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Your TCFD Journey in 3 Steps
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a globally recognized framework that allows businesses to identify, manage, and respond to their climate-related risks and opportunities. The framework has broad buy-in from policymakers, world leaders, investors, and activists. Endorsed by the G20, many jurisdictions — including Canada, the US, and the European Union — […]
Homemade innovation: Canadian tech leaders share what drives them
Climate Change and Banks: How Banks are Building Climate Resilience
July 12th, 2022 Banks are under increasing pressure from investors, activists, and supervisors to develop climate risk management capabilities. They are also more focused than ever on climate risks and opportunities because of forthcoming regulations mandating reporting aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). In this discussion with Mary Obasi, Global Head […]
Has the backlash against financed emissions begun?
Climate finance tastemakers are pushing for financial institutions to put real-economy emissions reductions at the heart of their net-zero strategies “Financed emissions” are no longer in vogue. Last year, they were all the rage. The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), launched in April 2021, bounds its members together with a shared commitment to transition all the emissions […]
What’s in OSFI’s Climate Risk Management Guideline, and How Can Firms Prepare?
July 6th, 2022 In this webinar, we provide an overview of the climate risk guideline and what it means for Canada’s federally regulated financial institutions. Panelists discussed how companies can prepare to meet the supervisor’s expectations for Climate Risk Management and what tools and processes they should draw on to ensure they are fully aligned […]
The SEC Climate Disclosure Rule Should Align with the TCFD, Say US Companies
Over the last three months, hundreds of organizations and individuals have submitted comments to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its proposed climate risk disclosure rule. Many have made clear that they want it to align closely with the reporting framework established by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The SEC […]
Climate risk regulation rundown: June 2022
What happened in climate-related financial regulation last month, and what’s coming up The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) over mutual funds that incorporate ESG investing criteria, the Wall Street Journal reported on June 10. The probe may not necessarily result in enforcement action. A spokesperson for Goldman Sachs told trade publication Environmental […]
Laura Zizzo on the important role climate tech will play in supporting the global climate response
Wall Street takes on the SEC’s climate disclosure rule
Lobbyists see plenty wrong with the US regulator’s proposal to mandate climate risk reports Wall Street isn’t a fan of the climate risk disclosure proposal from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Quite the opposite, in fact. Comment letters sent by bank lobby groups to the SEC are loaded with criticisms and calls for […]