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Climate change, Financial Institutions / 18.08.2020

Morgan Stanley, Citi and Bank of America join PCAF and commit to measuring greenhouse emission of loans and investments

MorganStanley, Citi and Bank of America have joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials, a global group composed of 70 financial institutions representing more than $10 trillion in assets, which aims to provide financial institutions with a common methodology to assess and measure greenhouse gas emissions. Morgan Stanley,...

Climate change, Companies, Deforestation, Oil and Gas / 15.08.2020

Investors demand corporate financial statements to incorporate climate change risks

Investors fear that firms’ financial statements do not represent the real long-term outlook for many businesses as only a minority of them accurately incorporate climate change risks. The oil and gas company BP has cut $17.5 billion off the value of its assets, reflecting the material...

Biodiversity, ESG / 28.07.2020

Why we need global Biodiversity Finance

Biodiversity depletion is an environmental disaster deteriorating faster than climate change. Environmental risks will adversely affect the macroeconomic performance of various sectors and financial markets. Moving sustainable finance into mainstream practices is key. Evidence shows that nature-based solutions can be readily turned into cash flows and in the...

Deforestation, News / 21.03.2019

SVI endorses the call on companies to cut deforestation-related risks in global soybean supply chains

Since the late-2000s, agricultural expansion in Latin America has been supported through land clearing in Brazil’s Cerrado. Roughly 50 percent of Cerrado vegetation has been converted to agriculture and pastures with a rapid spread of deforestation and land conversion due to soy and other commodities. The industry's...