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New Zealand Is 1st Country to Pass Climate Change Disclosure Laws for Insurers, Banks

New Zealand has become the first country to pass laws requiring banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, officials said on Thursday. About 200 of the largest financial firms in New Zealand, …

Global Financial Regulators Seek Coordinated Response to Climate Change Risk

The world’s top financial regulators want to coordinate efforts to prepare for potential risks from climate change as authorities still lack common standards for assessing what could be one of the biggest threats facing banks and insurers. The Financial Stability …

EU Weighs Measures to Bring Financial Sector into Line with Its Climate Plans: Sources

The European Union is considering a wide range of measures to bring the bloc’s financial sector into line with its climate plans, sources who have seen a European Commission strategy paper told Reuters. The document outlines several actions including combating …

Exxon Weighs Next Move After Judge Rules It Must Face Massachusetts Climate Suit

A Massachusetts state judge has rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by state Attorney General Maura Healey accusing the oil company of misleading consumers and investors about its role in climate change. In a decision released on …

Swiss Financial Watchdog Requires Insurers, Banks to Disclose Climate Change Risks

ZURICH – Large Swiss banks and insurance companies will have to provide qualitative and quantitative information about risks they face from climate change, Swiss financial watchdog FINMA said on Monday as it released an amended publication on disclosure. FINMA’s updated …

Exxon Argues Massachusetts Climate Fraud Lawsuit Punishes It for Opinion

Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for the energy giant’s views about fossil fuels, the latest twist in their bitter clash over climate change. The suit by …

More Firms Need to Disclose Potential Financial Hit from Climate Change: Regulator

Too few companies specify their prospective financial hit from climate change under a voluntary global disclosure code that needs wider backing from asset managers and others to be fully effective, a global regulatory body said on Thursday. Climate change can …

Exxon Faces Trial Over Claim It Misled Investors About Climate Change Risks

Exxon Mobil Corp. on Tuesday will face trial in a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general accusing it of misleading investors about the risks of climate change regulations to its business. The trial, expected to begin before Justice Barry Ostrager …

New York AG ‘Puts Up,’ Sues Exxon Over Climate Change Disclosures

Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corp. stood before a New York judge in August and told the state’s attorney general to “put up or shut up” after spending three years investigating the company’s public disclosures about climate change, saying authorities should …

SEC: No Action Against Exxon Over Climate Disclosures to Investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recommended no action against Exxon Mobil Corp. over its investor disclosures, ending a two-year probe with a victory for the company. The SEC in 2016 launched its review of Exxon’s reserves and climate-change …