Corporate Knights

JULY 4, 2022

Net-zero pledges have become commonplace among corporations, financial institutions and cities, but questions abound as to whether those companies and governments have real plans in place to achieve them. However, critics in Canada argue the banks have not produced credible plans to achieve their goals.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Faber accredited the blind spot on resilience to “tragedy of horizons”, a term previously used by Carney to describe the threat climate change presents to the world’s financial stability if unchecked. “What’s beyond the company’s remit in its value chains is where both opportunities, risks, but also impacts are,” the ISSB Chair said.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Further, even with the economic crisis it is weathering, the country successfully secured two loans with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), setting an example for other countries in the region to follow, notes Saqqaf.

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Sustainability Matters

AUGUST 15, 2023

This concept has recently graduated from being a reputational risk to a regulatory issue across Australia’s corporate, financial and consumer ecosystems. Empty narratives hold no ground anymore if companies need to access capital markets or bank finance. Greenwash risk management has now become a considerable focus.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

Both standards will require companies to disclose how they are both directly and indirectly responding to risks and opportunities, how their subsequent strategy will be resourced, and what consequent changes they expect to financial position and performance over time. . This is exacerbated by the effects of discounting (i.e.,

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Guterres established the expert panel to recommend ways of ensuring that climate pledges made by “non-state actors” (corporations, financial institutions and local and regional governments) are implemented. . It comes at a challenging time for those who want more aggressive climate action. . They must also: .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

But irrespective of the political impulse in Washington, we expect resilience to be a critical focus, transcending divides and spanning climate, social and environmental issues. All of these endanger corporates bottom lines and translate into systemic risks for financial institutions.

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