Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2022

Almost overnight, Vladimir Putin pulled off something investors have been struggling to achieve since 2015: decarbonising the business models of oil and gas majors. By divesting its 20% stake in Rosneft, BP also disposed of around a third of its oil supplies. Away from Europe, there was some good news.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. The global energy mix is composed of roughly 17% renewables, representing an increase of just two percentage points from 2015 levels.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

However, despite a positive trend for climate policy acceleration as detailed in the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) tracking reports since 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow, the lag between ambition and progress since the 2015 Paris Accord will be laid bare, no matter how it is dressed up. None of this will be fun.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. Investors and policymakers signalled mixed progress in their support for net zero transition this week, ahead of a critical report from scientists. In Canada and Europe, the emphasis is on transition.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

According to research by MSCI, nearly half (44%) of listed companies have now set decarbonisation targets, representing an eight-percentage-point increase than was reported in the October 2022 MSCI Net-Zero Tracker , but only 17% of those targets would align with the 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

This could stem from campaigns which lobby for divestment from polluting companies or projects. “In our view, the risk to investors from ESG or climate litigation remains primarily indirect,” Mark Banks, Dispute Resolution Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie told ESG Investor.

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James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

To achieve the Agreement’s goal of net-zero emissions globally by 2050 , we must significantly boost energy efficiency and greatly accelerate the global transition away from fossil fuels, and toward new fuels such as green hydrogen and renewables such as wind, solar and thermal.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

n December 2015, the world took a vital step in tackling climate change by adopting the Paris Agreement. Currently, 75% of focus list companies have made net zero commitments, and over 90% have some degree of board-level oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities. “The

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

These goals include net-zero GHG emissions economywide by 2045 and net-negative emissions thereafter, along with a 40% reduction in statewide GHG emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% by 2050. SCE’s Long History of Clean Energy Action.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Buffeted by critics on both sides, finance sector alliances may need to refresh their tactics to progress toward net zero goals in 2023. This time last year BP was in receipt of numerous plaudits for accelerating its net zero transition plans.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

million b/d in 2015. BNEF expects a larger jump in 2023 thanks to even more generous tax credits for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) included in the US Inflation Reduction Act, and an acceleration in net-zero transitions by European companies. The divestment movement will wane. Chinese demand grew to 15.4

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Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

The letter also seeks a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, a 50 percent target for electric vehicle sales by 2030, and a renewed commitment to international climate finance. The fossil fuels divestment movement continues to grow and as indicated in a recent report by DivestInvest, 1,500 investment institutions, responsible for $39.2

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