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Canada is sleeping on the energy transition

Corporate Knights

Although we’ve promised to introduce a cap on energy sector emissions, this cap will not address Scope 3 emissions (those up and down a company’s supply chain), which account for around 88% of total emissions from the oil and gas industry.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Stranded assets Speaking later with ESG Investor , Lord Deben stressed that stranded assets – when investment assets become liabilities – will present a significant challenge for investors in the transition to a low-carbon economy. It’ll be a mess.”

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Take the Natural Path to Long-term Value

Chris Hall

Asset managers must recognise that degrading ecosystems directly impact markets, supply chains, and long-term returns. As environmental conditions deteriorate, sectors such as agriculture, forestry, and fisheries face growing disruptions, translating into financial losses, operational instability, and declining asset values.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. For example, one provider calculates a company’s physical risk based solely on its headquarters location, despite its global supply chain stretching across far-flung manufacturing locations.

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Is the LNG industry gaslighting the path to net-zero?

Corporate Knights

to Asia or Europe has higher carbon intensity than local coal use due to the leakage of methane – a powerful warming agent – throughout the LNG supply chain, but particularly during shipping. Cornell University ecosystem scientist Robert Howarth recently concluded that LNG exported from the U.S.

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Changing the narrative: the case for preserving policies and regulations essential for a clean energy economy

We Mean Business Coalition

Or that slashing regulation means being more competitive, even though a fossil fuel-led race to the bottom exposes our economies to insecurity, instability and stranded assets. There is a better story to tell one rooted in both present market realities and a vision of a liveable and prosperous future.

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Guest Post: Why Governments Must Encourage More Investment in Green Infrastructure, Now!

ESG Today

Build more investor confidence in green infrastructure projects The greatest fear that many investors have around investing in green infrastructure projects is that they become “stranded assets.” To prevent this, governments must make a long-term commitment to a green energy source such as hydrogen or nuclear.