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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For example, the indicative financed emissions from the UK financial sector in 2019 were found to be 1.8 They can also divest from high-emitting industries such as thermal coal production. CDP found that these financed emissions are on average approximately 700 times higher than the organisation's operational emissions.

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Glencore Abandons Coal Demerger at Investors’ Request

Chris Hall

Divest or wind down? This leaves it heavily exposed to reputational, regulatory and stranded-asset risk, leading many investors to avoid it. By 2035, it has committed to halve its Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from a 2019 baseline, with goals to hit net zero by 2050.

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The “Ripple Effect” of Universal Ownership

Chris Hall

We have a clear dialogue with a company before they are blacklisted but will continue to engage because we want to be able to invest in them again.” Stranded assets AP7 is a member of the Paris Aligned Asset Owners Initiative, a global group of 56 asset owners with over US$3.3

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Throws Oil and Coal Industries in a Tailspin

Edouard Stenger

Additionally, divestment campaigns and the fear of stranded assets have become each new year more pressing. In 2019, coal use fell by 21.7% While both have been the bedrocks of modern civilization, their status had been increasingly under threat as cheaper and better alternatives reached markets.