NZ's climate reporting standards have yet to push change for fund managers

NZ's climate reporting standards have yet to push change for fund managers
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Greg Hurrell
New Zealand's new climate reporting standards have yet to force a lift in climate action among fund managers, according to a new survey.That was a surprise for the Aotearoa NZ Investor Coalition for Net Zero when working on its third State of Climate Investment in NZ report. Its members are now wondering if some fund managers were too busy implementing the new climate reporting rules to take concrete climate action.That may have also been a factor in the low response rate. More than 100 organisations were contacted in September an...

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