ClimateCare and Natural Capital Partners merge to form a leading Voluntary Carbon Market organisation. This combination brings together an unrivalled corporate client base with industry-leading project development capabilities and growth capital, to scale the ambition to reduce emissions and transform the global economy Two of the most well respected and experienced organisations operating in the […]
The federal cabinet adopted the first German Sustainable Finance Strategy. The goal of the strategy is to mobilise investments that are urgently needed for climate action and sustainability while also addressing the climate risks that are increasingly relevant to the financial system. Germany’s Sustainable Finance Strategy is setting a new course in the financial system […]
This Study Case: Sveriges Riksbank’s climate strategy, is an extract of the recent conversation between Anna Breman Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank and the NGFS, with the all supportive documents. The key elements of the Sveriges Riksbank’s climate strategy and how it fits into the broader national strategy in your jurisdiction? The Riksbank’s primary objective is […]
Ahead of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on May 22, BNP Paribas and 16 other French companies with an international footprint, confirm their mobilization in favor of better preservation of biodiversity and join 27 other companies already engaged in 2020 in act4nature international. The preservation of biodiversity is one of the main challenges of […]
The Beta version of the Climate Impact Management System by 2DII’s Evidence for Impact Program and ADEME, aims to help financial institutions design scientifically sound climate impact strategies and is now open for consultation The Climate Impact Management System Recently, there has been a surge in financial sector initiatives focused on climate-related targets or strategies, with […]
The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action hosted a stakeholder dialogue with the Convention of Biological Diversity Secretariat While the financial sector is getting familiar with the Paris agreement targets to reduce carbon emission and achieve a neutral economy, biodiversity targets remain less renown. There are protocols under the Convention on Biological Diversity treaty […]
Financial institutions underreport their GHG emissions and underestimate the climate risks according to the last survey of the CDP – Time to Green Finance. Underreporting GHG Emissions The GHG emissions associated with financial institutions’ investing, lending and underwriting activities are on average over 700 times higher than their direct emissions, according to the latest report […]
The PRI has researched how beneficiary preferences have been understood to date and how PRI signatories seek to improve their understanding of this topic. Understanding beneficiaries’ ESG and sustainability preferences is of increasing importance to asset owners. The UN PRI organization which seek to help asset owners learn about and incorporate beneficiary preferences, a fundamental […]
New US and Japanese 2030 emissions reduction goals accelerate the global race to attract investment in net zero emissions industries and infrastructure The global race to attract private capital investment into net zero emissions industries and infrastructure has accelerated after President Biden committed the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 per cent […]
The latest publication of the electricity sector analysis by Carbone4 Carbone4 takes stock of the Electricity Sector and publishes its latest summary note of the results of the analysis campaign of around one hundred companies in the electricity sector. The analyzes were carried out using the Carbon Impact Analytics (CIA) method, which aims to measure […]
