Net-Zero Emissions Pledges by Big Global Companies Have ‘Credibility Gaps’: Report June 13, 2022 By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with “major credibility...
Investors, Including Allianz and Swiss Re, Urge U.N. to Create Plan for Farm Emissions June 9, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable...
Hospitals Confront Their Climate Achilles Heel: Supply Chains June 7, 2022 By Shira Stein The health-care industry accounts for 8.5% of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions, almost as much as agriculture. So the...
Weird Rainfall Patterns in Europe Blamed on Climate Change June 1, 2022 By Laura Millan Emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases caused by human activities are directly responsible for long-term dry conditions in the Mediterranean basin...
Dutch Insurer NN Group Expects to Accelerate Exit From Coal Investments May 27, 2022 By Jessica DiNapoli DAVOS, Switzerland – NN Group NV expects to accelerate its deadline to exit coal investments, now set at 2030, due...
AXA to Join €1B Regenerative Agriculture Fund to Help Mitigate Climate Change May 13, 2022 Insurer AXA and consumer goods group Unilever plan to invest 100 million euros each into a new 1 billion euro...
U.S. SEC Gives Public Until June 17 to Weigh In on Climate Risk Proposal May 10, 2022 By Katanga Johnson The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday extended until June 17 the period for public comment on its...
Allianz Plans to Take Harder Line on Insuring Fossil Fuel Industry to Meet Climate Goals May 3, 2022 By Simon Jessop and Carolyn Cohn Europe’s biggest insurer Allianz plans to take a harder line on insuring the oil and gas industry as part of...
Net Zero Business Opportunities Could Double Size of London Insurance Market: LIIBA May 3, 2022 The business opportunities provided by the global transition to net zero is potentially large enough to double the size of...
Climate Votes Fought by Major Oil Companies Get Key Backing April 26, 2022 An investor-led push for major oil companies to set climate goals in line with the Paris agreement won support from...