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A summary of the TCFD Final Report (released in June 2017), summarizing the information most relevant and applicable to business leaders.

I4CE has published a series of three Climate Briefs on the management of climate-related risks by financial actors. The analysis presented in these three Climate Briefs focuses on transition risks. These special edition technical notes present the key stakes around this issue by focusing on three questions: - Why should financial actors align their portfolios with a 2°C pathway to manage transition risks? - How could financial actors manage their exposure to climate risks? - How should financial actors deal with climate-related issues in their portfolios today?

This report builds upon Ceres’ 2015 “View from the Top" report and focuses on the skills and experience needed for board members to provide thoughtful oversight of sustainability risks and opportunities, in addition to the tools and processes that can help foster deeper engagement at the board level around these issues.

AODP Global Climate 500 Index rates the world’s 500 biggest asset owners – pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments – on their success at managing climate risk within their portfolios, based on direct disclosures and publicly available information.

This report presents a methodology to quantify exposure to physical climate risk in equity portfolios by identifying the locations of corporate production and retail sites around the world and their vulnerability to climate change hazards.

This piece of research aims to help the growing number of investors that have committed to or are considering the “Divest-Invest” pledge as a means of addressing climate change risks, by assessing the potential impacts of aligning a portfolio with the pledge from an investment risk-return perspective.

This discussion paper aims to draw issues of climate risk to the attention of UK auditors, boards, audit committees and investors. Its objective is to improve visibility and clarity about legal issues relating to climate risk for auditors and to enhance management and disclosure of climate risks by companies.

This report presents the anonymized analysis of the investors who participated in a Swiss government-initiated a 2°C scenario analysis pilot involving over 80 Swiss pension funds and insurance companies.

This piece of research seeks to explore the potential for long-term suboptimal allocation of capital due to the finance sector’s limited ability to capture long-term risks within short-term risk-assessment frameworks.

This report updates and expands CDP’s research and League Table for chemical companies, first published in August 2015. It ranks 22 of the largest publicly listed chemical companies on business readiness for a low carbon transition. The areas assessed in the CDP League Table are aligned with the TCFD recommendations.

This report updates CDP’s research and League Table for European electric utilities, first published in May 2015. It ranks 14 of the largest publicly listed power generators in Europe on readiness for a low carbon transition. The areas assessed in the CDP League Table are aligned with the TCFD recommendations.

This report updates CDP’s research and League Table for diversified miners, first published in November 2015. It ranks 12 of the largest publicly listed diversified miners (by market capitalization) on business readiness for a low-carbon economy transition. The areas assessed in the CDP League Table are aligned with the TCFD recommendations.