030. Members will target a 40 to 60% greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, compared to 2019, in line with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report estimates, the NZAO explained.
Ambition and ambivalence: the story of corporate transition plans
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Ambition and ambivalence: the story of corporate transition plans. Nico Fettes, climate research director at sustainability data provider Clarity AI casts a critical eye on corporate climate transition plans. No one ever said that decarbonisation would be simple, let alone easy. Perhaps then, being generous, we …
Private equity’s carbon footprint exceeds global aviation industry
WEB4 days ago · The report found that last year alone, the 21 private equity firms in question were responsible for more than one giga tonne of emissions, exceeding the carbon footprint of the global aviation industry (as of 2019), it is also over three times as much as from the energy used to power all the homes in America, researchers said.
Why are asset owners opting for climate investments in private …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Capital allocations to climate solutions are on the rise. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), recently expanded its $100bn climate solutions investment strategies – one of the world’s largest of its kind - by an additional $9.7bn in committed capital. Across the Atlantic, the UK’s Border …
“Not financially material” BlackRock and Vanguard’s support for …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · With $10trn and $9trn in assets respectively, BlackRock and Vanguard remain by far the largest institutional asset managers globally. As the largest shareholders in most of the world’s listed firms, their voting patterns send an important stewardship signal to asset owners, many of whom are invested in their funds.
Climate investors turn towards transition funds - Net Zero Investor
WEBNov 3, 2023 · The shift towards climate transition strategies suggests that many investors are open to choosing funds that might have a higher carbon footprint, in order to achieve greater real world impact in tackling climate change.