Private companies and ‘shadow banks’ may be incubating climate risks out of sight of financial regulators and traditional financial institutions “The brighter the light, the darker the shadow”. It’s a metaphor regulators would do well to contemplate in their efforts to harden the financial system to climate risks. As official scrutiny of the carbon-intensive exposures […]
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Mastering TCFD Disclosures – A discussion with Verdantix
January 18th, 2022 In January, Manifest Climate is joined by independent research firm Verdantix to take a look at the explosion of support for the TCFD, the very real challenges that remain, and how companies should approach the allocation of their resources to lay the groundwork for climate success. Sign up below to watch our […]
How Will Investor Net-Zero Commitments Impact Businesses?
The Business Impact of Net-Zero Investing In September 2021, right before the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), a record 587 investors with US$46 trillion in assets under management urged governments to rapidly implement five priority policy actions that would allow them to invest and allocate the trillions needed to respond to global warming effectively. The […]
Climate risk regulation rundown: December
What happened in climate-related financial regulation last month, and what’s coming up The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published draft principles for large banks on dealing with climate-related financial risks. The principles, released December 16, are intended to help lenders identify and manage climate threats to their safety and soundness. For example, the principles say […]
Weekly round-up: January 3-7
The top five climate risk stories this week 1) BoE ‘green’ bond-buying plan lacks teeth — academics The Bank of England’s (BoE) plan to ‘green’ its corporate bond holdings “lacks ambition” and will do little to cut its portfolio emissions, new research suggests. In a paper published Wednesday, university academics described how they used quantitative analysis to […]
Assessing the Canadian Investor Statement on Climate Change
Managing Transition Risks for Business
This blog is based on a webinar hosted by Laura Zizzo, CEO and co-founder of Manifest Climate and Pete Richardson, climate strategist for Manifest Climate Following the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), businesses may be asking themselves: what are transition risks? What do they mean for their operations? And how effective was the […]
7 Reasons Manifest Climate’s SaaS Platform Makes TCFD Reporting Easier
Turning Climate Risks into Rewards Podcast
What is the Difference Between ESG and Climate and How do They Fit Together?
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations and climate change are often conflated in the minds of investors. However, there are important distinctions between the two. In this blog, we lay out the differences between ESG and climate from an investment perspective, and explain how these concepts are incorporated by the recommendations of the Task Force […]