All Climate change articles – Page 27
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WebinarCombating climate change: what role can forestry investors play?
This webinar explores the role of forestry in the fight against climate change, with a particular focus on how emissions trading schemes can provide opportunities to forestry investors and managers to make market returns while also generating positive environmental impact.
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Blog postThe US coal industry shows a low-carbon transition could be anything but orderly
By Marshall Geck in Washington DC, Manager, Climate Action 100+, the PRI
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Blog postInternational Women's Day 2019: remembering gender in the just transition
By Bettina Reinboth, Head of Social Issues, the PRI
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News and press
Investors with US$6.3 trillion in assets call on companies to cut climate, deforestation-related risks in global soybean supply chains
Increased demand for soybean products is destroying important biomes in South America, driving up emissions, and exposing companies that source these products from the region to various business risks.
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Blog postClimate change tops the list of ESG concerns for investors in 2019
By Fiona Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, the PRI
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PRI reporting analysisPrivate equity snapshot 2018
The PRI has published a snapshot of its 2018 private equity reporting data.
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News and pressThe Global Risks Report 2019: what does it tell PRI signatories?
Published ahead of next week’s Davos, the Global Risks Report provides significant insights into risk to inform government, business and investor action. It asks: is the world sleep walking into a crisis?
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PRI Web PageProgress report on UK-China climate and environmental disclosure pilot
The PRI and six signatories are participating in a UK and Chinese government-backed pilot on climate-related and environmental risk disclosure. This initiative and was announced at the ninth UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue in December 2017.
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Academic researchClimate change and the just transition: a guide for investor action
How investors can pursue a just transition for workers and communities as the world’s economy responds to climate change.
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Technical guideImplementing TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure
The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD or the Task Force) published its final recommendations in 2017, and now both companies and investors are moving towards implementation of TCFD’s recommendations.
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WebinarClimate scenario & PACTA tool
The PRI hosted a webinar on climate scenario analysis and the online PACTA climate scenario analysis tool. This tool, developed by 2⁰ Investing Initiative (2dii), was launched in September 2018 with the support of the Insurance Commissioner of California and the PRI.
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WebinarDr. Ma Jun addresses PRI in Person 2018
Dr. Ma Jun provides an update on green finance in China, including the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group and the Central Bank Network of Green Finance.
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News and pressTake action on climate now or risk disruptive policies in future
If investors and governments do not ramp up their actions on climate change now, then they risk a more disruptive transition in future as governments will be compelled to impose forceful measures, which could trigger a phase of market volatility.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map
Over the last decade, impact investing has shifted from a disruptive investment concept to a complex and rich investment ecosystem.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Water
Water is considered a multi-impact investment because it affects the microclimate, food supply, industrial chain, health, productivity and the environment overall.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Sustainable forestry
UN agencies and international conventions have created basic definitions and conditions for sustainable forestry, but these are not acknowledged or adopted by all countries.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Renewable energy
Non-conventional energy generation is one of the most well-known industries in the impact investing field, having evolved from an illiquid or early-stage impact market to a mainstream market in the past 15 years.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is often associated with clean technology companies, green energy enterprises and smart or eco products (such as washing machines that consume less energy or hybrid cars).
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Thought leadershipInitial considerations
While impact investing is a new paradigm for the investment community, there are still many gaps and issues that need to be addressed to take it to the mainstream.
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Thought leadershipImpact investing market map: Green buildings
Green building projects are well known to companies in this field, as well as by investors and policy makers.
