Responsible Investment News and Views – Q3 2024 – Hymans Robertson

With global targets aiming to halt nature loss by 2030, we still lack the information required to focus efforts to address this challenge. Will TNFD become mandatory and, if so, when?

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... In this quarter’s RI News & Views, Hymans Robertson look at the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, exploring if, and when, the taskforce might become mandatory based on learnings from the implementation of TCFD, the equivalent climate disclosure framework. The significant votes section looks at climate change and recent pushback to collective climate action, exploring ExxonMobil’s lawsuit against two shareholder activism groups.

In their ESG Snippets, they cover the recent boycotting of financial service providers given their position on fossil fuels, an issue that highlighted the divest versus engage debate in a slightly different context. They also cover updates to the IIGCC’s Net Zero Framework, ShareAction’s paper on fossil-fuel producers and recent developments at the science based targets initiative.

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