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C.O.B Tuesday – a conversation about ESG

EDF + Business

Ben Ratner and Tudor Pickering CEO Maynard Holt have a wide-ranging conversation about the investors/ESG, energy transition, flaring, methane and Environmental Defense Fund’s pragmatic approach. Ben’s segment begins at 14:28. The post C.O.B Tuesday – a conversation about ESG appeared first on EDF+Business.

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CalSTRS investor: Access to capital will tighten for oil and gas companies sidestepping climate

EDF + Business

We’re back with the last in a two-part series on prospects for ESG and climate investing between EDF’s Ben Ratner and Brian Rice, a portfolio manager at California State Teachers’ Retirement Systems , the world’s largest educator-only pension fund with roughly $243 billion under management. Ben Ratner, Senior Director, EDF+Business.

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Morgan Stanley’s net zero pledge is a call to action for Wall Street

EDF + Business

By Ben Ratner and Gabriel Malek. Ben Ratner, Senior Director, EDF+Business. Follow Ben on Twitter. US banks have the political and financial leverage needed to play a major role in averting disruptive climate damage to the world economy. Already, the EU and UK require banks to monitor their climate risk.

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The low-carbon energy transition: a new chapter

EDF + Business

The oil and gas sector is entering a massive transition driven by growing demand for climate action and an increasingly competitive energy landscape,” said Ben Ratner, senior director for EDF + Business. “As Email Ratnika, or find her on LinkedIn.

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Four ways EPA methane rollbacks threaten American natural gas

EDF + Business

By Ben Ratner At the behest of the American Petroleum Institute, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate nationwide limits on methane pollution, sending America’s natural gas industry backwards to the days of uncontrolled emissions. Ben Ratner, Senior Director, EDF+Business.

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CalSTRS says climate is major portfolio threat, companies must walk the walk on net-zero

EDF + Business

Ben Ratner, Senior Director, EDF+Business. Ben: CalSTRS has a long-standing commitment to climate. Ben: What is the most effective strategy CalSTRS uses to drive change? Ben: Have you observed changes in how the investment community views the importance of policy in solving climate change?

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Morgan Stanley targets 'zero financed emissions' by 2050 in US first

Business Green

Meanwhile Ben Ratner, senior director at the US green NGO Environment Defense Fund, said the bank would not be the last to target net zero financed emissions in the coming decades.