Why investors should think more seriously about oil prices
Oil companies and their investors are betting big on a delayed transition yet their misalignment with net-zero is a recipe for financial disaster, NGOs and thinktank sources claim
Risk Management
Climate risks ‘financially material’ to fiduciary duty Law Committee tells trustees
Climate change is a financially material factor which trustees should consider as part of their fiduciary duty, a UK committee advising investors on financial law has argued
Changing of the guard: investment implications of elections in India and Indonesia
Two of the world’s largest coal producers are headed for elections- the future of their climate policy is on the line
Biodiversity credit markets: what are next the next steps?
Environment Bank’s Emma Toovey talks about how voluntary markets can avoid the mistakes of the carbon market and why asset owners would buy credits
Net Zero with Nawar - data driven investing
Monica Woodley and Nawar Alsaadi take stock of the deluge of climate data - what are the pieces of information that are financially material?
Investors worth $25trn push back on ‘laggard’ mining companies
A coalition of investors are set to engage with 100+ mining companies to adopt global tailings standards.
Wiltshire’s Jennifer Devine: Why we will divest from fossil fuels
Jennifer Devine, head of the Wiltshire Pension Fund, a £3bn UK local authority pension fund explains why her team made the decision to sell all oil and gas firms by 2030
Setting a nature price: how does this work in practice?
If the targets set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are to be realised, investors could soon face some far reaching policy changes
Dirty debt: rising yields put spotlight on carbon footprint of bond portfolios
Rising interest rates have led to increased institutional allocations in fixed income assets but this also raises concerns about decarbonisation strategies for bond portfolios
COP28: could investors be hit by a sudden phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies?
Ahead of COP28, Net Zero Investor takes a closer look at the distribution of subsidies across the globe. To reach global climate change targets a scale back of subsidies is essential. But could this impact the investment case for these assets?
How to manage deforestation risk
Deforestation is not only terrible for climate and biodiversity, but also poses financial risk to investors
Investors and biodiversity: Young love, new challenges
Investors continue to struggle with integrating biodiversity in their decision-making process
Timberland is increasingly on the radar of natural capital investors
Forestry is currently dominating the natural capital conversation for institutional investors looking at this emerging asset class
Most institutional investors still lack deforestation policy
The amount of capital flowing into deforestation dwarves positive investments, despite the key role forests play in tackling climate change