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Seven in ten have no carbon-footprint reduction targets in place for externally managed portfolios.
Standards bodies call for increased cohesion between sustainability and financial reporting.
Closer coordination planned to support COP26 goals
Paris Agreement anniversary marked by asset manager pledge and new European 2030 target.
PBOC to enhance green finance standards, and explore introduction of mandatory reporting of environmental risks.
Less than a fifth of listed firms have plans for emissions reduction in line with 2°C or below pathway by 2050.
Advisory group calls for mandatory net-zero targets on path to “world’s first net-zero financial system”.
TCFD-compliant disclosures improving at UK companies, but Investment Association plans to increase pressure in 2021.
Lack of progress on climate-related disclosures means TCFD recommendations should be “explicitly” embedded.
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