Finance
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Can the finance industry really make a difference in the fight against global warming?
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Companies pressed by recruits and investors pay for environmental credentials
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The focus is on `scalable solutions’ such as electric vehicles, plant-based food, health care and other clean-energy companies.
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The man who helped start a fossil-fuel giant is now investing in a timber mill that he says can be part of the fight against climate change.
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Most asset owners joining groups that pledge to reduce carbon footprints aren’t directly voting on climate resolutions.
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How to attract a larger swath of individual participants is the sector’s next big hurdle.
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Developing countries often struggle to be heard because of the uneven power dynamic that underpins negotiations
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It’s not just the moral imperative of dumping fossil-fuel producers anymore. Now it’s a matter of financial health.
![Investors Worth $10 Trillion Say Carbon May Hinder Profits](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220102194224im_/https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9Bkl2fekr8s/v0/197x131.jpg)
The Sunion is a publication brought by some solar industry veterans who want more people to understand their confusing, complicated, wonderful work
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Some of the world’s most influential investors have turned a corner in sustainable finance, survey shows.
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Saudi plans to raise billions of dollars in coming months as environmental, social and governance investors seek more details about planned issuance.
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The time may have arrived to invest in companies doing everything from upgrading electrical grids to developing weather-resistant building materials.
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The investor’s venture-capital portfolio jumped 102% in 2020, powered by battery-maker QuantumScape
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Even as countries fought bitter battles over how to tackle climate change, they signaled a clear alignment on the need to cut emissions fast.
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Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are critical to the nation’s 2070 goal, but a massive reliance on fossil fuels casts doubt on their green ambitions.
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Ten years ago, developing oil and gas projects was about the same as renewable endeavors. Not anymore.
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Proposals at the COP26 summit argue that rich countries should give more money to developing nations so that it's less risky for private institutions to invest
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Science Based Targets initiative aims to find a consensus on developing an industry standard.
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The former central banker is about to take center stage at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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A new group would let countries make targeted donations; it aims to attract 10 times the initial investment
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Science Based Targets initiative will provide independent assessment of whether corporate climate plans align with Paris agreement goals
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Equinor and TotalEnergies have top rankings and are doing great. Exxon and Chevron, not as much.
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Harvard and Microsoft also are partners in Generation’s new asset-management venture.
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ABP announces divestment plan as investors with $39 trillion prepare to offload fossil fuels
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JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America have earned the most fees from the oil, gas and coal industries.
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The plan includes a climate-related analysis of stocks, corporate bonds and real estate investments.
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The Transition Pathway Initiative was set up in 2017 to measure the pace of corporate decarbonization.
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Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector are set to rebound 4% across the world’s major economies this year
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About $2 trillion of investment funds have already been impacted by the new European regulation known as SFDR.
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Over half of the companies surveyed by Boston Consulting Group acknowledged an error rate of as much as 40%.
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Britain will require vast amounts of private funding to live up to its pledge on biodiversity.
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