COP26

Tackling deforestation is an obvious place for financial institutions to begin their wider efforts to work towards net zero, writes Nigel Topping

The global leaders from around 200 countries that convened for the COP26 summit had a stark warning from scientists ringing in their ears.

The latest developments in sustainable finance

Practical guidance and opinion about how COP26 and the EU sustainable finance agenda impact the investment decisions and reporting responsibilities of asset owners, investment managers and service providers.

CDP's Laurent Babikian and Pietro Bertazzi discuss what's needed to shift financal flows to Net Zero

The PRI’s Sagarika Chatterjee joins the dots on the raft of new Net Zero initiatives in the run up to COP26

The blue economy is no longer an abyss of unknown value, argues WWF’s Margaret Kuhlow. It is clear from the numbers that healthy investment portfolios need healthy oceans - and they must be prioritised in the race to zero

New ‘Sustainability Disclosure Requirements’ will rely on global standards being developed by ISSB, and will include a UK taxonomy

Investors should be ‘science-based’ to inform investment decisions, but must look at engineering, economic and political science, in addition to climate science.

Asset owners have three weeks to sign up as founding signatories to the declaration