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The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry
The Standard, developed by the PCAF Global Core Team, provides detailed methodological guidance to measure and disclose GHG emissions associated with six asset classes: listed equity and corporate bonds; business loans and unlisted equity; project finance; commercial real estate; mortgages; and motor vehicle loans.
Read moreSOTC: Sea Ice
Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. Blanketing millions of square kilometers, sea ice forms and melts with the polar seasons, affecting both human activity and biological habitat. In the Arctic, some sea ice persists year after year, whereas almost all Southern Ocean or Antarctic sea ice is “seasonal ice,” meaning […]
Read moreChapter Zero: A climate change boardroom toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for Chapter Zero, the directors’ climate forum, by The Berkeley Partnership working with the Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement in Cambridge. This toolkit has been deliberately designed to provide an accessible resource to be used and dipped in-and-out of, rather than as a detailed ‘academic’ document to be […]
Read moreICGN Global Stewardship Principles
The ICGN Global Stewardship Principles (Principles) set out ICGN’s view of current best practices in relation to investor stewardship obligations, policies, and processes. These Principles provide a framework to implement stewardship practices in fulfilling an investor’s fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries or clients. We encourage all ICGN investor members to endorse the Principles, and we consider […]
Read moreThe Goal 13 Impact Platform: Emerging Findings
The report investigates how companies are managing the transition to a low-carbon, resilient and valuable future, and highlights key learnings from the research so far, including company commitments, the drivers of change, key barriers and next steps.
Read more‘Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?”
A new legal analysis released by the Canada Climate Law Initiative “’Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?” finds that the CPP’s approach to managing the financial risks of climate change may not be consistent with the best interests of Canadian beneficiaries and contributors. […]
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