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WEBNZI with Mona - COP29: focus on climate lobbying. Ahead of the COP29 Summit in Azerbaijan, NZI editor Mona Dohle sits down with Ed Collins director of the Lobby Map programme at the thinktank InfluenceMap and Adam Gillet, climate lead at Railpen and a member of NZI’s editorial steering committee to discuss how asset owners approach climate lobbying.
Private equity’s carbon footprint exceeds global aviation industry
WEB1 day ago — The report found that last year alone, the 21 private equity firms in question were responsible for more than one giga tonne of emissions, exceeding the carbon footprint of the global aviation industry (as of 2019), it is also over three times as much as from the energy used to power all the homes in America, researchers said.
India’s state-owned green subsidiaries - Net Zero Investor
WEB11 hours ago — The maharatnas include some of India’s largest fossil fuel companies such as Coal India, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). Several state-owned companies have established renewable energy subsidiaries in recent years.
UK marks exit from coal - Net Zero Investor
WEB2 days ago — By Mona Dohle. 30.09.2024. The UK has today become the first G7 country to mark its exit from coal, which has been at the heart of its industry for the better part of 150 years. Coal was the fuel that powered the industrial revolution in Britain, but the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the nation’s last coal power station, marks the end of an era.
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Asset owners and biodiversity: nature positive by 2030, anyone?
WEBAug 26, 2024 — However, asset owners are setting up mandates to allocate small portions of their overall portfolio towards biodiversity and “nature capital”, according to Wadia. For example, Dutch pension fund ABP, one of Europe's largest, has committed at least €1bn to biodiversity-related investments by 2030. This allocation is part of a broader € ...
Temasek pledges S$100m concessional capital to climate action
WEB2 days ago — By Mona Dohle. 30.09.2024. Singapore's state investment company, Temasek, has announced a commitment of S$100m towards climate action as part of its 50th-anniversary celebrations. Temasek’s chair Lim Boon Heng, revealed the new Concessional Capital for Climate Action (CCCA) initiative during a speech at the anniversary dinner last week.
NZAOA marks fifth anniversary with drop in financed emissions
WEBSep 25, 2024 — The announcement, made during New York Climate Week, comes ahead of the Alliance’s full fourth Progress Report, due in October. Since 2018, the Alliance has seen a steady decline in financed emissions, with cumulative reductions reaching 31% and 24% from the 2018 and 2019 base years, respectively. These results reflect the Alliance’s ...
NZAOA members commit to setting climate targets for private …
WEBApr 17, 2024 — Under the latest protocol, all NZAOA members are required to set the next round of five-year targets, which will cover the period 2025-2030. Members will target a 40 to 60% greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, compared to 2019, in line with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report estimates, the NZAO explained.
Climate investors turn towards transition funds - Net Zero Investor
WEBNov 3, 2023 — The shift towards climate transition strategies suggests that many investors are open to choosing funds that might have a higher carbon footprint, in order to achieve greater real world impact in tackling climate change.