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Quote Climate change is forcing companies of all sizes to rethink the way they do business.. to find ways to sustain growth in a low, rather than high, carbon economy. Quote
RICHARD SHARMAN, KPMG Carbon Advisory Group

Climate Action - Assisting business towards carbon neutrality

Features - Finance/insurance

Companies: a new world of risk and opportunity

Published on 26 November 2007
waveMindy S Lubber, President of Ceres and Director of INCR, says that while many companies are taking steps to manage climate change, bolder actions are still needed.

Using financial indices for responsible investment

Published on 26 November 2007
FTSE boardWill Oulton and Jayn Harding of the FTSE Group take a closer look at the FTSE4Good Index.

Company climate change risk strategies and investor expectations

Published on 26 November 2007
newspaperIan Woods from AMP Capital Investors takes a look at investor expectations of a company's climate change risk approach.

Responding to climate change – the insurance industry perspective

Published on 26 November 2007
gherkin buildingDr Evan Mills from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory looks at an insurance industry perspective on climate change.

Investors: A new world of risk and opportunity

Published on 26 November 2007
garageMindy S Lubber, Director of INCR, and Russell Read, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, look at the pressure put on companies to make climate change a priority issue by investors.

The cost of climate action

Published on 26 November 2007
Nick SternSir Nicholas Stern makes the economic case for climate change action.

Renewable energy financing; PV solar home systems from South India

Published on 26 November 2007
Solar shopJyoti Prasad Painuly and H V Kumar outline a UNEP Risoe programme to aid access to PV solar home systems in South India through facilitating access to renewable energy financing.

Green Financial Products and Services

Published on 23 November 2007
A report by the North American Task Force (NATF) of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative examines current green financial products and services and future options.

From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change – 2007

Published on 23 November 2007
This report from Ceres focuses on the significant progress made by insurers to develop new products and services, identifying 422 real-world examples from  26 countries.