Climate risk regulation rundown: January 2022
What happened in climate-related financial regulation last month, and what’s coming up US President Biden nominated Sarah Bloom Raskin, a vocal supporter of tougher climate-related…
Executive Compensation and Climate Metrics: Could This Be the Solution We Have Been Waiting for?
As climate change issues become increasingly material to businesses, organizations everywhere are struggling to keep pace. Many are setting net-zero targets and revealing new long-term…
What makes the RMA Climate Risk Consortium a different kind of banking alliance
The new group shows how financial institutions are evolving their approach to climate-related regulation and the opportunities it affords Climate-conscious banks are a clubbable bunch,…
Climate Trends: Canada’s regulator challenges financial institutions to tackle climate risks
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has a plan to harden banks, asset managers, and similar firms to the rigors of climate change…
US banks go their own way(s) on financed emissions
Portfolio carbon disclosures and targets have come to Wall Street, but good luck trying to compare them It’s boom time for professional number crunchers. Banks’…
What climate risks lurk in the shadows?
Private companies and ‘shadow banks’ may be incubating climate risks out of sight of financial regulators and traditional financial institutions “The brighter the light, the…