Climate Investment Coalition

Opening the London Stock Exchange With a Focus on Delivering Climate Investment Commitments by 2030

Tue, Jun 28, 2022 11:00 CET

The Climate Investment Coalition (CIC) opened the London Stock Exchange today to celebrate the third edition of the Climate Investment Summit - a flagship event of London Climate Action Week 2022 that supports the acceleration of climate investments by 2030. The Summit was CIC’s first major convening since COP26, welcoming globally recognised climate investment leaders at the London Stock Exchange, proving that investing in climate solutions and clean energy remains a key priority. Arne Staal, CEO of FTSE Russell and Group Head of Benchmarks & Indices at LSEG hosted the market

US$130 billion in collective commitments towards clean energy and climate investments by 2030 mobilised by Nordic & UK pension funds

Tue, Nov 02, 2021 10:00 CET

[A group of wind turbines in the water Description automatically generated with medium confidence] At COP26 in Glasgow, a collective financial commitment of US$130 billion was announced by CEOs of Nordic and UK pension funds, to be invested in clean energy and climate investments by 2030. As part of this commitment, pension funds will also report annually on the progress of their climate investments. The Climate Investment Coalition (CIC) is pleased to communicate this commitment from asset owners in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the UK, in an

Denmark’s Financial Sector Reports Major Progress in Reaching their Climate Targets for 2030

Tue, Sep 07, 2021 11:30 CET

At the Climate Investment Summit today, Denmark’s financial sector has exceeded expectations, reporting on its internationally ambitious pension fund and asset manager climate commitments. At the opening of the Summit this morning in Copenhagen, Kent Damsgaard, CEO of the industry association, Insurance & Pension Denmark, reported on the continued increase of Danish pension industry’s investments in the global green transition. Mr Damsgaard reported that since last year the Danish insurance and pension industry has invested DKK 72 bn. in new green investments, amounting to USD 11

Denmark takes the lead in increasing private investment in the global green transition

Tue, Nov 03, 2020 10:00 CET

Press ReleaseEmbargo until: 10h, November 3, 2020 November 3[rd], 2020Copenhagen, Denmark At the Climate Investment Summit today, the Danish pension industry announced that USD 8 billion has been invested in the green transition since Danish pension funds committed at the UN Climate Action Summit last year to increase green investments by USD 50 billion by 2030. Finance Denmark also announced a new commitment of a 75% CO2 reduction in investment funds in 2030 offered to Danish private investors.At the opening of the Climate Investment Summit in Copenhagen today, Kent Damsgaard,

The Nordic Prime Ministers back investment mobilisation from institutional investors in green recovery and climate action.

Wed, Oct 28, 2020 17:45 CET

Nordic Prime Ministers today announced their intent to encourage Nordic institutional investors to scale-up green finance and investments by 2030. This follows a ground-breaking commitment from the Danish pension funds in 2019 of USD 50 billion for green investments by 2030.The Climate Investment Coalition took an important step towards mobilising pledges from institutional investors in the Nordic countries with the objective to deliver a strong private investor message at COP26 in support of stronger climate ambition. The Nordic Prime Ministers, at an N8 meeting chaired by Prime

Nordic Council of Ministers Meeting Discuss Collaboration on Green Investment Mobilisation

Thu, Apr 30, 2020 16:40 CET

The Climate Investment Coalition (CIC) took a first important step on its 2020 roadmap at the Nordic Council’s Climate and Environment Ministers Meeting today, when the Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities chaired a Roundtable discussion between Nordic governments and institutional investors on climate investment mobilisation in the coming years. Focus for the discussion was not only on how to solve the climate crisis but also how institutional investors can contribute to the recovery of pandemic affected economies in a climate-friendly way. “The political response to the

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