FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD URGES INVESTORS TO REPORT PORTFOLIO CARBON FOOTPRINT

The FSB Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures issues guidelines for climate disclosure, taking up Council for Clean Capitalism recommendation last June to make “weighted carbon intensity” the metric of choice for investor disclosures. This measure was also specifically encouraged by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and is an early step to enable investors to meaure and compare their portfolio`s carbon exposure across asset classes and also makes it possible to undertake carbon attribution analysis to pinpoint which companies and sectors are behind a strategy`s carbon footprint.

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