All Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) articles
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NewsIndex investors should pay managers a ‘separate fee’ for climate engagement
The use of index funds and ETFs continues to rise, being estimated to account for 43.5% of global long-term assets in 2024
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NewsInvestors warned of misleading carbon intensity metrics in oil and gas sector
Transition Pathway Initiative is urging investors to question carbon-intensity calculations, warning they could inflate a firm’s net zero progress
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NewsIIGCC launches climate resilience framework consultation
The framework aims to help investors mitigate potential financial losses from climate impacts while leveraging sustainability and resilience opportunities
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NewsBrunel’s Ward to help steer UK Transition Finance Council
Faith Ward hopes new body will ‘deliver tangible progress in enabling transition finance for the UK, and globally’
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NewsFRC defends changes to UK Stewardship Code definition
Signatory pushback has focused on the proposals to drop explicit references to ‘environment and society’ from the Code
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NewsPeople moves: People’s Partnership appoints deputy CIO
Plus: Faith Ward is reappointed as IIGCC chair; MFS adds to Germany team
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AnalysisCOP29: Moderate success, but investors still await clear signals
PKA’s CEO sees momentum building on public-private partnerships, however
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NewsCOP16: Nature Action 100 releases inaugural corporate assessments
The benchmark represents a snapshot of corporate action in key sectors to reverse nature and biodiversity loss by 2030
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NewsOver 70 investors left climate engagement group, CA100+ reveals
CA100+ confirmed that most of 45 out of 71 exiting investors were US-based voluntarily withdrawing from the group
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NewsAsset owners urge managers to rethink sustainability to avoid emerging market divestment
By 2050, six of the seven largest economies in the world are projected to be emerging markets and developing economies, says WBA
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NewsLPFA appoints Minerva to help strengthen its stewardship role
Minerva will develop a bespoke voting policy for LPFA that aligns with the fund’s net zero objectives and targets
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NewsIIGCC finalises materiality-based Scope 3 guidance for investors
Guidance recommends investors approach scope 3 with materiality and transparency in mind, and be cautious about aggregation
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NewsDenmark’s PKA quits Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Pension fund manager says it decided to focus on IIGCC instead, ‘maximising the impact of our resources and efforts’ on climate and biodiversity
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NewsInvestors target banks over deforestation, policymakers over AMR
Investors have formulated asks of banks and policymakers in initiatives seeking to drive progress on deforestation and antimicrobial resistance
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Why and how investors can tackle deforestation by engaging banks
Banks are uniquely placed to tackle deforestation via their financing decisions and engagements, says IIGCC CEO Stephanie Pfeifer
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NewsInvestors encouraged to push proxy advisers on climate issues
Investor group statement comes a year after the group urged the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to step up on climate proxy voting advice.
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NewsIIGCC urges FRC to clarify climate engagement position
The IIGCC has warned the FRC’s changes to the Code risks framing collaborative engagement and escalation as “tools of last resort”.
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NewsInvestor bodies urge new UK PM to ‘seize opportunities’ of net-zero transition
The IIGCC, UKSIF and the PRI wrote to UK prime minister Keir Starmer asking for renewed policy focus to boost competitiveness and decarbonise the real economy
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NewsIIGCC finalises update to key net zero guidance for investors
‘NZIF 2.0’ brings together net zero investor guidance based on three years of implementation experience
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NewsLib Dems ‘hint at regulatory action for poor climate risk management’
Liberal Democrats’ manifesto is the first of the general election
