Corporate Responsibility

Companies Should Report Possible Climate Costs, Say Global Executives

LONDON—Companies should publish an assessment of the losses they could suffer through climate change as part of their routine financial statements, according to a panel of financial and business executives chaired by Michael Bloomberg.

Corporate Responsibility

Carney Panel Urges CEO Compensation Link With Climate Risk

Energy companies should consider telling investors how executive compensation is linked to climate change risks, according to a panel advising the Group of 20 nations.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MPs from 34 Countries Write to Stock Exchanges Asking Them to Make Firms Reveal Climate Change Risks

An international alliance of over 100 MPs from 34 different countries have written to the world’s stock exchanges calling on them to factor in the financial risks of climate change.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Climate Disclosure Framework Creates a Better Environment for Investors

Stephanie Leaist is a member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and managing director, Head of Sustainable Investing at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Corporate Responsibility

G20 Task Force Wants Companies to Come Clean on Climate Risk

A global task force set up to try to prevent market shocks from the warming of the planet will ask companies to disclose how they manage risks to their business from climate change and greenhouse gas emission cuts.

Events

Climate Related Financial Disclosure For Business: An Imperative For 2017

2016 began - as recorded here on Forbes - noting that climate change was becoming very real in the financial world. As we head towards the end of what has been a tumultuous year, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is clear the message needs to be reinforced, not dismissed.

Corporate Responsibility

Companies Must Disclose Climate-change Risk: Carney Panel

Corporations, especially those in the financial and energy sectors, should provide investors with clear and systematic disclosure of the risks that climate change poses to their future economic health, a task force reporting to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney recommended Wednesday.

Corporate Responsibility

Companies Need to Disclose More on Climate Risks, Panel Says

Investors need more information about the risks companies face from global warming so they can fund development of the new technologies that are needed to control climate change and mitigate its effects, a task force said Wednesday.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Carney-Backed Report Urges Companies to Disclose Climate Change Effects

A task force led by Michael Bloomberg and backed by Mark Carney has urged companies to disclose to investors the impact of climate change on their businesses.

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