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Customer Logins27 June 2022 Amena Saiyid
KPMG auditors discuss the implications of the US SEC's proposed climate risk and ESG disclosure rules.
21 June 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
The Singapore Green Bond Framework is unveiled as the city state seeks to reinforce its role as the leading financial hub of Southeast Asia.
16 June 2022 Cristina Brooks
Hurdles remain for financing developing country transitions around the globe.
10 June 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Some market observers offer cautious welcome to the industry initiative for better integrity and transparency on the demand side.
07 June 2022 Amena Saiyid
The US SEC wants ESG-focused funds to disclose their carbon footprint and average weighted carbon intensity of their portfolios.
31 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
Vast majority of investors are shying away from setting climate-based targets for their portfolios.
30 May 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas wants to develop renewables, hydrogen, carbon capture, and “carbon-neutral” LNG businesses.
26 May 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Market veterans hope self-regulatory efforts can succeed, with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and Voluntary Carbon markets...
26 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
Chevron shareholders call for outside verification for company's estimates of methane emissions.
25 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
US SEC is taking a two-track approach through regulation and enforcement to tackle greenwashing claims by ESG funds.
25 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
ExxonMobil easily defeats proposals requiring Scope 3 GHG emissions reduction target.
19 May 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
UK-based nonprofit ShareAction takes aim at the major activist investor group in recent study.
17 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the ESG disclosure requirements are making Canadian oil costlier and riskier to produce than oil produced in...
13 May 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
The IFRS Foundation plans to publish a set of global ESG disclosure requirements that consolidate existing standards by year-end.
13 May 2022 Cristina Brooks
Finance sector move to ESG indexation may not be enough to reach emissions aims.
10 May 2022 Amena Saiyid
US Treasury Secretary Yellen said oil price strength is due to producers slowing down production, not the Biden administration's climate policies....
05 May 2022 Cristina Brooks
Major potentially grows offshore wind, EV, and blue and green hydrogen investment.
26 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
Developing countries that lack investment-grade ratings may lose out on private capital pledged for climate projects.
22 April 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Reclaim Finance says BlackRock embodies “hypocrisy,” while others suggest regulators may need to step in.
22 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
Analysis shows insurance firms are investing more in fossil fuels than clean energy technologies.
22 April 2022 Cristina Brooks
Legal battles have coincided with new emissions targets for the company.
21 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
Green bonds issued to finance climate and environmental projects enjoyed a banner year in 2021, but analysts say that may not carry over into...
13 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
US SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said US Supreme Court rulings support authority for mandating climate risk disclosures.
12 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
US insurance companies will join their counterparts in France, UK, and Switzerland in disclosing climate-related financial risks following TCFD...
11 April 2022 Amena Saiyid
ExxonMobil board's refusal to set a target for Scope 3 emissions is bucking a trend among oil majors.
11 April 2022 Kevin Adler Amena Saiyid
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to require public companies to identify climate risks and (for some) GHG emissions for the...
07 April 2022 Cristina Brooks
Offshore wind farms are seen as an investment opportunity for the fund.
06 April 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
UN launches expert group to examine non-state actors’ climate commitments; Climate Action 100+ completes second round of corporate assessments....
24 March 2022 Kevin Adler
Sustainability and green financing reached record levels in 2021, but much more is needed.
16 March 2022 Amena Saiyid
The path to global energy transition will be "messy and muddy" and won't happen overnight.
15 March 2022 Amena Saiyid
Most European banks including those with net-zero commitments are not disclosing climate-related financial risks satisfactorily.
14 March 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Challenges ahead in harmonizing green taxonomies and climate reporting standards as each country faces its own decarbonization challenges.
09 March 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Mercuria’s global head of environmental products, Enric Arderiu Serra, sees strong fundamentals for carbon markets amid global decarbonization...
09 March 2022 Cristina Brooks
Marine environments and "blue carbon" help to rebuild Columbian offset market.
03 March 2022 Amena Saiyid
US Treasury will continue its quest this year to identify federal regulatory gaps in climate-related insurance for communities most vulnerable...
25 February 2022 Cristina Brooks
Cleantech and fossil fuel investment ratio key to reaching Paris Agreement targets.
17 February 2022 Cristina Brooks
Certain green bonds may not be classified as green under new EU Taxonomy regulations.
16 February 2022 Amena Saiyid
Climate-savvy shareholders have nearly doubled the resolutions they filed a year ago to make companies more aware of the threats that climate...
16 February 2022 Cristina Brooks
Financial institutions need to be more strategic to align with global net-zero.
15 February 2022 Amena Saiyid
IHS Markit by CERAWeek will hold in-depth discussions with energy ministers, CEOs of established and startup companies, technology developers...
14 February 2022 Cristina Brooks
A new net-zero target is envisaged for energy product sales.
11 February 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Investors remain lukewarm to green sukuk despite strong growth in global green bond issuance.
09 February 2022 Kevin Adler
State-owned investors directed $22.7 billion in new investments towards green energy investments in 2021—more than triple the amount in 2020....
07 February 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
NewClimate Institute, Carbon Market Watch conclude some household names like Google and Amazon lack sufficient integrity in their decarbonization...
04 February 2022 Cristina Brooks
Taxonomy secures gas-fired power's role in energy transition and hydrogen market.
03 February 2022 Max Tingyao Lin
Sovereign issuers are out in droves as BlackRock gains exposure on various fronts.
27 January 2022 IHS Markit Energy Expert
A US startup is seeking to aid transparency and growth in voluntary carbon markets.
19 January 2022 Amena Saiyid
IHS Markit analysis shows global investment giant BlackRock holding the largest volume in green bonds dedicated to climate-risk reduction and...
22 December 2021 Amena Saiyid
Canada's first green bond will fund climate and environmental initiatives to help meet its net-zero commitments.
16 December 2021 Amena Saiyid
The guide by Network for Greening Financial Systems walks central banks through steps needed to incorporate climate risk into their core risk...
16 December 2021 Cristina Brooks
Proposals see gas sector players sharing networks in the long run.
03 December 2021 Amena Saiyid
The US Treasury's Federal Insurance Office could provide a systemic approach for assessing climate risk in vulnerable populations.
18 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
New York State is the first jurisdiction in the US to provide guidance to insurers on managing climate risk.
18 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
The US House of Representatives passed the FY2022 budget on 19 November, which includes the largest pool of clean energy incentives that will...
16 November 2021 Cristina Brooks
COP26 let countries skirt the sensitive issue of agricultural emissions.
10 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
At COP26, delegates from developing countries press for greater climate financing for adaptation.
09 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
Global insurance industry with UN backing is shoring up support for climate-vulnerable nations to assess climate risk.
09 November 2021 Cristina Brooks
Partnerships with foundations and the public sector may help close the green financing gap.
08 November 2021 Cristina Brooks
Shipping decarbonization efforts face multiple barriers.
08 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
Securing, accessing finance for climate adaptation projects in developing countries dominates 8 November COP26 conversations.
05 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
The Common Ground Taxonomy report provides a solid basis for other countries looking to harmonize their taxonomies for green investments.
04 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
A new SEC bulletin paves the way for shareholders to hold companies accountable for their GHG emissions.
03 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
Black Rock CEO injects a dose of reality into climate finance discussions at COP26.
03 November 2021 Amena Saiyid
Finance officials joined bankers and investors to announce new lines of funding for the net-zero transition.
03 November 2021 Max Tingyao Lin
But the development bank’s finance mechanism for low-carbon energy transition might need to be fine-tuned.
02 November 2021 Kevin Adler
COP26 participant nations promised new GHG reductions, and multilateral institutions promised new funding on 2 November.
27 October 2021 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Netherlands-based ABP, a major pension fund manager, will divest more than €15 billion of equity and debt investments in 80 oil, gas, and coal...
20 October 2021 Kevin Adler
The Biden administration unveiled a "roadmap" for raising disclosure and actions by companies about climate risk.
07 October 2021 Amena Saiyid
US Fed governor Lael Brainard shares the latest efforts of the central bank to understand and apply climate risk.
05 October 2021 Amena Saiyid
A climate stress test developed by New York Federal Reserve staff is an indication of the approach the US Federal Reserve Board could be adopting...
05 October 2021 Max Tingyao Lin
Beijing is moving to create a better ecosystem for Chinese green bonds amid global expansion of ESG funds.
04 October 2021 Amena Saiyid
London-based Blue Ocean Investment Partners describes itself as an independent pure ESG boutique firm that does not invest in companies that...
01 October 2021 Keiron Greenhalgh
Colombia becomes the first Latin American nation to issue a sovereign green bond in its local currency.
27 September 2021 Amena Saiyid
Multilateral development banks can leverage their AA and AAA credit ratings to help developing countries with financing clean energy projects....
21 September 2021 Amena Saiyid
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says loss of nature and climate change are two sides of same coin that need to be tackled.
17 September 2021 Jonny Goyal
Commercialization of pyrolysis technology for large-scale plastic chemical recycling is on the rise.
16 September 2021 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Most large corporate emitters have failed to disclose the effects of climate risks in their 2020 financial statements despite net-zero pledges...
16 September 2021 Amena Saiyid
IHS Markit analysis shows a surge in interest in the green bond market because of its explicit linkage to investment in climate-favorable projects....
13 September 2021 Cristina Brooks
Report finds banks' net-zero plans do not place absolute limits on fossil fuel investment.
10 September 2021 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Credit Suisse Sustainability, Research and Investment Solutions CEO discusses discusses climate risk disclosure and ESG landscape ahead of COP-26....
08 September 2021 Amena Saiyid
Egypt's president urges global community to step up green recovery financing for developing economies.
08 September 2021 Cristina Brooks
Water, power, and aid is needed to shore up a humanitarian crisis driven by climate change.
19 August 2021 Amena Saiyid
Switzerland joins the ranks of the nations that are mandating climate risk disclosure from publicly held companies.
18 August 2021 Cristina Brooks
Renewable energy contracts and flexibility markets need transparent accounting.
17 August 2021 Amena Saiyid
SEC Commissioner Elad Roisman wants a sector-specific climate disclosure rule that won't place undue burdens on companies with an insignificant...
12 August 2021 William Fleeson
Turkey could face over $900 million in CBAM-related export costs: Report
06 August 2021 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Activist investor group Follow This says it plans to ask ExxonMobil shareholders to back a resolution at the company's 2022 annual general meeting...
30 July 2021 William Fleeson
Amid rancor over Nord Stream 2, Ukraine could gain from clean energy funding.
28 July 2021 Amena Saiyid
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said investors, like sports fans, need metrics to make investment decisions, in this case, climate metrics.
27 July 2021 Amena Saiyid
Shareholder groups realize their lawsuit over the US SEC's rule change over submitting shareholder proposals won't be resolved in time for the...
13 July 2021 Kevin Adler
An analysis of action by the largest US corporations finds many are not lobbying for climate solutions, despite their emissions reductions promises....
12 July 2021 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Corporate GHGs emissions could exceed their share of the world's carbon budget in six years, warned global index provider MSCI.
06 July 2021 Amena Saiyid
Chinese financial regulators are requiring strict metrics for disclosing environmental compliance risks, but not mandating any reporting for...
01 July 2021 Amena Saiyid
Most of climate financing offered by multilateral banks is in the form of investment loans that need to be paid back, a challenge for low-income...
29 June 2021 Amena Saiyid
Banks fear potential liability from climate risk disclosures that are based on third-party data they cannot verify or control.
24 June 2021 Kevin Adler
IRENA and ACORE each released reports indicative of the cost-competitiveness for renewable power and the optimism that is generating.
23 June 2021 Amena Saiyid
Environmental groups says South Korean insurers' plans indicate a collapse of the country's "coal-insurer cartel."
10 June 2021 Amena Saiyid
Sustainable financing tied to performance targets are increasingly being used by energy companies that are committed to net-zero carbon goals...
09 June 2021 Kevin Adler
A new report from the International Energy Agency and World Bank says that clean energy investments in the developing world must rise by 7x to...
09 June 2021 Amena Saiyid
Private equity firms could do more to invest in low-carbon, clean energy technology than is the case now, according to a recent study.
08 June 2021 Kevin Adler
A $1.01-billion (€830 million) fund has been launched to curb GHG emissions from energy-intensive industrial production, mining, and agriculture...
03 June 2021 Kevin Adler
US financial services company Nasdaq said 1 June it had acquired a majority stake in Puro.earth, a Europe-based marketplace for carbon removal....
02 June 2021 Amena Saiyid
Engine No. 1 is able to place three of its four nominees on the ExxonMobil board.
28 May 2021 Cristina Brooks
World Bank task force report shares insights on standards for carbon pricing.
26 May 2021 Kevin Adler
New Zealand's parliament is considering legislation to make the nation the world's first to mandate climate-risk disclosure by large financial...
21 May 2021 Amena Saiyid
President Biden's latest order lays out a blueprint for how the federal government will include climate risk in the loans it offers and guarantees...
21 May 2021 Hanwei Wu
Singapore is positioning itself to be a hub for trading carbon credits generated from nature-based solutions by multinational firms.
13 May 2021 Kevin Adler
The Asian Development Bank pledges to end coal, oil, nuclear power plant investments and to add more scrutiny to gas plant financing.
11 May 2021 Amena Saiyid
Export credit agencies are coming under heightened scrutiny as countries establish policies to block construction and financing of fossil fuel...
10 May 2021 Keiron Greenhalgh
The International Finance Corporation inked its first certified green loan in Africa.
10 May 2021 William Fleeson
Australian bank Macquarie moves to quit coal by 2024
27 April 2021 Keiron Greenhalgh
Asia, Europe, and Oceania appear to be on track to reverse forest cover losses, but Africa and South America are still losing forest area.
26 April 2021 Keiron Greenhalgh
A 20-fold increase in the price of forest carbon offsets is needed to keep the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest safe from farmers and...
22 April 2021 Cristina Brooks
France, Germany, and the UK say finance is needed for states to adapt to climate challenges.
21 April 2021
The United Nations announced the launch of a global alliance that brings together all net-zero finance initiatives into one strategic forum...
19 April 2021 Amena Saiyid
A global bank standard-setting body finds a comprehensive systematic assessment of climate risk at central banks is absent.
16 April 2021 Kevin Adler
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock have each announced large new commitments to cleantech investments in the last...
13 April 2021 Bernadette Lee
Japanese bank MUFG is considering proposals in a climate resolution.
12 April 2021 Amena Saiyid
The US SEC is following through on plans to examine climate and related environmental impact disclosures that companies have filed to date.
01 April 2021 Amena Saiyid
The US Federal Reserve is studying the linkages between climate impacts and financial and economic risks across regions and sectors.
31 March 2021 Cristina Brooks
Property investment manager Nuveen commits to net-zero emissions targets for buildings.
29 March 2021 Amena Saiyid
Investment firms are eyeing opportunities to make money as companies transition to a net-zero economy.
18 March 2021
Markets will facilitate the move toward combatting climate change and in achieving net-zero emissions ...
17 March 2021 Kevin Adler
Chevron's advertising and social media statements about its environmental accomplishments and commitments have been challenged in a claim filed...
16 March 2021 Amena Saiyid
The US SEC is seeking to improve the quality of climate and ESG disclosures to help investors price risk and allocate capital.
11 March 2021 Kevin Adler
The US Department of Labor said it will not enforce two Trump-era rules that would have limited how investment advisors could consider corporate...
11 March 2021 Cristina Brooks
The UK’s Treasury is fulfilling a pledge to launch the nation’s first green sovereign bonds but it is not on track for net-zero.
05 March 2021 Keiron Greenhalgh
The rapid change underway in economies as a result of the energy transition is more than matched by investors’ willingness to bankroll it, perhaps...
05 March 2021
Cleantech investors heard loud-and-clear on Day Four of CERAWeek 2021 that the Biden administration will go big on supporting the energy transition....
04 March 2021 Amena Saiyid
Investors say climate-related investments affect the entire economy.
04 March 2021 Kevin Adler
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on 4 March the creation of a Climate and ESG Task Force to review corporate disclosures.
04 March 2021
Day three at the 2021 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference went deep on natural gas markets, but also gave space to a detailed series of discussions...
03 March 2021
For cleantech investors, Day Two at CERAWeek delivered updates on hydrogen and CCS, and the interest by oil companies in profits in carbon management....
02 March 2021
Cleantech investors participating in CERAWeek heard about the hydrogen "bubble," corporate emissions commitments, and more.
01 March 2021 Amena Saiyid
Acting SEC chairwoman said the goal is to reach basic consensus on principles and to use those to build metrics that are tailored to each jurisdiction's...
25 February 2021 Amena Saiyid
IHS Markit expects the SEC could issue its updated guidance on corporate climate risk as early as the third quarter of 2021.
23 February 2021 Karin Rives
BlackRock, the world's largest investment firm, upped the pressure on companies' energy transition planning in a letter to CEOs on 17 February....
19 February 2021 Kevin Adler
US investors seeking cleantech opportunities are funding special-purpose acquisition companies, but they run the risk of overheating the market....
18 February 2021 Cristina Brooks
EU member states' central banks and the European Central Bank (ECB), which controls the bloc’s monetary policy, have been asked to cut back on...
09 February 2021 Amena Saiyid
UN Secretary General António Guterres called on major economies to ramp up financing to help communities adapt to a changing climate and shift...
04 February 2021
The Asia Pacific region currently accounts for 43% of global CO2 emissions, and this figure could increase to 48% by 2030 if new efforts are...
28 January 2021 Karin Rives
Deeds instead of just words are becoming more important when it comes to the financial sector and climate risk.
25 January 2021 Kevin Adler
One of President Joe Biden's executive orders includes ordering a review of a policy that prohibits investment fiduciaries from considering ESG...
07 January 2021 Kevin Adler
ExxonMobil for the first time disclosed indirect emissions data resulting from the use of its refined products.
07 January 2021 Kevin Adler
Lack of standardization is hurting the use of voluntary carbon reduction credits.
02 December 2020
Five more companies joined Amazon's pledge to reach zero carbon emissions by 2040; now, 18 have made the commitment.
01 December 2020 Keiron Greenhalgh
A global alliance of financial institutions in mid-November launched a standard for measuring emissions related to the funds they and their peers...
22 November 2020 Kevin Adler
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is moving forward on creating standard definitions for green project criteria.
22 November 2020 Kevin Adler
The Transition Pathway Initiative released a study in October 2020 that finds few energy companies on track to meet Paris Agreement climate goals....
11 November 2020 Kevin Adler
JPMorgan Chase is pulling back on fossil fuel investments.
04 June 2020 Jonathan Shoham Alan Bullion
Global biological crop protection sales are now valued at around US$4 billion, out of a total crop protection market of $57 billion, up from...