Tokio Marine Launches Green Unit, Eyes $1 Billion Revenues by 2030 May 28, 2025 By Simon Jessop Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has set up a unit to insure activities linked to the low-carbon transition such as green...
ING Becomes First Globally Important Bank to Meet Climate Watchdog Standards March 27, 2025 By Virginia Furness and Simon Jessop ING has become the first systemically important global bank to have its climate goals validated as being in line with...
Update: Auditors Get Tougher Guidelines on Judging Firms’ Environmental Claims January 27, 2025 By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms’ environmental, social and governance claims –...
Investor Climate Group Suspends Activities After BlackRock Exit: Reuters Exclusive January 14, 2025 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber A flagship coalition aimed at aligning the asset management industry with global climate goals said it was suspending its activities...
Goldman Sachs Quits Global Climate Coalition for Banks December 6, 2024 By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness Goldman Sachs said it has quit a sector coalition aimed at aligning bank lending and investment activities with global efforts...
Update: EU Faces 2 Lawsuits Over Emissions Rules, ‘Green’ Label for Planes August 27, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030...
Goldman Sachs’ Fund Division to Leave Climate Investor Group August 13, 2024 By Iain Withers and Simon Jessop Goldman Sachs’ fund division is to leave investor engagement group Climate Action 100+, joining other financial services companies which have...
Right-Wing Political Tilt in Countries Across Globe Will Not Derail Climate Action July 2, 2024 By Simon Jessop, Susanna Twidale and Virginia Furness A political tilt to the right in Europe and a potential Trump presidency in the U.S. will not derail climate...
Major World Economies Seek to Halt New Private Sector Coal Financing June 11, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop Some of the world’s major economies want to finalize a plan ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit to halt...
Global Insurers’ Climate Alliance Relaunches After Member Exodus April 25, 2024 By Simon Jessop A global insurance coalition intended to help curb the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions has relaunched with a new name and...