All Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) articles – Page 2
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TNFD launches final disclosure recommendations
TNFD activities coincide with legislation on nature-related disclosures mooted in some countries
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PPF latest climate report shows focus on high-quality disclosure
The fund has been spending ‘considerable’ time gathering climate assessment for every asset class, says CIO
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: How to prepare your scheme for the buyout backlog
Schemes must proactively prepare for major delays in risk transfers
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Few asset managers reveal own climate vulnerability, UK watchdog finds
FRC assesses ‘quality and maturity’ of climate-related metrics and targets disclosures in four sectors, including asset management
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USS reduces carbon emission intensity by 21% but warns more needs to be done
‘The government and regulators have a huge part to play here, not least by ensuring a predictable, transparent, and stable regulatory environment,’ says Innes McKeand
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DCIF calls for consistent template for TCFD reporting for master trusts
Greater standardisation of reports should become common practice, the forum recommended
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Financial Stability Board asks ISSB to take over TCFD monitoring role
The move ‘provides yet further clarification of the so-called ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG initiatives for companies and investors’, says ISSB chair Emmanuel Faber
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Climate scenario analysis ‘makes fiduciary duty arguments harder’ for net zero investors
IFoA paper says the underwhelming results of climate analysis come from the narrowness of the scenarios being tested
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LGPS climate reporting rules delayed
‘The absence of a reporting regime only adds to the already considerable pressure placed on funds from lobby groups,’ says SAB
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ISSB releases ‘robust’ inaugural sustainability reporting standards
The standards ‘have been designed to help companies tell their sustainability story in a robust, comparable and verifiable manner,’ says ISSB chair
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Features
Accounting: the road to global applicability for sustainability standards
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has long been a vanguard of sustainability-related financial disclosure standards. But the global applicability of the standards has remained a focal point for discussion. In response, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has launched a project called International Applicability of the SASB Standards to take on the challenge.
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Corporate governance: What are the themes of this year’s AGM season?
ShareAction will be calling out companies on DEI issues this AGM season, particularly their ethnicity pay gaps
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Pension Insurance Corporation sets out climate-related disclosures
PIC is committed to decreasing its investment carbon intensity by 50% by 2030
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Ethos CEO issues stark warning of UBS/Credit Suisse concentration risks
UBS chair Colm Kelleher points to sustainability commitments, outlines ambitious asset management plans
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Draft of TNFD’s whole framework finally set out, including disclosure metrics
Feedback from stakeholders broadly endorsed the framework’s three core elements, taskforce says
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UK workplace pension scheme plans investment in climate solutions
TPT Retirement Solutions is changing its asset allocation and portfolio construction
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Asset managers’ responsible investment practices in need of development, PRI says
Report suggests detailed responsible investment policies should be publicly disclosed
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UK roundup: FTSE 350 pension scheme funding shows noticeable surplus increase
Plus: Trustees warned of insurance firms’ TCFD reports for risk transfer selection; Pension funds hold key to unlocking nature and wildlife potential
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Special Report
Natural capital: Industry turns its gaze on biodiversity
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures sets out to create a framework to help financial institutions and companies report their dependencies and impacts on nature
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News
The Pensions Regulator launches ESG, climate campaign
TPR is warning trustees that enforcement action may be taken against them if they fail to publish their statement of investment principles