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The UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce issues new disclosure guidance for companies. With comment from Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, who co-heads the Taskforce.
The UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce issues new disclosure guidance for companies. With comment from Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, who co-heads the Taskforce.
ESG Investor & Regulation Asia highlight new analysis from INET and Smith School researchers which finds that the models used by banks produce a lower risk rating for high carbon than low carbon sectors - tilting the scales in favour of fossil fuels and holding back a fast, cost-effective energy transition in Europe.
The University of Oxford’s Greening Finance Prize, an annual prize established through a generous endowment provided by Insight Investment, has now opened for 2024 nominations. This year, the prize has a new category for Best Fixed Income Paper alongside awards for Outstanding Research and Service.
The University of Oxford has updated its flagship guidance for entities using carbon offsets, calling for a “major course-correction” to get the market on track, reports IPE. Oxford Sustainable Finance Group researcher Injy Johnstone commented: “the vast majority of current offsetting approaches are not getting us any closer to net zero emissions, and trust in the concept of ‘offsetting’ has been so badly damaged that some organisations are moving away from using the term at all."
Injy Johnstone and José Luis Reséndiz from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group give a behind-the-scenes perspective on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (carbon markets), shaped by first-hand insights from the negotiation rooms at COP28.
On 13-15 December P3S Academy at the University of Oxford held a training programme on Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance Development for the Bank of Thailand.
The Oxford Sustainable Finance Group (OxSFG) at the University of Oxford will launch a new executive leadership course in 2024. The Stewardship and Engagement Leadership Programme will build the skills, knowledge and networks needed for better stewardship and engagement across the financial system.
Environmentally and socially-oriented stewardship of portfolio companies has become a priority area, yet stewardship and engagement has long been perceived as the preserve of the company’s owners, shareholders, rather than the company’s principal funders, bondholders.
Smith School researchers are featured in this round up of Oxford experts applying AI to society's greatest challenges. From analysing corporate net zero goals to influencing sustainable finance, find out more about how we are harnessing artificial intelligence in our work.
Russia's ongoing, devastating invasion has pushed Ukraine to the edge of survival as a nation-state, inflicting severe damage to its economy and population. But, amid global calls for urgent climate action, Ukraine now finds itself at a crucial crossroads.