A growing trend in the market amongst climate-aware institutional investors is a commitment to align their investment portfolios with the Paris Agreement, and contribute towards the goal of net-zero global emissions by 2050. To help investors achieve these objectives, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s (IIGCC) Paris Alignment Investment Initiative, supported by 70 European investors […]
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Top 5 Takeaways from PRI’s First Year of Mandatory TCFD Reporting
PRI’s first year of mandatory climate reporting has shed light on the quality of disclosures by its investor signatories – asset owners and investment managers. One-fifth of these signatories chose to make their disclosures public and a quarter carried out scenario analysis. Non-European players were among the top 10 markets reporting on climate-related indicators. While […]
Climate Trends and Finance Webinar: What Organizations Need to Know Today
July 28, 2020 Ever wonder what your banker, insurer, or regulators are saying about climate change now? Watch below for the latest business intelligence on climate trends from North America and around the globe. The urgency of the climate crisis remains despite the pandemic. Stay current on what you need to know about climate-related business […]
ESG and Sustainability Funds Resilient in the Face of Non-Traditional Risks
Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, major investment funds set up with ESG and sustainability criteria are outperforming the rest of the market, utilizing their experience with non-traditional risks. S&P Global Market Intelligence analyzed 17 exchange-traded and mutual funds, with more than $250 million in ESG-related assets under management, and found 12 of the 17 ESG funds […]
TCFD & Climate Disclosure: Answering your Questions
Looking to have your reporting aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework? Not sure what to include in your climate disclosure? Recently, we held a webinar addressing these pressing topics and want to share with you our answers to the most popular climate disclosure questions that came up. Q: TCFD Disclosure Drivers: There […]
What Companies Need to Know About Climate Disclosure and TCFD
June 23, 2020 Climate change poses threats and opportunities to organizations, increasing calls for better climate-related disclosure and resiliency planning. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is emerging as the preferred framework to consider and disclose climate-related risk and opportunity (related to both the transition to a net-zero carbon economy and dealing with […]
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Beyond PRI: How to Identify Climate Leaders
Your investment manager is a PRI signatory, but do they understand climate change? If asset owners want to ensure their investments are climate resilient, having managers who are Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories is a good start but it’s not enough. Forward-looking asset owners are doing more on climate change—here’s how you can identify […]
The State of Canadian Climate Disclosures
Climate-related financial disclosures by some of Canada’s largest companies are improving, but more work is required to boost the quality of disclosures and to align with industry best practices, according to a report Manifest conducted for the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. In 2019, CPA Canada commissioned Manifest to conduct a study of the climate-related […]
Climate Transition Increasing Risks for Unprepared Investors
The COVID-19 crisis is reinforcing for companies and investors the importance of preparing for global systemic risks. While it is difficult to foresee a global pandemic, investors should not be surprised when the well-documented risks of the global climate crisis impact their investment portfolios. In a recently published Manifest research paper for the University of British Columbia, […]