???? Blink and you’ll miss it! January is already over and 2024 is well underway - here are five resources and updates from the month which could help your net zero strategy.?
- We highlight the nuance and importance of addressing scope 3 emissions within investment portfolios, as well as the barriers facing investors?
- Scope 3 emissions are divided into 15 sub-categories and the most important for investors at the investor entity level is category 15, 'the emissions of their investments'?
- As climate disclosure regulations evolve, we aim to help investors understand the largest source of portfolio emissions - the scope 3 of assets held?
- This guidance is designed to support asset owners and asset managers in developing their own net zero voting policies and practices?
- It aligns with the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF). NZIF’s recommendation is for a voting policy consistent with assets in the portfolio achieving net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner?
- Specifically, the guidance outlines three core principles underpinning the concept of net zero voting?
- Half of the world’s population will vote in 2024 or shortly after – but what implications will this have for climate policy??
- From Brussels to London, Baku to Bogotá, this year could see enormous progress for climate and nature policy, but to do so we need the political will and policy stability??
- Our policy experts look at where we are now and what we hope to see next for climate policy in the EU, UK and globally?
- We outline how it can be a boost for the EU Green Deal if combined with the right supporting policies?
- It’s nearly one year since we published our guidance to help investors assess the credibility of company net zero commitments?
- The guidance is compatible with NZIF and applicable across sectors, for companies of all sizes and types?
- It aims to simplify a potentially long list of requirements into five core components focused on the priority of the transition – reducing emissions?