Climate Change

Laura Blows finds out how CRC energy efficiency regulations for corporate bodies will affect scheme trustees, and looks at the likely financial impact of the rules on property investments

On the 10th anniversary of the introduction of responsible investment disclosure rules, JONATHAN STAPLETON assesses how they have changed scheme behaviour and what the future holds

The number of investors considering climate change policies as key to manager selection has doubled since 2007, but the actual integration of these policies into investment mandates has failed to take off, a report by the Institutional Investors Group...

A coalition of 141 institutional and individual investors has demanded oil giant Shell report on the investment risks associated with its controversial Canadian oil sands project.

GLOBAL - A coalition of 141 institutional and individual investors has demanded oil giant Shell report on the investment risks associated with its controversial Canadian oil sands project.

Pension fund apathy on environmental issues twinned with short-term analysis of the problem has suppressed the inclusion of climate change in investment decision making, research shows.

While the opportunity for environmental returns has been seized by some of the more sophisticated pension funds, few funds are paying attention to the increasing environmental risk present in all portfolios. Emma Oakman reports

DENMARK - The Danish pension fund ATP has reduced its total CO2 emissions output by 7.4% or 202 tons from 2007 to 2008, according to its first climate report.

As climate change moves to the fore of the political agenda, investors are increasingly targeting it. However, there are still certain hurdles to overcome, as Emma Dunkley explains

Cowen asset management's Ann Ellis says funds need clearer guidance from global leaders on climate-friendly investment before directing capital that way