Fiduciary Duty
Do asset managers have a duty to reduce their climate risks?
ANALYSIS: Upcoming research by UNEP FI suggests environmental and climate risk awareness in investment sector is on the rise
Fund managers must account for long term risks – UK Law Commission
NEWS: Environmental and social risks should be integrated into investment strategies says influential body
Oil industry can be ‘solution’ to climate change says Figueres
NEWS: Top UN climate official calls on fossil fuel executives to lead transition to cleaner forms of energy
Europe’s banks in $1-tril risk from ‘carbon bubble’: report
Two new studies highlight the supposed risks of long-term investment in fossil fuels
World Bank chief backs fossil fuel divestment drive
Jim Yong Kim says levels of carbon dioxide threaten development gains over the past two decades
Fund managers who ignore climate risk breaching ‘fiduciary duty’
UN climate chief says future investments must reflect need for planet to avoid warming to dangerous levels
Big investors guilty of climate greenwash, says new report
Debut Asset Owner’s Disclosure Project finds a third of funds have no climate change policy, and many of those that do cannot back it up with actions.