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Asset Owner Alliance, News | 22 January 2020
Generali and the Church of England bring total AUM to $4.3 trillion
22 January 2019 – Four months after 12 of the world’s largest pension funds and insurers committed to decarbonize their investments by 2050, the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has added the Church of England’s three national investment bodies and Italian insurance group Generali. The new additions bring the total assets managed by Alliance members to over US$4.3 trillion.
Climate Change, Insurance, Investment, News | 22 January 2020
Generali and Church of England investment bodies join UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
$4.3 trillion AUM Alliance using collective voice at Davos to highlight need for urgent climate action to world’s corporate and…
Climate Change, Investment, News | 20 January 2020
Press conference at WEF 2020: How are financial giants engaging with investee companies to catalyse shift to a net-zero-carbon economy?
Join us in Davos at the World Economic Forum 2020 for a media briefing via live link which will see the announcement of an important milestone in the development of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, as the sixteen members welcome another influential and well-known investor to their mission to decarbonize the economy. Find out how the Alliance will be engaging with the companies it is investing into to ensure their portfolios are net-zero carbon by 2050.
Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Change, Events, News | 08 December 2019
UNEP FI at COP25: Highlighting finance sector action to governments, boosting climate finance ambition
The annual gathering of governments, private sector and civil society will now be taking place in Madrid, Spain between 2 and 13 December to further action on climate change and implement the promises that were made under the Paris Climate Agreement. Find out what UNEP FI is doing at COP25 to bring the latest climate commitments made by UNEP FI members to the attention of policymakers.
Climate Change, Events | 05 December 2019
UNEP FI AT COP25: Join the New Climate Finance Leadership Official Side Event
At this official side event to COP25, join a panel discussion which will discuss the role of financial institutions in climate leadership roles and the new climate ambition and commitments by financial institutions. The event explores how to achieve virtuous cycles between the finance sector, the real economy and public policy-making.
Climate Change, Investment, Property publications, Publications, TCFD | 28 November 2019
Changing Course: Real Estate – TCFD pilot project report and investor guide to scenario-based climate risk assessment in Real Estate Portfolios
Twelve institutional investors from eight countries, convened by UNEP FI and supported by Carbon Delta, have worked throughout 2018–2019 to…
Blue Finance, Insurance, Nature, Pollution & Circular Economy, Publications | 28 November 2019
Unwrapping the risks of plastic pollution to the insurance industry
Plastic is an increasingly high-profile threat to our climate, ocean, wildlife and human health as it becomes widespread both in…
Asset Owner Alliance, News | 27 November 2019
4 new members join the Alliance: AXA, Aviva, CNP and FRR bringing total AUM to US$ 3.9 trillion.
Geneva, 27 November 2019 - AXA, Aviva, CNP Assurances and Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) announced today they are joining the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, raising total assets under management targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 to more than $3.9 trillion.
Climate Change, Investment, News | 27 November 2019
Axa, Aviva, CNP, FRR join UN-convened Asset Owner Alliance pushing for net-zero portfolios by 2050
AXA, Aviva, CNP Assurances and Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) announced today they are joining the UN-convened Net-Zero…
Climate Change, News | 26 November 2019
The 1.5°C goal is on the brink of becoming impossible: Get the numbers on global emissions in latest UNEP Report
UN Environment Programme’s Emission Gap Report, published today, finds that collective ambition must increase more than fivefold over current levels…