Investors holding $29tr in assets demand 1,600 firms set science-based climate goals

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Less than a third of Science Based Target initiative signatories have had their goals approved
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Less than a third of Science Based Target initiative signatories have had their goals approved

Major group of investors targets 1,600 'high impact' companies around the world with calls for them to align their business with climate science

Hundreds of leading investors and lenders from around the world collectively holding over $29.3tr trillion in assets have today called on high impact companies to set science-based climate targets ahead...

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