Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

This AGM season, investors have filed numerous shareholder resolutions to accelerate finance sector action to address climate risks and meet net zero commitments. AGMs to be held by Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on 25 April, and by Goldman Sachs on 26 April, are seen as key indicators of investment sentiment.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

billion to acquire 335 million barrels of oil in Texas and Mexico,” said Patrick DeRochie, Senior Manager of Shift. “The CPPIB is risking our national retirement fund on stranded assets and investing in a future of ever-worsening climate disaster.” The post CAFA to Catapult Canada to Climate Leader appeared first on ESG Investor.

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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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Research by the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that a major push on energy efficiency could save the equivalent of China’s annual energy usage, as well as 33% of the total additional net zero emission reductions required by 2030. It is also a positive stimulator of growth.”

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

Ex-BoE chief calls for “radical new approach” to mobilising investment in emerging and developed markets; also warns of stranded assets. Carney was speaking at the Net Zero Delivery Summit, organised by the City of London Corporation, in association with COP26 Presidency UK and GFANZ. C net zero transition.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Financial institutions need to segment their portfolios into transition, net zero-aligned and stranded assets and develop clear emissions reduction plans in line with recognised 2030 and 2050 targets, said Mark Carney, Founder and Co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

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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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Chris Hall

JULY 31, 2023

The Real World Climate Scenarios initiative aims to address the issue by developing more relevant scenarios that integrate the complex the overlapping impacts such as geopolitical, extreme weather events, migration and stranded assets, among others.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 2, 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new information papers on environmental risk management for banks , insurers and asset managers. Apart from climate-related risks, banks and insurers have yet to make meaningful progress to address other environmental risk factors, such as biodiversity loss.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

The exchanges, and the associated industry of banks, insurers, lawyers and financial services providers, are profiting from activities that are at odds with their countries’ climate commitments and that put investors at risk, the report said. . “If C Paris climate target, according to think tank Carbon Tracker. .

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

This stands in contrast with China’s domestic energy policy, which is prioritizing a transition to renewable energy, peak emissions before 2030 and a net-zero economy by 2060. Of course, China is not the only culprit. The full knowledge brief is available here.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2018, they act as a global guiding framework for banks, insurers and investors. They were developed by the European Commission, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the World Resources Institute and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and are hosted by UNEP FI as part of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative.

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Chris Hall

MAY 7, 2024

Mining giant BHP’s bid to acquire Anglo-American would create the world’s biggest shipper of metallurgical coal and a global mega-polluter, exposing shareholders to stranded asset risk as the world moves away from fossil fuels, a think tank has warned.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

Even Germany’s decision to permanently shelve Nord Stream 2 , the partial ejection of Russian banks from Swift , and oil and gas majors exiting equity partnerships with Russian companies in recent days have been ignored by the former intelligence officer. Economic sanctions have so far failed to shake President Vladimir Putin’s resolve.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These might include capex plans and their alignment with the company’s climate strategy, but also net zero commitments, as well as the policies they are or are not supporting through lobbying. This has echoes of the issue of stranded assets arising from decarbonisation of the energy supply over the past decade or so.”

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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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Richard Matthews

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

According to a report published by Ceres , the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has grown to 128 investors who collectively manage $43 trillion. Fossil fuels are at high risk of becoming stranded assets and PEs have a significant stake in the energy sector. More Funds Diverted to Sources of Renewable Energy.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to regulate climate commitments made by banks and other financial institutions to avoid greenwashing and accelerate change. .

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Jessye Waxman, Senior Campaign Representative, Fossil-Free Finance Campaign, Sierra Club, says climate-related shareholder resolutions give banks necessary guardrails for transition financing. These claims are a misrepresentation of resolutions that simply aim to reduce banks’ exposure to climate-related risks.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 19, 2024

When those 16 nations went to the bank for financing, they were told there was no point in trying. For the FNMPC, that equity should come as broadly as possible – including through the inclusion of Indigenous communities in the development of a greener grid that enables Canada to reach net-zero.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 20, 2022

Net-zero CO2 energy systems entail: a substantial reduction in overall fossil fuel use, minimal use of unabated fossil fuels, and use of CCS in the remaining fossil system,” says the report. C or below will leave a substantial amount of fossil fuels unburned and could strand considerable fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency , the world needs to cut 90% of coal use by 2050 and phase out all unabated coal power plants by 2040 to achieve net-zero emissions and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. These plants are expected to operate for decades and risk becoming “stranded assets” if they retire early.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

For example, a decision not to invest in a high-carbon asset because of financial concerns about stranded assets is likely to be seen as consistent with fiduciary duties, providing that the decision is based on credible assumptions and robust processes. Are returns no longer first among equals?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2022

Leading US banks and insurers will face votes at their upcoming AGMs asking for policies aligned with the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) net zero roadmap , after challenges to shareholder resolutions were rejected. . Risk of stranded assets . expanded the prohibition of ‘micromanagement’ by investors. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Mobilising public and private capital to fund the net zero transition efforts of emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) has been a central theme of discussions at COP27 in Egypt. . They receive mixed signals from their stakeholders and regulators on the appropriate role carbon credits play in net zero strategies.” .

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” “The simple reality is that it’s no longer free to pollute in Canada,” Guilbeault told media Monday morning. “We Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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Chris Hall

JULY 20, 2022

IRENA says that Africa’s current and historically limited contributions to global climate change means that “the cost of decommissioning these fully functional stranded assets should not fall on African governments or consumers”. . It is clear that public and private financial institutions both have a key role to play.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The actions being taken by signatories to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to tackle whole life carbon are critical because they are driving emissions reductions now and in the future. The businesses and organizations signed up to the commitment account for approximately 6.5 ANALYSIS: . ANALYSIS: .

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Jon Hale

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The AG letter contends that BlackRock’s commitment to accelerate net zero emissions across all of its assets, regardless of client wishes, is somehow political or unfair to clients who don’t want to invest in the energy transition. with your entire bank account on the line.” Why use ESG information? “If

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