All Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) articles
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NewsNOW: Pensions adapts new investment strategy to accelerate climate action
NOW: Pensions on track to achieve net zero by 2050 and a 50% reduction by 2030, based on 2019 levels
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NewsResearchers propose new home for corporates’ wider emission efforts
How a company exerts broader influence on climate action should be reported in a different track to that for emission reduction efforts within its value chain
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AnalysisNew international net-zero standard to be ‘end-to-end’
New standard could give confidence to investors looking to move capital to actors who are on a high-integrity net-zero pathway
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NewsPeople news: BNY appoints global head of BNY Investments & Wealth
Plus: Veritas appoints new CIO; SBTI’s CEO steps down
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NewsPensionskasse Post lays out first comprehensive sustainability strategy
All companies in the scheme’s listed equity and corporate bonds portfolios will have to make a commitment to net zero with credible interim targets and verified by 2040
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NewsCA100+ drives reduction in corporate climate waffle, study finds
A high proportion of non-specific information – or ‘cheap talk’ – in climate commitments shows companies are not genuinely committed to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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NewsTime for SBTi to stand aside, says Allianz SI head amid offsets fallout
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) caused an uproar earlier this month with an announcement about allowing companies to use ‘environmental attribute certificates’ to abate certain Scope 3 emissions
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NewsStudy reveals impact of index provider engagement on corporate climate policy
‘Our results show that firms react to index provider requests, at least if they commit a credible threat of exit,’ say MIT sustainable finance experts
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NewsSBTi seeks financial institutions to pilot updated near-term criteria
Interest needs to be submitted by 14 December
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NewsVarma becomes third pensions firm to win SBTi validation
PensionDanmark, AkademikerPension also among the first to get official seal of approval for climate targets
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NewsSustainable finance group pushes for transparency of ESG rating agencies
The group recommends the upcoming regulation covers all providers of ESG ratings and scores selling their products and services in the EU, regardless of a company’s headquarters
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News‘World’s first’ nature targets unveiled in bumper week for natural capital developments
Guidance for entities wishing to start setting nature-related targets was launched by the Science Based Targets Network
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ESG roundup: Green Technical Advisory Group reveals initial advice to UK government
Plus: Smart Pension’s default fund becomes fully sustainable; Varma joins science-based targets initiative; GINN to host impact principles
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The Roadmap to a net-zero, nature-positive economy
Laurent Babikian, joint global director of capital markets at CDP, explores specific actions that companies, capital markets and regulators must take to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive economy
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Climate roundup: Investor call for corporate emission targets swells
60% increase in number of investors backing request for companies to set targets through SBT initiative
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ERAFP tackles discount rate for best use of investment freedoms
French pension fund is gradually adding more equities and alternatives
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Alecta, Strathclyde and others back science-based targets ask
More than 1,800 companies being urged to set targets through NGO collaboration Science-Based Targets initiative
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NewsThink tank invites investors to support ‘evidence of impact’ work
2° Investing Initiative exits Science-Based Targets initiative project
