Investor Network on Climate Risk Archives - Environment + Energy Leader

Global Investors Call for Carbon Pricing

September 19, 2014September 22, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Nearly 350 global institutional investors have called on government leaders on the eve of the Climate Summit to provide stable, reliable and economically meaningful carbon pricing that helps redirect investment on a scale necessary to effectively deal with global climate change. The investors — BlackRock, CalPERS, PensionDanmark, Deutsche, South African ... Read more »

Investors Call for ESG Disclosure

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative and Ceres’ Investor Network on Climate Risk, in partnership with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, have drafted an open letter to the International Organization of Securities Commissions, highlighting the role the organization can play in improving the availability and quality of environmental, social ... Read more »

Apple, Amazon Among Firms Ignoring SEC Climate Risk Rule

September 20, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Apple and Amazon are among the nearly 75 percent of US publicly traded companies ignoring a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that they inform investors of climate-related risks, Inside Climate News reports. The news agency says Lawrence Taylor, a 72-year-old retired database developer and entrepreneur, culled data from annual reports ... Read more »

Investment Firms, Banks Back Climate Initiatives

June 13, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 22 US investment firms with about $240 billion in assets under management, led by the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the Oregon State Treasurer’s office, have signed the Climate Declaration, calling upon federal policymakers to address climate change as an economic opportunity. These financial firms join more ... Read more »

Banks Consider Natural Capital Risks

June 4, 2013June 28, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Natural Capital Declaration — signed by the Rabobank Group, Pax World Management and about three dozen other financial institutions at last summer’s Rio+20 Earth Summit — has entered a new phase during which signatories will set about implementing the commitments laid out in the NCD. Four working groups, led ... Read more »

Institutional Investors Call for Clear Carbon Policy

November 21, 2012November 21, 2012 by Leon Walker

The Asia Investor Group on Climate Change has added its name to a grouping of institutional investors, with over $22.5 trillion in managed assets, calling for governments around the world to change climate change policy. An open letter from AIGCC, Investor Network on Climate Risk, the European Institutional Investors Group ... Read more »

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