Carbon Catch-up: Energy companies get a grip on climate disclosure

Carbon Catch-up: Energy companies get a grip on climate disclosure
Hydro generators face increasingly volatility as the climate changes. (Image: Meridian)
Greg Hurrell
The electricity sector has provided “insightful” climate reports, but some companies are struggling with ambitious emissions reduction plans, analysts say.The electricity sector is the second sector to release a full set of climate disclosure reports. Forsyth Barr looked at disclosures from Contact Energy, Genesis Energy, Mercury, Meridian Energy and Manawa Energy.“At this stage our assessment has not caused us to change our investment views on the companies.”FB noted that investors were particularly interested in the po...

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